Elba Estepona Gran Hotel & Thalasso Spa

This hotel has many good points. The reception staff were really good - one of the best welcomes I’ve had! There were plenty of staff on hand ready to help without being too ‘in your face’. The lobby and lounge area is great with lovely views of the sea. The decor in the hotel in general is not ultra modern but it does have character and is generally well maintained. The pool area is great and clean. The self service restaurant is very good with excellent options both at breakfast and evening meal. Prices are competitive too. The rooms are good although we had poor AirCon in both rooms - our only negative point. The views are excellent on the seaward side as it is on the beachfront.

It is a beautiful hotel with lovely facilities. The breakfast was exceptionally good with so much choice of top quality food and it included prosecco at no extra cost. You do have to be careful not to leave food unattended though as there are lots of sparrows waiting to share. The outdoor pool is a good size and the bar and lounge areas have fabulous views. Our room was huge, and the beds very comfortable, adequate air conditioning and a fan. The wifi was okay, not brilliant but everything came through, just a bit slower. The hotel is quite isolated and the nearest facilities are 5 kilometres from the hotel at Estapona Marina. It is a pleasant walk alongside the coast each evening, it was too hot during the day. We were disappointed by the Bravo Shuttle airport transfer bus from Malaga, we waited 45 minutes at the airport and then it took 3 hours to get to our hotel, I guess we were the last on the list.