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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“A nice break before the winter sets in”

We stayed for a week on a half board basis with jet 2. On arrival the first thing we were told was that it was a cashless hotel, you have to put money on an account and you were given a wrist band which log in what you had purchases like drinks etc, we also had the usual wristbands to say we were … more

We stayed for a week on a half board basis with jet 2. On arrival the first thing we were told was that it was a cashless hotel, you have to put money on an account and you were given a wrist band which log in what you had purchases like drinks etc, we also had the usual wristbands to say we were half board . As it is mainly all inclusive I supposed it made sense to them, we never found it a problem. The Hotel was a bit dated but we already knew that from reviews, but it was absolutely spotless. The room was lovely and large with quite a big balcony and we overlooked the pool and the sea and it got the sun most of the day. We had a large tv and it was nice to have English channels not that we watched much. They do not have a kettle but we took our own to make a drink in the room especially when we got up in the morning I do need that straight away. You can hire a kettle and also a fridge but we didn't know about the fridge until the last day, that would have been handy to know when we arrived, If you forget your hairdryer you can hire one 20 euro deposit but you get it back when you return it. The bathroom was fine with a deep bath it would have been handy if they had supplied a mat for the base of the bath, as I found it extremely hard to get out of (hate to say, with my age) that's when hubby came in handy. They only supply hand wash which didn't bother me as |I always take my own toiletries . Plenty of hot water . Restaurant was large and busy most of the times but we always managed to find a table, as it was a buffet it seemed to take a long time to get you food with the queues and found most of the time lukewarm, even when the trays sometimes came straight from the kitchen . The desserts were nice with fresh fruit as well. Reception staff were all so polite and helpful, especially with bus times and instructions how to find something. The bus stop is right outside the hotel to Fuengirola to your left, where we caught the bus if we didn't want to walk as it is quite a way. The Opposite side of the road you get the bus to Benalmadina and Terremolinos and the buses are quite cheap and frequent. The market is quite big quite a lot of the stalls are selling the same things, but bought 2 kilos of beautiful huge black grapes for 1 euro, what a bargain. Entertainment not really up my street the lounge is quite small for the amount of people who are staying so it is quite hard to find a table if you are not early and don't want to sit through the quiz followed by bingo before the entertainment. We did stay to watch 3 male singers and they were very good but we didn't bother with any other night,

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