Globales Gardenia

“A really lovely holiday at this hotel!”

Just back from lovely holiday at this hotel! Was worried with so many negative reviews but was pleasantly surprised with stay here! Room was fine..perhsps a little dated but spotlessly clean! Great job by very pleasant staff! In fact great staff all over the hotel particularly in restaurant! F… more

Just back from lovely holiday at this hotel! Was worried with so many negative reviews but was pleasantly surprised with stay here! Room was fine..perhsps a little dated but spotlessly clean! Great job by very pleasant staff! In fact great staff all over the hotel particularly in restaurant! Food and variety available was fine...definitely never went hungry! Gardens and grounds beautifully maintained. We spent most days on loungers in the garden area. Nice walk along promenade outside hotel into main town. But plenty shops bars and eating places close by. A really enjoyable experience at this hotel!

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“great value”

Overall we had a good holiday and this is a very good hotel for the price. Rooms are a good size and very clean, they are bright and airy with a good size balcony, ours had a pool and sea view. There is air conditioning, a good size TV with a broad range of channels, the shower was well powered and… more

Overall we had a good holiday and this is a very good hotel for the price. Rooms are a good size and very clean, they are bright and airy with a good size balcony, ours had a pool and sea view. There is air conditioning, a good size TV with a broad range of channels, the shower was well powered and the rooms were cleaned every day. A few reviews mention lack of toiletries but there was hand wash and shower gel in dispensers. The hotel is at the quiet end of the resort about 15-20 minutes walk to the main square and a bus ride away from a number of destinations. The garden area is lovely and overlooked the ocean - we saw either a dolphin or whale ( not sure which) swim right past and along the bay one day. The choice of all inclusive drinks was pretty good including zero alcohol San Miguel on tap which I would not normally expect. In terms of food breakfast was good the other meals were standard all inclusive type- we did eat out most evenings and that was always our intention as the price for all inclusive was so good. Staff were always friendly and helpful . It was definitely worth a visit

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“Amazing staff in a tired hotel”

Lets start with the positives, namely the staff, they are brilliant, from reception to the waiting staff, the bar staff, cleaners, everyone, they are friendly, hard working and efficient. The hotel is clean, and our room was made up every day, bedding changed and fresh towels twice in the week, it'… more

Lets start with the positives, namely the staff, they are brilliant, from reception to the waiting staff, the bar staff, cleaners, everyone, they are friendly, hard working and efficient. The hotel is clean, and our room was made up every day, bedding changed and fresh towels twice in the week, it's location is right opposite the beach and accessible via a gate in the garden. The less positive, its a very tired hotel, it really does need some work doing on it, we had large cracks in the walls of our rooms and the balcony was rusty. The food seemed to offer lots of choice but after a couple of days you realise its variations of the same thing, one day cheese pizza, the next chicken, then veggie, though in fairness you could see they were trying to cater for many different tastes. The entertainment is a bit hit and miss, but the main issue we had was the main bar was so echoey it was hard to hear what was going on. The other issue is the lifts, my mum can't do stairs so had to use the lift, on one occasion we waited over 10 minutes for one to arrive. I wouldn't class this as being in Fuengirola, its at least a 45 minute walk to the harbour, (we took the bus from outside the hotel, it cost 1.20 euro each), if you want more of a lively vibe then this probably isn't the place for you, but if you want it quiet then it's great for that

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