Best Tritón

“Big, nice hotel om Benalmadena”

Big and Nice hotel. We got an exellent room with wiev of the sea. Food is perfect and the staff is helpful and nice. We are sure we will be back . The weather has Bern sunny but also rain and windy . Outside area is clean and nice and one pool is heathed and one is

“Wonderful Hotel for Families with Young Children”

Review as Family Travelling with Two young children (3 and 5 years) This is a fabulous hotel. I don’t think it particularly advertises itself as child friendly hotel, per se, and indeed most of the clientele out of season, are older, as to be expected. But I felt it important to explain why this… more

Review as Family Travelling with Two young children (3 and 5 years) This is a fabulous hotel. I don’t think it particularly advertises itself as child friendly hotel, per se, and indeed most of the clientele out of season, are older, as to be expected. But I felt it important to explain why this is a perfect choice of hotel for anyone with young children. 1) the rooms have two double beds - perhaps not a major thing for others but if, like us, you start the night in one bed and always end up separated with a child apiece, then both having a comfortable sized bed is a must. No one draws the short straw then as to who will have to sleep on a pull out bed! 2) indoor swimming pool - is huge, well heated and clean. Really important if coming with little ones as really, unless you’re travelling in the high season, most pools are too cold. Having the covered swimming pool meant it didn’t matter what the weather was doing (although it was glorious when we went) we could always take the kids swimming. Major advantage. I think it’s worth noting there are actually two indoor swimming pools, I think this was a little confusing having read the reviews. One is in the spa which you have to pay for. We didn’t use this. There is also an entirely separate indoor heated pool which is free to use for all guests and children can use it the entire time it is open, without restriction. 3) lovely outdoor play area with slides and climbing frames - clean, well maintained and well equipped. Also children’s splash pool. A little chilly for us but plenty of children still in there in November. The water isn’t unbearable and it’s nice and clean and well maintained with fun slides etc. There were also lots of lovely Bali beds dotted around which we found to be readily available, in shade or sun, perfect for an afternoon snooze with the kids. 4) there is a kids club which is mostly run by a really nice young guy (didn’t catch his name but he was lovely). He really made an effort with all the children which was lovely. This has a soft play inside (not huge) but certainly enough for a few hours of fun in the morning. There are also crafts and things laid out for the children to do which was great. I think in low season this is open from 10.30 to 12.30 every day. I think it is an option to leave the kids there but we didn’t and didn’t see any others doing it either. All parents accompanied their children here. Might be different in high season. 5) location - right out the back of the hotel is a gate and you are then on to the main promenade and after that onto the beach, this was just perfect for us. It means no issues with managing the buggy as all flat to walk (once down set of steps from the gate) or because such a short distance had the option to leave the buggies behind as easy walking distance for little legs. Beach is lovely and has nice soft sand. In easy walking distance to the marina as well. 6) lots to do in the area for children and lots of rainy day activities as well if the weather isn’t on your side. We visited a lovely Butterfly Park which was about 20 minutes away next to a Thai temple which was also worth a look too. We got the bus there (a little bit of a mission with the buggies etc as so busy) but an adventure! We got an Uber back which was 15€. We also went on a dolphin trip booked through Trip Advisor. That was really nice and we saw lots of dolphins! One of the men on board said you are more or less guaranteed to see dolphins every time as there are so many in the area. We also went to the Sea Life Centre at the Marina. This was quite expensive really for what it was but the kids enjoyed it and it was in walking distance and a nice little hour or so out. We didn’t get chance to visit but there is also Bio Park in Fuengirola which is apparently good. We priced up Ubers there and back and would have been about 45€. Not bad. Ticket prices here low season for a family were around £60. 7) again, I have noted a number of complaints but we thought the entertainment was really good, yes it starts at 10pm most nights but this is just the way things are in Spain! Get on board! Our girls had a late afternoon nap and then were more than ready to enjoy the show. Lots of variety, there was an excellent saxophone player, a wonderful dance group, great flamenco show as well and a magician. We missed the show when there was a singer on but listened from our balcony - he sounded great! There is also Bingo on a few nights too which is fun, a bit of light entertainment. Despite the hotel being really busy when we were there we were impressed that there was table service when watching the show, so no need to go to the bar. Again, staff were great, we never waited long at all for a drink. 8) not child related but actually important for parents with young children who definitely deserve a nice drink at the end of the day…we found the drinks to be very reasonably priced, and actually even cheaper than some of the bars outside of the hotel. Large majority of well made cocktails, 6€ so about £5 maybe less. Pint of beer was about €3.50. Glass of very nice wine 3€. Bottles were about 10€ again very reasonable. Glass of Cava is 2.20€. Spirit and mixer about 7€. 9) food - we never struggled to feed the kids, there was plenty of choice. The only tiny helpful feedback I could give is that sometimes the meals seemed a little mismatched but they are trying to cater for a lot of different people, German, French, Spanish etc so perhaps only to be expected and this certainly didn’t detract from the quality. Those worried about the temperature of food, never a problem for us but even if it was, there was a microwave there to use! All in all, we had a wonderful time at the Hotel Triton, we felt it was absolutely perfect for us as a family with young children. I had emailed ahead to ask for a lower balcony room and the hotel thoughtfully obliged. The glass around the balcony was, in any event, really high and we felt it was very secure so we weren’t actually too worried anyway. This is a very well maintained hotel, with beautiful furniture everywhere and stunning views of the sea. The staff work extremely hard to maintain it to such a high standard and it certainly shows. I have noted many previous reviews where people have criticised the staff. I have to say this was not our experience at all, we found every single person we encountered to be extremely polite and helpful, from those at the hotel reception, to all of the lovely cleaning ladies, all of whom had a lovely smile on their faces and were so welcoming. The bar staff on each of the bars around the hotel were also really lovely as were all the waiters and waitresses at dinner. The staff in the dining hall are working extremely hard and often working very long hours, but they were still all extremely polite and attentive. I think people come to these hotels and expect a level of service you might get in a restaurant but realistically that is just unattainable in any hotel of this nature. This is a fabulous hotel, ignore any negative reviews and just book! You will not be disappointed. Thank you to all of the staff at the Triton for your kind assistance with everything and for ensuring we had a beautiful family holiday. We will definitely return!

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“Great Hotel with a 5 Star Rooftop Facility”

This is the 3rd time we have been here since August , considering it only opened its doors in June after a 2 year plus full renovation speaks volumes for this hotel , the hotel is very large and spread out and hosts 2 large pools with a kids pool which is gated with a pirate ship for fun for all th… more

This is the 3rd time we have been here since August , considering it only opened its doors in June after a 2 year plus full renovation speaks volumes for this hotel , the hotel is very large and spread out and hosts 2 large pools with a kids pool which is gated with a pirate ship for fun for all the kids , it also has a plunge pool and fantastic seating for premium guests on the roof top bar , all of the other hotel guests can use this area after 5 pm if not premium.

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“Chaotic meal times”

Today we arrived at the restaurant for our mid day meal, unfortunately all of the allicated tables were taken. The system appears to be you have to wait until others have finished theirs. The question was to staff, what do we do to get a table, there was no answer to that other than wait. We did le… more

Today we arrived at the restaurant for our mid day meal, unfortunately all of the allicated tables were taken. The system appears to be you have to wait until others have finished theirs. The question was to staff, what do we do to get a table, there was no answer to that other than wait. We did leave the dining room and came back later only to find things had got worse.! Most of the dining area was cordened off , not allowing us to be able to sit and eat our food. Not impressed with the system and process in the dining room at all at any time. Chaos at all meal times.

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