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  • Costa del Sol Holidays
  • Benalmadena
  • Sunset Beach Club

Sunset Beach Club

TripAdvisor Review
Spain, Europe
Benalmadena

This exceptional resort boasts a magnificent location in Benalmádena right on the water's edge, and just a short taxi ride to Benalmadena Marina. The resort's convenient location means the villages of Mijas and Fuengirola are not far away with tennis and golf clubs, as well as a casino nearby. Moreover, Malaga international airport is a mere 20 minutes’ ride. Visitors may love to relax by the side of the outdoor swimming pool, sunbathing or resting under the shadow of an umbrella. After a full day of sightseeing, sporting action or playing on the beach, guests can unwind in the comfortable rooms, which are perfectly equipped with all the essential amenities needed for a pleasant stay.

Facilities

  • Garage*
  • 24-hour reception
  • Mobile phone coverage
  • Wired Internet
  • Wi-fi
  • Laundry service*
  • Launderette*
  • Medical service*
  • Bicycle hire service
  • Multilingual staff
  • *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.

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4.0 Very Good4,892 reviews
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Disappointing Holiday

Sadly, we will not be returning. There were a few plus points during our stay. The policing of the sunbeds was good, towels removed from those reserving and not using, the control of the mayhem around the pool- the pools are not big enough for all of the jumping and diving…in fact they could control this more! The negatives - this is not a four star hotel. Cheap sun beds all crammed together, dated small rooms with some facilities like the oven not working. Children running riot around the hotel until the early hours and then up early banging around their rooms. If you’re not Irish you will ostracised and made to feel unwelcome - pushed in the pushed on purpose. The pools are too small for all the chaos…people jumping all over and no room to swim. We ended up getting Ubers most days to other places - Mijas, Torremolinos, Puerto Banús to get away from it all. I’ll be complaining to our holiday provider. Really upsetting and disappointing for our family holiday.

TripAdvisor Review
Poolside a bit dull

I am halfway through my stay here just now. The hotel is lovely and I haven't witnessed a problem getting sunbeds at all and we are not going down to the pool until 11ish. Rooms are lovely and clean, we are in a 1 bed sea view and it is fine, but a bit small for a couple with 2 teenage sons.
The main reason I wouldn't return unfortunately is due to the pool. I understand safety is important and the lifeguards are probably following rules. However, my boys are bored. There isnt much going on around the pool during the day, but when they try and entertain themselves they are told they can't do this and can't do that. A soft small ball (tennis size), they were told they couldn't throw at each other. I think a ball being thrown is way less annoying than being soaked by water guns which is bizarrely being allowed. Diving...now it is 2.2m deep (which is a safe enough depth for poolside diving), however, nope they get told off for this too. This has been a disappointment as diving and passing a ball back in forward is the main things they do in pool on hols as brothers. Not enough going on round the pool for entertainment other than at 4pm a few days a week for pool party (which are good)

TripAdvisor Review
Good family holiday spot

Spent a week here as a family of 4. 2 adults 2 kids age 14 & 12. We had a great time. Really good food in Terazza restaurant. Friendly helpful staff all around the hotel. The cleaning staff are amazing, they came every day to make beds and change towels. Our room was spotless but a little small which is the only reason I wouldn’t return. It was too tight a squeeze with 2 teens and the 2 bed apartments were way overpriced. However I would recommend to families with toddler or small kids. There is panic in the morning for sunbeds. We used to watch it from our balcony with a coffee. One particular family had the same 4 beds all week. One morning I looked out and they had tied emergency red and white tape around 4 beds by the pool. The dad arrived down about 9:30 and took off the tape and put his towels down. I’ve never seen anything like that before. Staff were around the pool but nobody seemed to notice that 4 beds were cordoned off as if broken! It gave us a little giggle in the mornings !

