Sol Marbella Estepona Atalya Park

Our family (8 people) has now spent a week at this hotel. The rooms are nice – and that's about all the praise we can give! We arrived at 2:30 p.m., expecting to have some lunch before the restaurant closed at 3:00 p.m. Unfortunately, we ended up wandering around completely confused because the staff spoke very little English and showed absolutely no interest in helping us find our way. Eventually, we found the snack bar – which consisted of nothing more than French fries and cakes. :( We settled in despite the disappointing experience, but throughout the entire week we had to put up with boring, repetitive food, three large events with extremely loud music until midnight, and staff who seemed completely unwilling to help whenever we needed assistance. On our departure day, there was no lunch available at 1:00 p.m., even though we had a three-hour drive to the airport ahead of us. There was also no Sunweb representative at the hotel at any point during our stay. The hotel is worn down and poorly maintained. For example, the paint in the swimming pool is peeling off, and you end up walking on loose flakes of paint. Overall, everything feels second-rate. We will never come back here again!

This hotel shouldn't have a 4 star rating. It's 3 stars at the most. Its location isn't great, with nothing accessible. The hotel is still stuck in the 70's. It is clean, but it's plain, dated and in need of a refurb. The jazz bar, which has a great outside terrace, was closed and there's another bar/room downstairs that's also closed. So only one entertainment room. This isn't mentioned in the brochure. The staff are great though. On check in, I wasn't happy with my room and the reception was very accommodating in moving me to another room. The rooms are clean but minimalist and plain. No iron/ironing board or even a kettle. I rang down to reception to ask for both and they immediately sent them all up to my room. Unfortunately I returned the kettle because the inside was rusty and sticky on the base. I said the best place to put it was in the bin. My room had a view of the main pool, which gets extremely noisy at certain times throughout the day. So if you like a siesta and your room overlooks the pool, you'll find it impossible to have a nap 🙉. The food is a real let down, especially at dinner. It's tasteless, bland, basic and unappealing. Even the scrambled eggs at breakfast didn't taste nice. If you're all inclusive, at breakfast, no staff member comes to take your drinks order, you have to help yourself. At dinner, nobody takes your drinks order, you have to help yourself. I only spent 3 nights there (out of the week that I'd booked) and as soon as my husband arrived on my 4th day, I checked out and we checked into another hotel. Would I stay there again, sorry but no.

Hotel a throw back to the 60/70's as the buildings appear to be of this era. The canteen or the Hotel Restaurant is in a large tent ? Go to the far end & it has different chairs which are badly stained - disgusting ! Hotel remote, nothing in the area, dependent on buses. Walk of 20 mins uphill to main road & connections to Estepona & Puerto Banus. Beach - very poor not suitable for children. you'll need water shoes. This is a 3 Star Hotel at best. What they call the quiet pool has no views, overlooked by the 8 floor block, & the lovely roof & duckting of the smaller block. The large family pool has flaking blue paint, which we saw some lying on the grass. All evening entertainment in 1 large room, very noisy & not enough bar staff, so long q's for drinks. So many other rooms not open for evening relaxation of a quiet drink. Nothing in the area to go to for a coffee or a drink. On the plus side lots of space in the way of gardens, which are well maintained & plenty of sun beds. Save your money & go to a REAL 4 Star Hotel, as this is simply NOT one.

Good afternoon, I booked this hotel as part of a very last minute Jet2 4 nights holiday. I normally do more research on hotels before I book - so I blame myself !!. Firstly- the location, the name of the hotel is totally inaccurate. It is in the middle of nowhere. To get anywhere you had a 10/15 minute walk up to a main road (A7), to wait for the local bus. When the buses arrived they were always packed. It took 40 minutes into Estapona and up to 60 minutes into Marbella - very disappointing. Secondly- our room had the cheapest type of wooden flooring which had separated at multiple places and chipped and raised all over the place. We asked at reception for a less damaged room, we moved to a lower floor room, which was not as damaged, but still a mess. The dining room was unbelievable. It had dirty seats covered with even dirtier seat covers. Buffet was similar to the hotel DEFINITELY NOT 4 STAR. On the 2nd day we went into Marbella and booked into an apartment in the old town. We returned to the Sol Marbella Estapona for the last night to ensure we were there for our 7am pick up the following morning. We did not complain to either Sol Marbella Estapona hotel or Jet2 as I did not want the hassle to spoil our short holiday break. All I would say is that is definitely NOT anywhere near a 4 star hotel. It needs refurbished big time. The location is remote at best, and the name of the hotel is locationally misleading. The cost of us finding a separate 2 night location during our 4 day break was worth every penny. Avoid sharing our disappointment and look elsewhere.

