The hostel is centrally located, close to the cathedral, beach, train/bus station, also surrounded by restaurants & stores. Reception service was great-fast check-in, loved that they let us leave our luggage there while we explored because we arrived super early. Super accommodating, as soon as our room was ready they let us have access way before the check-in time. It’s clean and has everything you need for a decent stay. A couple of things are a little old & require an upgrade like the shower head didn’t stay on the holder and the toilet seat would move. Aside from that, no complaints.
Advantages: The location is right by the sea, you can lie on the beach when you go out, and you can see the sea view from the balcony. It is recommended to pay a little more for a sea view room, the view is not a little better.
Disadvantages: Poor sound insulation, there are people singing at the seaside in the middle of the night, it is too lively and noisy. The bed in the twin room is less than 1 meter wide, it feels like it is only 90 cm at most, which is narrow.
Parking problem: On this road by the sea in front of the hotel, you can park within the blue line as long as there is an empty parking space. After parking, go to the roadside machine to pay the parking fee, print out the bill and put it under the front glass of the driver's seat. The maximum fee during the day is 3.25, and it is free at night and on weekends.
Fantastic apartment. Not large, but everything you need. And the view is spectacular and it's great to come back in the afternoon and relax by the swimming pool. They don't clean your apartment and don't refill the coffee, dishwasher tablets, etc. But there is a supermarket next door with everything you need.
Hotel with a very nice design, it surprised me. Spacious rooms but you can see the passage of time. Two double beds although the mattresses are springs. Food quite acceptable without being remarkable. Friendly staff.
The hotel was very pleasant in almost all aspects the hotel is very pleasant, with excellent facilities, quiet environment and fantastic location. The service was always sympathetic and attentive, and the experience was generally very positive.
However, there are some points that could be improved: access to the indoor pool is paid (15€ for only 90 minutes), the exchange of swimming pool towels has an additional cost of 1€, and during the 3 days of stay the bath towels of the room were not available. The breakfast, though good and in a wide range, could be more varied.
In the spa bathrooms, although it was a pleasant space, only two bathrooms were available which can be little when more guests want to use the space, although it was quite good the last day to take a shower before the return journey.
In general, I recommend the Islantilla Stival, because it offers a great experience, but with some details to be improved to be at the height of a real four-star resort.
A experiência foi boa ,o atendimento de chegada foi excelente.O quanto estava em perfeitas condições de limpeza e muito bem apresentado.
O ar condicionado não fazia frio suficiente,ao qual foi reclamado e ficou quase igual (passei calor ).
O estacionamento é excelente.
As piscinas exteriores e SPA são excelentes.
Hotel near Malaga City Center,Malaga100% of visitors choose this area
AAnonymous User2025.08.03
I love the hostel. The staff is really friendly and nice. They are helpful for the first timer and guides well. The capsule is comfortable and unique experience. The bathroom have all you needed; shampoo, body lotion, body shower etc. The most important thing is the toilet has bidet. The pantry amenities is good and well maintained.
Overall, common areas are modern and spacious. Some rooms have beautiful views over the city, botanic garden, and sea side. The hotel also offers very good facilities such as the pool, jacuzzi & gym. The breakfast is exceptional with lots of variety to pick from.
However there were quite a few disappointments: service at the bar was really bad, with staff sighting and making faces when you ask to order something, the inner spa is at additional cost and the rooms are very small which does not make it worth the price we paid.
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SsaharamoonI still had a little bit when I booked this hotel. Two nights 7000 included three meals, not including children's meals. Look at the comments and say that the breakfast is rich and worried about stepping on the pit. After arriving, the more you live, the more you don’t want to go, it’s a bit like c lu b
Med, there are various activities every day, according to the age of the child, you can play until 11 o'clock in the evening. The hotel faces the beach, walks left to the lively night market and restaurants, and to the right is the volleyball court. There are no Asians here, and the waiter will be very enthusiastic to us. The most cow is the meal. I am too lazy to eat salmon. The sweet red shrimp is longer than my palm. There is also wheel cheese pasta. The fresh juice in the morning is fresh. We can't eat it for two days.
GGuest UserThis hotel is punching above its weight and winning. The staff are all really friendly and really take pride in making sure your stay goes well. While on holiday I had a problem with my suitcase not wanting to unlock (likely due to being thrown about in the plane). The staff helped me and found a solution to get inside by cutting the tags and smoothing them off to avoid injury. Without which I'd have had no clothes for the trip.
While in Spain we had the national power outage which was totally beyond anyone's control. The staff handled this the best they possibly could. Allowing us to gather water from the pool to aid with flushing toilets, which were affected by the power outage. Providing us with candles and matches. As well as the rooms having a torch inside. When the power came back on, they organised a get-together with complimentary drinks and nibbles to thank us for our patience. This was a lovely touch even though this wasn't the hotels fault. The room I stayed in had recently been renovated and I was so impressed by the new design and choices that had been made. The resort was kept clean all the time by the fantastic cleaning team who were always doing something. All members of staff were friendly and were on board with the hotels pledge to reduce its environmental impact. The hotel doesn't have dedicated parking but on street free parking is so easy to find between the hotel and the park that this isn't an issue. The location is minutes away from the seafront and a selection of places to get breakfast and other meals.
I've been to this hotel before, but I've seen a real improvement this year in how Sahara Sunset is being ran. I look forward to seeing how they continue to develop.
LLAGIn terms of staff, I found it very weak. Check-in time took too long. Lack of friendliness among reception staff. And the same goes for the breakfast room staff. Not very friendly and with an apparent lack of desire/pride/interest in doing a job with sympathy and attention to the guest.
One last issue that I don't understand is that hotel guests do not have the right (without having to pay) to the reserved/exclusive area.
Strange, especially because it is a resort, where guests normally have full access to all areas.
MMikhailLocation is inconvenient, to the sea far, the hotel is somewhere on the hillside. Old rooms, breakfasts and dinners are presented with a lot of dishes, most of which are impossible to eat. The pool opens from 10:00 (as in all Spain), in 40 minutes before the cage starts to form a queue to take the lying. A terrible pool. Take the deposit is unclear why, in the mini bar room and something valuable is not available).
In short, the impression is not particularly pleasant.
I don't recommend. The price for such a high. We took it because we had to book one night.
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