Review by Road53726181703 Ireland
TripAdvisor Review
Stolen bag from hotel sports bar

Went here in June 2026 as a family. Kids loved the pool, supermarket was brilliant and so handy. Food was great in the tikki bar and La Terraza Restaurant. Rooms were very clean and checked daily. Location wasn't great, long walk to main shops, bars and restaurants. But our holiday was ruined when my handbag and belongings were stolen from our table at the hotel Panorama Bar (6th Floor). I reported to security and front desk but nothing was done. I was given the wrong address for the police station the following day. I have since tried to contact the hotel by email for a follow up if this incident has been investigated but they have not responded to me. Very disappointing end to family holiday.

TripAdvisor Review
A beautiful hotel but incredibly noisy peak time!

Quite a balanced review and personal to how we feel.

So, the hotel is a beautiful hotel and immaculately clean. Staff are also fabulous and work incredibly hard!

However, definitely not the hotel for us during peak periods due to the busyness and the incredibly high noise levels. We stayed 25/6-5/7.

We have stayed here before (New Year time) and loved it. I also did my research and absolutely knew it would be noisier during the day in summer time which we’re ok with and love seeing all the activity but we were not prepared for the evening noise!

We booked and stayed in a deluxe junior suite.

So, firstly I’m not a “holier than though”person and I’m also fully aware we were in a hotel and not a private villa however, we contacted the hotel a few times to ask for a quieter room as our daughter is Asperger’s /autistic and has heightened noise sensitivity. We were placed in a room on the 11th floor which was originally a good start - not immediately beside the lifts as requested however, as the hotel got busier at the start of July, as we were placed in a room in the middle of the corridor, this meant people were constantly passing our room to go to the lifts as well as constantly passing our room coming back from the lifts. We couldn’t be bothered asking for a different room as we were half way through our holiday at that point. The late evenings and the early mornings were particularly challenging with noise levels as there was a constant stream of people passing the room door chatting very loudly (as they were pretty much always drunk) - again folks are on holiday and this is ok! But they were incredibly noisy as well as allowing their kids to run riot up and down the corridors, never being challenged by parents over their noise levels as well as people constantly slamming their room doors rather than just closing their doors and the noise just echoed up and down the corridor. Also, like other reviews here, lots of constant doorbell ringing!

The lifts are crazy mental at times where there is just no courtesy given by other guests (normally not from the UK or Ireland) with them just pushing past to get to the lifts before you.

We also booked the hotel partly for the kids club as they provide an older kids club and our child, who is 12, is very sociable however were sorely disappointed with the selection of activities available in the older kids club as it’s very much geared towards boys than girls. Fully appreciate that girls also play football, dodgeball, FIFA challenge, Mario Kart, darts, pool etc…… but really, not the majority of girls do! There was absolutely zero activities geared towards girls. Our daughter, who’s 12, turned up enthusiastically to a few activities but it was just groups of all boys and no girls so unfortunately, she eventually ended up not going to anything in the kids club :(

And yes, the sunbed situation is crazy lol I would say the hotel has definitely addressed the lack of beds by providing more beds but as the space available is still the space available that the hotel has, there are beds everywhere with A LOT of really inconsiderate people bunching beds together to the point you can’t get past and it’s like a slalom trying to get through the beds. So, you should get a bed but you’ll be very squashed up! Also there are people queuing for a bed from as early as 7.30am! - not a holiday in my opinion as the gates don’t open until 9am lol. A little tip if you read this…….. make your way up to the back corner area (beside scuba club) as there a bit more room up there sshhhhhhhh 😂 There’s LOADS of daytime activity going on at the pool areas during the day every day - mostly geared around younger kids (max age 8 or 9?) and for adults. It can be very very noisy so be aware of this. It’s all great fun though for those taking part. Night time entertainment was fantastic though! Some great entertainers!

If you’re all good with an incredibly noisy hotel, love a good drink until the very early hours and are happy to allow your kids to run riot and your kids are under say the age of 9, or you have an older child who’s a boy, this is the hotel for you. Lost one point for the night time and very early morning noise from other guests and one point for the older kids club situation for us :(

All in all, a beautiful hotel but definitely not for us in peak time.

Review by LovetotravelGlasgow Glasgow, United Kingdom
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