ALEGRIA Colonial Mar Aquafun

i went with a few friends they said the food was the best, 30 minuets from the airport (pov: its only up the road from the nearest lidl :p .) the service was 11/10 noise was quite quiet it was the cleanest room thought the hotel. Value= the best rooms got a balcony aswell the pool is amising, restraunt is realy nice i might aswell go back!

We returned from our holiday on November 1st 2025 after a stay of 14 nights. Our family included myself (Grandma age 63) my daughter, son in law and 3 children aged 10, 8 and 2, having booked 2 rooms with sea view. The rooms were very spacious with balcony and super comfy beds. The first night my son in law had a seizure early hours of the morning and the night receptionist responded quickly with contacting the paramedics. Some difficulty with the language barrier but fortunately my grandson lives in Spain and was able to translate to the paramedics his health condition, he was taken to hospital and fortunately discharged to enjoy the rest of the holiday. I was absolutely amazed at all the staff within the hotel who worked tirelessly throughout, who always greeted you with a smile, always pleasant and nothing was too much trouble ensuring our stay was wonderful. The reception staff, maids who cleaned the rooms, the dining room staff who ensured everything ran efficiently, pool staff, lifeguards, bar staff, every single one of you worked so so hard. Now for the animation team, Denis, Ione, Ivan and Noelia, you were all absolutely outstanding and my family loved you all, Not only were you the greatest animation team I and my family have ever enjoyed on a holiday, your kindness and love you showed to everyone was priceless especially my grandchildren who struggle sometimes with anxiety you were amazing and made them feel accepted for their craziness! I cannot express enough how great you all are. My only negative was the smallest splash pool which needed some upgrading especially the floor which was coming up in places but to be honest our 2 year old just loved the bigger pool! The kids loved the slides and the pools and I even used the slide which is the first time ever in my 63 years going on holidays! It was safe and had lifeguards stationed all around. The food was much the same everyday but we all ate well, the kids loved the doughnuts mostly 🤣 This was our first time staying at this hotel and our experience was magical, made extra special by the animation team and because of this we have already booked to come again next October and are bringing even more family who were impressed by our feedback about the hotel and want to join us! We have booked 3 apartments this time and can’t wait to return. Thank you to everyone, every member of staff who made our holiday experience outstanding and especially Denis, Ione, Ivan, Noelia. See you next year 🥰

ALEGRIA Colonial Mar. Hi. We as a family have just returned home from our wonderful holiday in your hotel. From the moment we arrived everything was amazing. Greeted beautifully by reception staff. Our rooms were just perfect. Beautiful views, beautifully clean. The meals were just perfect, so much to chose from for both adults and children. My granddaughter has gluten allergies, you provided for her. The evening entertainment was great. Fun for all the family. The pool side was very clean. Although water very cold the children loved it. Halloween was especially good. The hotel well decorated. The ghost tunnel was good(although as a 72year old lady, I was extremely scared). Spending our family holiday at your hotel was simply the best. We thank you so much for so many happy memories. Hope to see you soon. From the Owen and Fellows Families.

Just had a week over half term, 2 adults and 7 year old. Can not fault anything. We booked an apartment which was great, the extra was worth spending for all the rooms we had, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and lounge/dining kitchen. Plus a bigger balcony than a standard room. Transfer time was about 45 minutes, a lot of the coach got off so check in queue was long but 5 staff on duty. My Spanish is poor so I would never knock anyone for not speaking english but all staff I dealt with understood and helped no problem. We only asked at reception for one thing in the room and was dealt with before we got back to the apartment. Food was ok in the dining room, plenty of choice but not all signs were in English, Google translate sorts that if your not sure. Lunch snack and afternoon snack were similar ever day but was ok as an extra or if you didn't want a full meal. We did have a couple of occasions of rudeness from other customers but that's not the hotels fault. We were there for Halloween night, it was far too noisy for me but lots of fun happening. Pool area was great, never struggled for a bed but people did reserve with towels in the sunnier area, but that was a better view of children so understandable. Life guards on duty the whole time pool is open, minimum of 2 but often 4 on duty always observant from my view point. One at top of the slides, one watching where they come down, blowing whistles if people not clearing slide area. Often moving location if children were in 'unseen' areas. 7 year old loved all areas especially the big slides, and joined in with entertainment and went to kids club which he thought was great. He also loved the football area. Pool bar area staff were great and got through the queue that seemed to never stop for them. Happily looking to book again for next year.

