Elba Estepona Gran Hotel and Thalasso Spa

Anna Shlimovich

We stayed in the hotel in January 2024. We took a suite on the 5th floor. It was an extraordinary room, huge with great furniture, massive closet space, large tub bath, separate shower, enormous loggia. The bedroom was excellent. The breakfast was very good, the parking ample. The swimming pool was heated. The beach is great as a nature spot and for the sea but I am not sure about swimming. When we stayed the wind was constant. Also the area has mosquitoes. The soundproofing is not that great. We liked the city of Estepona, its historic center and the seafront promenade. But the it's too busy and built-up. The hotel is a pleasant retreat further away. It was nice in January with minimal number of guests. Overall an excellent comfort and a great place to rest.

Laura Chamaine

Its not bad but location wise its terrible! There is NOTHING around it, its directly on the motorway! There's nowhere to even walk, nothing along the front, beach isn't very nice either! The hotel is nice enough, not enough staff in the dining room at busy times, food is VERY repetitive and not all that much variety. Drinks are expensive! Pools are nice, enough beds for everyone which is a plus. Room was okay, bed was huge, bathroom was huge. We had room service plates in our room for 2 days, stuff was going mouldy on it we had to ask reception for someone to take it away! Cleaning ladies took our pool towels and the bath towels and never replaced them, the 3 of us were using dressing gowns to get dry on as we didn't notice until it was too late! Staff are very pleasant and attentive in the main lobby but you go largely ignores in the dining rooms unless you're Spanish. All in all its okay, slightly tired looking in some areas and for a '5 star' where we paid £1900 for 4 nights i expected a little more!

John Cowley

Just a really lovely place to stay, rooms are very big, food is very very good and staff are lovely. Right next to the A7, but the hotel has no rooms at the back of the hotel, so absolutely no noise from the A7 can be heard. Fantastic pool, and the beach it just outside the hotel.

Gabrielle Burne

We had an amazing long weekend here. Everyone was so kind. The room was huge! The bathroom itself was bigger than most hotel rooms! The view was great. The food was varied and good. The spa is one of the best we have tried across a number of countries - we loved the variety and our favourite was the jacuzzi with the little lazy river going around it. We were at the end of the summer season so things were ever so slightly worn but everything was clean and there are clear protocols for things like fire drills and lift servicing which demonstrate a well managed hotel. The key card access to the beach path was well used and I really enjoyed my 5k run almost to the harbour. There are lots of little bridges along the route and some outdoor gyms. The gym at the hotel was well equipped and air conditioned so I was able to cycle as well. There is a Lidl across the road which can be accessed by a bridge of the motorway. To hire cycles it’s €18 cash per person per day - we didn’t take that up. Some of the times posted on the schedule were not correct - the pools were posted for 9am and didn’t open til 10 or shut earlier than advertised - but none of that was really relevant for us. Half board was enjoyed and one evening we also took up the a la carte - it was our anniversary and they made a diet friendly cake for us - which was super delicious! We would definitely come back for another quiet weekend off-season. Maybe we will try the scuba diving!

Deb Strubel

Thin walls allow noise to carry. Staff does their best but the bathroom tile situation allows roaches a home. We killed 3 in our shower and bathroom over 6 days on the ground floor, plus 2 in 2 days in the 3rd floor lobby bathrooms. Only a 10 euro taxi ride to center of town and the 2 pools are nice, but this is not a 5 star hotel.