This is a huge family hotel facing the sea. In spite of the vast numbers of guests the spacious grounds offer calm places where you can just sit and watch the sea. Our room was clean and spacious, the aircon worked and the lifts were efficient. The grounds were beautiful and lovingly tended. There were plentiful sun loungers, beautiful swimming pools and lots of sport opportunities. Having said that, it wasn't truly 4 star. It was a just slightly shabby. The food was self catered, and although plentiful it wasn't always appetising. The coffee was horrible. The staff, however, were five star. Cheerful, friendly and efficient at alll times. Always pleased to see the many little children who were in the dining room. The most important point to note if you are on a budget is that the hotel is fairly isolated. There is a sort of bus service about half a mile away. Otherwise taxi to Marbs or Estepona will cost around 30 euros each way.

Just got back after spending a week at Sol (2 adults, 4 kids) stayed all inclusive. We had 2 family rooms next to each other but had one of the beds moved into one of the rooms so we could all stay together as our children are 3,4,5&6 so didn’t want to sleep separately. Hotel is immaculately clean, rooms are cleaned every day, beds stripped and made, fresh towels. Pools are great, splash pad for kids is a lovely little addition for the kids. There is a quiet pool and then a larger family pool where they have inflatables and activities each day, all day. Absolutely no issue with sunbeds, we went down 45 mins before the pool opens to save some and never had any issues. You can get pool towels for free, they give you a card and you get towels in exchange for a card. Also they use a token system for AI drinks, you get a larger cup in exchange for a token, take it back you get your token back. Pool is super clean, water is tested every single day which I think is fab. Food there is a huge selection on offer every day, there was only one restaurant open whilst we were there and then another open on the Friday and Saturday evening only but serving the same food. Everything is really fresh and there is loads to choose from, salad is really fresh, fresh fruit. Lots of options for dessert, good for the kids at all mealtimes. We never struggled to find anything to eat for any of us. Pool snack bar has selection in there too like croissants, chocolate doughnuts (so good btw), chips, cereal, cheese, they had burgers and hot dogs too. Beach is stunning but a little rocky, you can’t swim from the shore line unless you have sea shoes really. They have pedalos with slides on them, sunbeds/parasols etc. there’s a man and lady on the beach selling bags, T-shirts and then a lady that does hair braiding also. The lobby bar is nice and quiet in the day time and cool with air con, you can get drinks and snacks there too I believe but we never ate there only got drinks from the bar. The entertainment is on every night and all day long, they have a kids club and adult activities throughout the day like spin class, dancing, water polo, pool mats, yoga. They have a teenager activity timetable too with volleyball etc. The entertainment staff are absolutely second to none, cannot fault them at all. Lolo & Christian are amazing at what they do. Our children will remember them forever. The evening entertainment is great held in the lobby bar, different every night, the magician is absolutely brilliant. They do a kids hour that starts at 9pm like mini disco or face painting then the adult show starts at 10pm. Great atmosphere especially on the weekend. There are tennis courts etc, an arcade for children, shop on site, beauty salon. One thing I would say is we found that this hotel is primarily Spanish based, there aren’t many staff who speak really fluent English, however this wasn’t an issue for us. The staff are super friendly, they never stop they are on the go 24/7, nothing is too much trouble. The cleaners are fantastic. Thank you for making our stay so comfortable and most of all for the entertainment staff - you really are incredible. Great value for money for what you get. We would 100% return, a lovely hotel.

The hotel and grounds are massive I got lost a few times, but that’s just me. The food is good, great variety bit cold but what can you expect catering for so many people. The grounds surrounding the hotel are massive, plenty to do if your into all that, football pitches table tennis, paddle and tennis are just the start. Hotel is spotless clean and the rooms to. Our view is a lot to be desired. Looking out at a car park with two builders skips not nice least to say we haven’t used it. But over all I would recommend this hotel .

Amazing hotel and staff. I read a lot of reviews before going and was nervous it wasn’t going to be good but it was amazing! me and my boyfriend went and were both 20 and it was perfect for us, we did all inclusive and the drinks weren’t capped at all and the pool atmosphere was so vibrant and fun and the drinks and food was amazing. The staff were so friendly and helpful and the rooms were always kept clean and were always quiet despite the reviews saying it was noisy. Would DEFO recommended to anyone looking to go, amazing spot for everyone as it’s only about 20 mins to marbella old town and it was about £15 in a uber there. We will defo be returning, it’s a super safe and welcoming place with many different activities and age groups.

Well where do I start, what an amazing place to have your well earned break, the people here are second to none, the best staff/management and entertainment team Christian/ Alvaro and Oscar were simply the best team IV ever had the pleasure to do clubs for our 10 year old, they are so accommodating and will bend over backwards to make your stay a memorable one, the guest experience team, well I genuinely have no words to explain how professional/kind/helpful/accommodating/ the team are, before our arrival Isabel was our saviour also Caroline in the office thank you both for your time patience with all pre holidays hic ups, now we get to my good friend Pablo, what can I say, if I didn't like the place I would return just because of him and his unbelievable love for the people who are holidaying, (the place is amazing) just put that in there, he is one in a million, they broke the mold when they made him, there was nothing and I mean nothing he would not do to help, from our family to you Pablo thank you for making our stay so special and wonderful 😊 we look forward to seeing you all on the 8th June 2027 love you all, what a holiday what a place to go, The Macdonald family