SOL Hotels in Estepona

Just returned from a short golf break here booked through Golfbreaks! Decided to take the wives on a golf trip for the first time so decided an all inclusive was the way to go. We were delighted upon check in told be told we’d all been upgraded to their Villas. These Villas were absolutely superb, all with their own distinct style, myself and my wife’s was a Spanish Style Villa, number 5004, it was incredible! Looked like it had just been renovated, lovely and bright with tiled floors. 2 large bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a fully functional kitchen with a stocked fridge full of drinks and a huge living area with sofas, chairs flat screen tv and large Bluetooth sound system. There was also a large tv in the bedroom we used, maybe in the other room as well, I’m not sure! Large dining table and chairs also there. Outside was a large private garden going around the entire villa including another table and chairs with two full size sun loungers and even an outside shower! Individual remote controlled air conditioning units were in the 2 bedrooms and living area as well. The hotel itself was spotlessly clean. All the staff were polite and helpful. It’s an extremely large hotel with bars and restaurants everywhere, not all appeared to be open and the hotel pools were lovely and quiet, the pools themselves were the perfect temperature. The food in the buffet was nice, the evening meal was definitely better than lunch. As people have said in other reviews, the beach isn’t great at all, not the hotels fault obviously but you really can’t go for a swim as there’s just millions of large rocks and pebbles at the sea bed, I did try a dip once with some shoes on and it’s just dangerous really, there were quite large waves and it was difficult to get back out of the water with the slippery stones! There are some truly incredible views of the sea from the bars near the shore. It’s such a shame about the beach because it’s such a great location. It’s about 20 euro to go into Puerto Banus and taxis are almost instant. There’s a decent shop in the hotel for all your needs! All in all we really enjoyed this unique style hotel and would highly recommend and the upgrade really did make this a holiday to remember!