We have returned from a 5 day holiday break. Children 12 & 13. Cleanliness - 100% Food - plenty of choice/variety however if you don’t go when the doors open you risk queing for a long length of time. Would have been nice to see a snack bar that runs throughout from 12-5 with more variety so you don’t feel you are watching the clock to go to dinner for when it opens. Water park - 100% - plenty of sun beds. Entertainment - catered mainly for young children. Didn’t really cause us issues but would have been nice to have some night entertainment aimed at teenagers to give them something to do. Football pitch - 100% Thank you for an enjoyable visit.

We are a family of 4 - 2 adults & 2 kids age 12 & 8. We stayed all inclusive in 1 family room with 2 double beds. Hotel is nice & clean. Our room was nice. Enough clothing storage for all 4 of us. Had a fridge, kettle, safe & hairdryer. Large bathroom with a walk in shower, air-con worked fine. We had a balcony with table & 2 chairs with a pool & sea view. Food was ok. Everyone found something they liked even with picky eaters! Breakfast - sausages, eggs, smoked bacon, pancakes, omelette, cereal, bolied eggs, yoghurts, croissants, donuts Fresh warm baked bread for lunch & dinner. There is chicken nuggets, hotdogs, hamburger & chips served in the restaurant 11-1pm then reopens for lunch at 1 .30pm. My advice is go early for lunch & dinner at opening times to avoid queues . All inclusive was 11am-11pm. Obviously breakfast & breakfast drinks are included . You can ask for water at any time. Alcoholic drinks include 3 different cocktails, beer, wine, and local spirits. There are slushy drinks, cornetto ice creams , sandwich ice cream, crisps & nuts that can be asked at either of the 2 bars 11-11. Queues are massive for the bars and all inclusive stops at 11pm so you can buy drinks after this time or get water only. You get water in small bottles, all other drinks in a mixture of glass, plastic & cardboard cups. The pools are great: a quiet pool at the back of the hotel, a splash pool, toddler pool with slides , a jacuzzi area, a pool with 4 different slides sectioned off from the main pool area . Not too deep my 8 year old could stand up on her tiptoes . There was plenty of lifeguards on and all doing a great job. Watching constantly. Pool opened at 10am and slides opened at 11am. If you put towels on sunloungers before 10am and leave them they will be removed unless someone is sitting with them. Kids club was 11-1 & 4-7 my 8 year old enjoyed it. They put the English kids together. There was games during the day for juniors & adults. They were aimed at Spanish people mainly. We all got up and joined in but entertainment crew mainly only spoke in Spanish. There was an instance where my husband, 12 yr old and I was pulled up by a female entertainer to join in on archery which we joined however when the male entertainer wrote names of people joining in down he looked at us and ignored us purposely. We asked him to join in and he ignored us again. We had to write our names on the paper ourselves . This was just plain rude! Entertainment every night was quite late 9.30pm for kids disco onwards . It was all in Spanish . We didn't mind as could still enjoy it. You can access the beach via a gate. It is a shingle beach and gets really deep a few metres in the sea that my husband couldn't stand up in so need to watch the kids in the sea . We did a pirate ship tour- went out to sea and jumped off boat into the sea. Couldnt see any fish unfortunately. You walk along the promenade takes about 30mins with kids. There are a few bars with food places but no other shops along the beach. If you walk into the town 15min walk you can visit a market on a Thursday and there is a shopping centre with a supermarket, primark and other shops. There is 1 souvenir shop across the road from the hotel and a little shop in the hotel. Overall we enjoyed our holiday. If you don't let it annoy you that they mainly cater for spannish then you will enjoy your holiday . At the end of the day we were in Spain at a popular spanish resort for locals.

We travelled as a family of 4 and like other people we were nervous with the hotel due to some of the reviews but there was absolutely nothing to worry about. We arrived mid afternoon, was checked in and in our room within 30 minutes. The rooms are spacious and cleaned everyday. The pools were amazing and the slides were a brilliant bonus. Both my boys 7 and 5 could use them all. Waterpark up the road but you do not need to go with the slides on offer here. Lifeguards very aware and brilliant. There was a man who removed the pool towels before 10am if you left them on the sunbeds, this was perfect as no one could reserve them and no racing to get one. One of the best hotels for this compared to previous we have stayed. Staff - amazing and helpful. Food - like every all inclusive but we always found something we liked. Very clean and all the staff worked so hard. Always something to eat throughout the day. Entertainment - the entertainment team worked so hard all day and yes it was mainly Spanish in the evening but we enjoyed this. There is a football pitch just by the side of the pool and this was a big plus for our football crazy child. Area - right on a beach. If you walked up the beach a bit there is cafes etc. Also the grand plaza with fast food restaurants and other restaurants only a 10 minute walk away. One of the smallest airports we have been too and this was brilliant. Quick getting out and no ques to check in etc. Transfer only 30 minutes. We very rarely return to a hotel as we like to try different places however, we would 100% return here.

