Hotel Villa del Mar

We had the distinct privilege of spending a week at the Villa Del Mar. The holiday was booked for early November, which sadly meant we missed the opportunity to participate in the Benidorm festival. The holiday was all round great though. The hotel is very close to beach, a hop skip jump and you are there. The beach is great, sandy, and well maintained. The hotel is also in close proximity to the Old Town, which has many fine shops, and Tapas bars. We mainly spent our evenings at the hotel, which had fine evening entertainment. It was enjoyable sipping all inclusive cocktails, whilst seeing circus performers, and singers plying their trade. The hotel is in fine condition, and the views of the beach and sea from our room was fabulous. The staff were great, from the people at reception, to housekeeping, and those involved in producing the nightly shows. The food was buffet style, with the main meals of the day catered for, and snacks at other times. The range of food choices was very good. Local dishes, and stalwart choices for British holiday makers. The time of year we went, the frequenters of the hotel were more mature, but we still enjoyed the vibe very much. The only gripe was that one of the elevators was out of order. All said and done it was a fab holiday. We hope to make a visit again in the near future.

after reading all the fantastic reviews wei decided to book this hotel for a special birthday treat we booked a seaview room and asked for a high floor we were given floor 2 maybe that was a blessing in disguise as there was only 1 lift working the whole of our stay the room badly needed updated. furniture worn and marked and the lay out was all wrong room cut in half by a wooden particion and to enjoy the seaview you had to sit on the end of your bed there should have been a small table and 2 chairs at the window for you to enjoy the view which we paid for. even more annoying when you hear people saying they got a free upgrade to the jacussi rooms the bathroom did smell at times and ther was a lot of cracked floor tiles and dirty grouting whilst the shower was good if you turned it to extra power it flooded the floor food was a let down for us first morning i took a fried egg which was cold never had another. scrambled egg was better. both at lunch and dinner it was chips all the time on the odd occasion there was mashed potato which resembled glue yuk not many vegetables on offer plenty of spanish stews 1 even was made of pigs trotters no comfortable indoor seating with the exception of 9 seats which quickly filled up it was too cold at night to enjoy your drink at the bar area we ended up going to another hotel to enjoy the comfort warmth and excellent entertainment there we wont be returning to the villa del mar