Stayed 6 nights over the New Year. The hotel provided a free airport transfer in the price on landing at Malaga found a man in the arrival hall holding a board with our name on exactly as we had been advised. He took us straight to the bus off we go. It took less than 15 minutes to get the accommodation check in was done in minutes. We arrived late morning but they still allowed us in to our room, which was brilliant, we were pleased we didn’t have to walk the streets till their usual check in time.

The 5th floor studio was basic but far exceeded our expectations especially after I had read some reviews I was expecting the worst, But, for what we had paid I felt we more than got value for money. We didn’t go there with the intention of cooking big meals on the 2-ring hob but we managed breakfast light lunches so we found no problems here. I did my research before hand so I knew to take a travel kettle to make drinks. A toaster would have been a nice touch but we managed without one. Tea towels a tablecloth were provided the towels were fluffy clean. We had absolutely no problems at all with housekeeping. To be honest we are tidy people it is not a problem at all to us to clear up after ourselves we would always dispose or our own rubbish. The linen towel changes were good, bedding was changed twice while we there which for a 6-night stay is very good, I wouldn’t get that back home. I particularly found the bed pillows to be so comfortable I slept well throughout our stay. The air con radiator in the room worked fine both were needed at different times, as the weather was very unpredictable. Always plenty of hot water regardless of the weather.

We didn’t use the restaurant so cannot comment on the food. We used the bar most evenings for a drink on a couple of occasions we watched the acts they had on. Typical hotel acts but we found them to be entertaining. The guests were a mixture of English Spanish French while we were there everyone seemed to get on I didn’t feel they were being unfriendly at all.

The staff here we found to be absolutely brilliant. Reception staff could not be more helpful than they were. They booked restaurants taxis for us gave us as much information as we needed on the area. They were always friendly always greeted us warmly. Im shocked that people have said they found them rude. We never treat staff aggressively or shout at them treating people the way we like to be treated has always been our motto hasn’t done us too badly up to now. Unfortunately when we arranged them to collect us from the airport we presumed it would just take us back so we hadn’t booked a return transfer but the girl on the desk said no problem I will do it now for you that’s exactly what she did. She got on the phone within minutes had arranged our pick up. When we checked out the front desk again were very friendly wishing us a safe journey. The collection to the airport was on time went without any problems.

At this time of year we found the resort to be very very quiet had no real nightlife to speak of a lot of the time we would be the only diners in the restaurants so the places lacked any atmosphere. We went to Benalmadena most of the time, which was slightly livelier, but while it was a lovely walk during the day early evening the taxis back late evening added an extra 12-15 Euros to the cost of each evening so it made it expensive. As we had predominantly gone to celebrate the new year we didn’t find Torremolinos to our liking so we will not return but I would certainly recommend these apartments to those of you who do decide to pay it a visit im sure in summer it is a much livelier place to be with the accommodation right on the beach only a short walk up into the town it makes for a perfect location.

• Holiday details: Dec 2010, Room Only, Booked Independently
• Good For: Beach