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4 out of 5
Sol Guadalmar Hotel
Moby Dick, 2 - Urbanization Guadalmar, Málaga, Malaga

Reviews

8.2

Very good

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8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Geoffrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mohamed Asim

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good stay. Water takes several minutes to heat up but the hot water does work. Great view of the sea from my room and its tide washing in and out was very relaxing.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Denise

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beachfront with pools in nice residential neighborhood – quiet with wonderful view toward Malaga and the hills beyond. Although located near the airport, plane noise was not an issue. Many choices were offered at the wonderful breakfast and the staff were informative and helpful. The view is incredible – you could see cruise ships moving in and out of Malaga, and the room was very comfortable with a teapot with tea and decaf coffee! Outdoor pools closed early, and indoor pool required a swim cap. One issue – room doors closing was extremely loud. The taxi stop is at this hotel, so a 6 am ride was readily available. They even had coffee and pastries for us to go. Close to Malaga and Torremolinos by bus or taxi. About 15 minutes to the airport. Overall, it was a very nice stay at Sol Guadalmar Hotel.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Janet

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Reception staff extremely helpful. Good facilities for swimming (indoor and outdoor). Wide selection of food available at all meals. Plenty of seating in restaurant and around pool. Close proximity to beach
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

GRISELDA

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 11 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ammar

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The stuff was very friendly and helpful, especially Alejandra. She gave us all tourist information about Malaga and was very concerned abou all the details. We got extra bed also and an extra soft pillow. Breakfast buffet was great and diverse. Great location beside the Sea, fantastic view, close to Malaga centre, airport and many nearby places. Clean rooms and good room service.
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I very like it it was quiet and clean
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

6/10 Okay

LEE ANA

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The view and the sound of the waves! Upgrade to a frontal sea view, superior or not and you will enjoy a beachfront property, with no other tourist besides your fellow hotelmates. With that said, the hotel itself is old school and needs modern updates, badly. The furniture is rundown, the rooms lack Melia hotel brand normalizing like lotion in room, refrigerators that work, coffee makers and not just instant coffee with barely any creams and sugars. Just basic higher end AMENITIES YOU EXPECT FROM A MELIA PROPERTY! Also, no more room service available, bad move, because you can't even order food to go from the bar. So frustrating when you are on a dreamy vacations n and just want to ENJOY THE ROOM, wake up to coffee and breakfast or a late night cocktail/wine and some tapas on your sea view BALCONY. Plus, you don't always want to go have a buffet dinner or lunch and the VERY FEW bars that are walkable are only open short hours and sometimes not the best. The hotel should know that unlike their Melia Costa del SOL hotel where there are100s of food walkable food options. Hotel should offer better small meal options, not buffet for every meal. There's a HUGE mall about 5min drive with easy parking. It has every store known to man, loads of fast food if that is your thing. But we LOVE the rooms with the view and the sound of the waves as we sleep, so we just hope that one day soon the Melia people will do the very needed modernization of the rooms. (The lobby seems fine.)
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful ocean view! Spa services. Nice pool. Good Sangria.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Anthony D.

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Good location convenient to the airport. Great views of the ocean with a pool and hot tub. Avoid the restaurant if at all possible!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Marianna

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It’s located right by the sea however there was nothing around it, if you wanted to eat somewhere else or do a shopping you need a transportation
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Maureen

Travelled with group
Liked: Amenities
Friendly and professional welcome. Spacious rooms, lovely facilities. Excellent location for beach, airport and city. Fabulous breakfast. Would stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Erin Kirsten

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was very friendly and helpful. We loved how quiet it was. It was lovely to sleep with the slider open and listen to the waves. The breakfast was very good. They had plenty of good choices. I would recommend this hotel.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Almaz

Liked: Staff & service
Great location
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Virgil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Virgil

