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Ipv Palace And Spa
Spain, Europe
Fuengirola
This superb beach hotel enjoys a frontline setting in the bustling resort town of Fuengirola. The hotel is perfectly situated just beside the beautiful sandy beach and is within easy walking distance of the shops, restaurants, bars and entertainment venues the town has to offer. Malaga airport is conveniently set just 20 km away from the hotel. Business and leisure guests will be able to take advantage of the venues to host meetings and other private events. For a sunny day, the outdoor pool area has sunbeds, parasols and an incredible pool to dip in. All visitors will be impressed by the culinary delights the restaurant has to offer. The rooms are beautifully appointed and well equipped with all the needed amenities to have the best experience.
Facilities
- Spa treatments*
- Game room
- Kids’ club
- Children playground
- Parasols
- Sun loungers
- Outdoor freshwater pool
- Banquet hall
- Poolside snack bar
- Restaurant
- Please note some facilities may incur an additional fee
Due to the surrounding area and the number of steps around the hotel, it may not be suitable for those with mobility difficulties.
The Local Area
Tripadvisor Reviews
4.5 Excellent2,511 reviews
Excellent
54%
Very Good
29%
Average
10%
Poor
4%
Terrible
3%
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Limonta and Yuri are STARS!!!!!
Absolutely love the hotel, especially atmosphere and entertainment team - Limonta and Yuri are stars! These two people are such a warm and vibrant characters withought them it would be not so much fun. Guests absolutely LOVE THEM! Thank u. Ines and Jon.
Would definitely return - lovely chilled hotel
Lovely hotel. We stayed in the Ronda block which was ideally located for the pool and the buffet restaurant.
Rooms were very comfortable as were the beds. Also slightly larger than the average Spanish hotel room we thought.
We mostly found the food to be great (we were half board so had breakfast and dinner in the buffet restaurant each day). There was always something for everyone to eat apart from my very fussy daughter, but that's not the hotel's fault! Breakfasts were particularly good.
I have included photos of the menus for the pool snack bar (food truck) and pool bar (beach club) as I can never find them online when looking at prospective hotels. We didn't eat in the beach club but it seemed very popular. The food truck was good but a little expensive.
We also ate lunch in the Bikini Beach Club a minutes walk from the hotel along the promenade. It was fairly decent but also a little expensive.
The pool area was nice and didn't feel too crowded. Finding sunbeds was not too much of an issue and the location right on the beach was lovely.
Views from the sea view rooms were gorgeous.
The BP petrol station opposite the hotel (but over a bridge) was good for stocking up on drinks/snacks and it also had a very reasonable priced cafe attached to it. There is no shop in the hotel which is unusual although they have quite a few vending machines.
The hotel could perhaps benefit from a pool table and table tennis table.
The Miramar shopping centre was worth a visit and not too far a walk.
Used Ubers and taxis but found the taxis in many cases were cheaper.
Some areas of the hotel need a bit of a refub (such as small rips in the wallpaper in some of the bedrooms and corridors), but overall felt very clean.
Compared to the other hotels we looks at in the centre of town we would definitely pick this one even though they may be better located as they were busier and not directly on the beach.
Would definitely return.
Review by B8639WOnataliek London, United Kingdom
Lovely stay
Absolutely lovely. Simone was an amazing receptionist and did everything to help. Poolside rooms lovely, breakfast great selection and we tried evening meal once which was also good. Pool scene wonderful, temperature lovely and lots of beds. Bars great, generally very clean all around and staff nice and polite.
However, beach very stony and sea not that clear or clean. Lots of people on the beach too.
Love the hotel though.
Best hotel in the area!!
Over the years I have been a regular guest at this hotel, and it is probably the best hotel in Fuengirola. The pool is excellent, the food and beverage service is fantastic, and the beachfront location is hard to beat. The rooms are always clean, spacious, and comfortable.
However, the customer service has been a bit hit-and-miss over the years. Despite visiting regularly, I had never been offered an upgrade or even a complimentary drink as a gesture of appreciation for being loyal guests.
That changed when we checked in with Alice. She was welcoming, professional, and made us feel genuinely valued as returning guests. Alice has restored my faith in the hotel, and thanks to her, we will definitely be returning.
Thank you, Alice, for making such a positive difference to our stay.
Review by 661jw Gibraltar
Not worth the hype
5* for cleanliness/cook staff. The reception staff/policies need work. Check in at 2pm but at 2pm then said it’s 2-4pm so they lied. After asking 3x they eventually called the cleaning staff & we got in around 3:15pm. The extractor fan didn’t work in the bathroom and we had no table/ chairs for our garden room. We asked 3 staff members to eventually get a table the next day.
Also garden room is fence view although having your own sun beds is nice and round the corner from the bar.
Breakfast is 10/10 and dinner is hit and miss. Some days it was mostly fish and hardly any meat dishes and I hate seafood so not great but desserts are nice and always fruit available. I will say the line for omelettes is stupid as people line up along where the food is so it’s awkward to get to so staff should manage it better. The beach bar is priced fairly for drinks but beach bar and snack bar is a rip off for food.
Entertainment was ok, Dance acts were poor the singing acts were decent but started at 10pm which is late and lasts 40mins-1hr. There’s no self entertainment area like darts or a pool table either and during the day the entertainment is basic like aqua aerobics and it’s all in Spanish.
Spa was shut the whole of this month for maintenance but I didn’t see a single maintenance person In there till our last day. This was not advertised so very shameful.
Pool area is nice staff did said no reserving beds but people were after breakfast so they lied. Lifeguard is suppose to remove towels but didn’t even when asked as it sates its policy. The lifeguard pretended not to know English and started speaking in Spanish when we questioned all the empty beds with towels. 1 out of 2 pool showers worked as well so not great as you’ll read further down we had no courtesy room.
Location is out of the way 10-15 min walk to any shops/cafe/bars & 30mins to a main town. Ubers are expensive there is a bus but not many stops so it’s awkward.
Our return flight was late so we asked for a courtesy room or late check out and they couldn’t facilitate ? Even though check in is 2-4pm so the fact we couldn’t have a later check out is odd. All the rooms in this hotel and not 1 room for us to pay for like 10mins just to use the showers is again bull****. Also throughout our day our room was always cleaned around 9:45am ish and when we left it was cleaned at 1:30pm ish so the fact we had to wait till after 3pm to check in is bull****.
Overall if you want a more affordable hotel as Malaga is an expensive area, close to the beach and a nice pool area with good food this is a nice place. However for what you pay entertainment is poor the facilities are poor as we couldn’t use the spa and they don’t offer courtesy rooms or late check out despite advertising late checkouts. Also if you’re not bothered about entertainment and happy to trek to bars/restaurants every night this also would suit you. Torromolinos is 1000x better than Fuengirola or I’d get a hotel closer to the centre as in 35 degree heat it’s too hot to walk for 20+ mins. The main strip is also more cafe and supermarket based so not great and lively. Also I’d call to check if the spa is open as it wasn’t so clearly not a 4* currently for over £700pp.
Review by Lana M Cambridge, United Kingdom