We have just got back from a week at this hotel and we very nearly didn’t go because of some of the reviews !! I am so glad we ignored them. We got there early afternoon and the reception staff were lovely, efficient and spoke great English not like the other reviews suggest at all. We were in our room within 10 mins and it was lovely, spotlessly clean, lots of storage space with a lovely bathroom with large walk in shower, TV, Fridge and tea and coffee making facilities. The maids came in every day and cleaned and made beds ( they were not changed daily but does anyone change their beds daily at home? NO. The towels were changed if you put them in the shower cubicle. There were staff all around cleaning etc all the time in communal areas also. The pool area is fantastic - the pictures on the website do not do it justice at all it’s fabulous with areas for all ages and the pools are plenty big enough. There are adequate sun beds and there are lots of umbrellas but they are fixed and due to the heat it may be worth having some mobile umbrellas but it wasn’t a big issue at all. There is food available pretty much throughout the day and yes it can get a bit samey but show me any all inclusive that doesn’t - there was fresh cooking, fresh bread and salads and lots of different desserts etc- all being replaced all the time even up to closing. Staff worked really hard in the restaurant and it was busy at times but we never waited more than 5 - 10 mins for a table ever. There is self serve drinks (soft and beer and sangria). It was hot in the restaurant - there is air con but it’s a high ceiling building but it wasn’t a big issue. Entertainment was good and people saying it’s “too Spanish” need to go somewhere else then - I think it shows how good a hotel it is if local people go there. The staff all spoke adequate English and maybe us brits need to learn a few words in Spanish and stop being so ignorant - if you want Britain abroad go to Benidorm - if you want a beautiful place that has a plethora of cultures and is a Spanish hotel this is wonderful. The beach is lovely - not sandy but great. The kids club is good- our little girl went a few times and it was great. We honestly nearly changed our hotel because of the reviews but all I can say is please ignore them - there is always a few things people may find difficult etc but we have had a lovely holiday and would definitely go back. Our only suggestions would be: - - more vegetarian options in the restaurant- there was plenty of food but maybe some actually dishes such as veg paella or lasagna etc. - air con to be looked at in communal areas. - a few areas around the pool were a bit rough on your feet

Fantastic place! We booked as a last minute getaway and after reading the reviews it was safe to say I was a little worried- by the end of the first day those worries were no longer! The rooms are spotless, cleaned everyday. The aircon was abit temperamental but a quick visit to reception it was sorted ( it was me doing it wrong) The pool area was fab! Great for kids and adults too if you like water slides- I sure did! The staff team were polite, helpful and always smiling which is nice too see. Food was good- I'm not picky, I stick to what I know but never went hungry. The sea was a little rough travelling with 2 small children but if you walk down a little it was much calmer and less seaweeds tickling your feet and legs! Overall such a lovely break, I would recommend over and over again.. Will definitely return in the future!

We've just returned from a 5 night stay in a two bedroom apartment. On the first night we had an issue with the air con not working. After informing reception, they instantly dispatched the maintainence team who confirmed the air-conditioning was faulty. The reception and management team were fantastic and offered a replacement apartment straight away and actually offered us an apartment with a beautiful, large sun terrace area, with 4 sunbeds. The service that we recieved from all of the staff throughout our stay was exceptional. Special mention to Rothera (apologies if I got the name wrong) on reception, who dealt with the room move, late check out and initial check-in. As other reviews state, the hotel is very Spanish orientated...but, surprise suprise...it is Spain !! The food at breakfast, lunch and dinner, and also snacks throughout the day, was plentiful with a range of foods to suit everyone. Again, some of the food is Spanish themed, but there is lots of choice of alternative options. Self serve drink stations in the food hall, with soft drinks and beer was good. A option for a self serve wine would have been a nice addition. The dining room did get busy at peak times, but we never had an issue getting a table. The pool is a little on the small side, but the slides were a great addition for the kids and the adults. There is a quiet pool away from the main pool area, but we didn't venture there during out stay. The bars and bar staff were great. We found that they all spoke good English, however seemed to appreciate and playfully encourage our attempts at ordering in Spanish. Drinks to the pool area are served in paper cups. We took reusable insulated cups, which the bar staff were happy to fill up. Bottled water was available at the bars as part of the all inclusive. To conclude, we booked this hotel as a last minute, impulse buy. After reading various reviews, we were worried to hear about other people's opinions. Thankfully, our experience was excellent. The service we received was perfect. Any issues we had were resolved professionally and politely. Staff were friendly and welcoming. We would have no worries about returning to this hotel if the deal was right, however we like to try new placed and new experiences.