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place is absolutely awesome! The availability to the hotel's restaurant was ever present and the prices were better than competitive against restaurants in Malaga. There's a beautiful outdoor area around the pool (real grass) with lawn chairs and thatched. Cross a walkway (not a street) and you're on the beach. They have a gym and an indoor pool (that we didn't use) and a professional masseuse that we did use. Again, no gouging on the price of the massage< basically half of what you'd pay on a cruise ship. The floors are all marble, every floor, every room. The bed was comfortable and the tv had a couple channels in English that wasn't news. Finally, a HUGE thank you to Lucia. Lucia checked us in 6 hours after check in was supposed to happen...and that was the easy part. Immediately upon arriving at the Malaga train station, I used my credit card at the only ATM in the train station mall. We get in the cab and Master Card sends me a text that I'd just charged the remaining balance of my card. We get to the hotel and I'm livid and talking with MC and Lucia is watching this. I was so into trying to get my card fixed, I left my wife with Lucia to get our room. I was no fun to be around, but Lucia just made it better, and 5 minutes later the card was fixed, and all was good. We stayed 2 additional nights because of our experience with Lucia and the wonderful facility.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Aleta

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great location on the water. Loved falling asleep to the sounds of the ocean waves.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Charles

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Comfortable stay upon arrival in Makaga
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

M

Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

frederick

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cost effective, tidy, stress free
The room was clean and the balcony and view was great. The staff were helpful with recommendations and the breakfast was filling. My only complaint would be that the room was very dark with no ceiling lights.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Peter

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Don't book this hotel if you want to sleep. The staff are helpful, location convenient. But it's a dated property with no internal soundproofing whatsoever, every sound from neighbouring rooms and the corridors can be heard, even the squeak of the hinges of the wardrobes. I dread to think how awful sleep quality would be in a busy season with high occupancy.

10/10 Excellent

Grace

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

CANDICE, Lincoln

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is quite nice. However the bed was very firm, with not much give, and the tv wouldn’t turn off for the two night stay, despite their attempts to fix it. The ambiance was very welcoming and the desk personnel were helpful. Very reasonably priced.

10/10 Excellent

Donella

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

John-Paul

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rick

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful beach front hotel with incredible views. Facilities are nice and the staff are friendly and helpful. Rooms are comfortable and spacious. Well worth the stay!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Billyana

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rick

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful setting and wonderful hotel - it really doesn't get much better. Staff are amazing and rooms are a delite. Well worth the stay!
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Gary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

CLIVE

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very convenient for early flight.
Needed a hotel close to Malaga airport. Greeted by a friendly receptionist. Comfortable rooms. Buffet style dinner available with a wide choice. Would definitely use again.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Claudia

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alam, Plano

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A beautiful ocean facing hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very beautiful spot!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Cinthia

Liked: Staff & service
Hotel lobby is beautiful, rooms needs outdated and far from restaurants.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
We have stayed at this property on numerous times due it's convenient location to the airport. The last time we stayed I vowed not to return due to the very poor condition of the allocated room, ripped curtains hanging off the rails and an aircon system that wheezed without respite, but hey I relented and tried it one more time, wish I hadn't. Same old problem with the aircon units sounded like it was drawing it's last few moments of life, there was no way to sleep with the unit running, the curtains didn't hang off the wall in this room but when you tried to close them the entire rail moved and finally for some unknown reason they had only provided one chair on the Seaview balcony. I just wonder what housekeeping does when they clean a room do they report problems in the room to their line manager and does it go up the chain. To be fair the foyer and public rooms looked quite good and the check was easy but come on guys it would seem that this was done at the expense of room maintenance. The Parador Malaga Golf is on your doorstep, it is cheaper that you and the quality by far surpasses yours. Not enamored with this experience staying at the Sol.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joseph

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Lilian

Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sudarshan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
V friendly staff, extraordinary customer service to take care of all of your needs and excellent location close to attractions and excellent dining. Thx
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Ben

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The floor in the room looked like it had not been cleaned for months. The breakfast was appalling, the quality was extremely poor even for warm ups. The attitude of the reception staff was well below par howxthis hotel got 4 stars when itconly deserves 2 stars at best.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Summer

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Allison

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Everything was great!
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Hotel was lovely. It is right on the beach. Only draw back was that it is in a residential area, although a very nice area, there very few places to eat or drink without getting taxi or bus into Malaga. No information pack in rooms. Housekeeping a bit hit and miss.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Raymond, Belper

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

khairi

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Dana

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

TOBY

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel, grounds and beach was clean and well maintained. A better atmosphere should have been created around the pool area simply by playing the same lounge music that was playing in the lobby.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2023