MarePineta Resort

Convenient location near amenities, beach, and transport. Rich, varied breakfast with high-quality service. Friendly, attentive staff offering excellent service at the beach restaurant.

I did the typical thing of book this hotel and THEN check out the reviews for it , I must learn not to do that in future ! It causes so much worry ! The biggest thing I noticed was that there were two very different and strong opinions about the hotel. Hopefully this review will help others in the future. The hotel is stunning , it really is , when I pulled up even my cab driver went 'WOW!' so all the negative reviews then happily melted away and I thought ' well, I've really hit the jackpot here !' The reception , lobby , dining rooms , 'lounge' and gardens are absolutely 5 star. Now , here's the rub .. There are TWO separate parts to the hotel , the main building and the annex. Now, I'd paid about £100 a night ( as a single occupant. ) and I'd reserved and booked a room in the Annex. No one had conned me , it wasn't a trick , there are two very different rates for two very different levels of rooms. SO when shown to my room in the annex ( I think they refer to it as the villas.) I could see why some people had written such negative reviews. I imagine that after seeing the grandeur of the place they were disappointed. BUT , seeing as I'd paid the price of a Travelodge the rooms were very adequate , beds were very comfortable and the utilities ( shower etc ) were very clean , small yes, but very adequate and very clean indeed. The simplest way to describe the experience is this, I'd booked a second class ticket on the Titanic , but I had the run of the ship , got to use all the first class facilities , and had first class service. To refer to some peoples complaints, they are justified , it would be very easy and useful to put kettles in the room , that would be great but again this is not the first time I've stayed somewhere 'upmarket' that didn't do that. The rooms in the villa are very adequate ( who really spends all their time in the room on holiday unless you're having an affair or on honeymoon !) they could be a lot nicer though , it would only take some thought, some paint , some decent pieces of art to actually make them very good indeed - This is something the hotel should REALLY think about , it wouldn't cost much and would make s MASSIVE difference to a lot of their guest and reviews I expect. I enquired at the front desk about the room differences and it was happily explained to me but I have to say when I arrived I was given no info at all on the hotel , restaurant times , what was included, If I could use the beach resort part ( I couldn't and the price to do so was INSANE.) I would really recommend that when someone checks in , if they haven't stayed there before that the staff give them some info - that would save a huge amount of disappointment I expect. Set an expectation , it makes a massive difference to people. With reference to the beach resort , if it's not included on your room rate simple walk 50 yards further down , you can get a private subbed and umbrella at another resort for 15 Euro a day. It does feel like