Colina del Paraiso

Visited July 2025 with two adults and three children aged 11, 14 and 15. I booked this hotel knowing it was a bit out of the main holiday area but had townhouse style accommodation that enabled us to have three bedrooms all with en suites and a downstairs toilet. These also come with a jacuzzi on the roof terrace. We hired a car from the airport and I don’t think you would want to stay here without one as it’s set up for self catering and the nearest Lidl or Mercadona are 4-5km away. It’s about an hour by car from the airport. The accommodation does feel a little bit dated but it was clean and functional. The bits that I found a bit frustrating were there is no allocated parking spot so other people leave their cars outside your apartment and you have to park further away, the kitchen had everything but the oven only had one shelf and no grill pan, the lounge tv will not connect your phone, the WiFi is patchy in the bedrooms, the utility area with the washing machine is next to the kitchen but open to the outside and smelt a bit, the twin room we’re narrow and didn’t have a lot of storage for clothes, the sun-beds on the roof terrace were showing their age and the jacuzzi is set to one temp that you can’t change. These are all quite minor in reality as it didn’t stop us having fun. Maids cone every 5 days if you are stopping a week or two weeks to change bedding and towels but alongside emptying the bins, that is all they do as you are expected to keep the area clean. You pay a refundable deposit for breakages which is just a block on your card and took 5 mins to get released when you check out. The hotel facilities are ok, the reception is a nice clean area and is near to the restaurant which we used twice during our stay, the Sunday night bbq was a nice event but we went on a non entertainment night and found the choice quite limited and it is a bit more expensive than travelling into busier places. 20 euros minimum for dishes and 30 - 40 for some steaks etc seemed to be the rate around the area. We found Estapona cheaper to eat out in and nicer to be there., you can park just out of town if you are ok with a 20 minute walk. The hotel has padel and tennis which you pay to hire and we’re in good condition. Two of each court so you can get in if you book in advance. The pool areas of which there are three were all clean but on some days had limited sun bed availability although there is grass and people sat on towels, they did seem to put more out towards the end of the stay. No one put towels out early and I assume people had a lot of days out like we did so it’s a bit of luck whether you have all chosen the same day for a pool day. There is a ping pong table next to the bottom pool and a bar although no draft options so you might as-well get your own beer from your own fridge. Cocktails are limited to 4 kinds and they seemed to be lacking the ingredients in numerous occasions so I stopped using it. The tour operator I went with said th

1- The stuff more than amazing. 2- The service was very bad. 3- The apartment with the furniture so dirty need to be changed.

Lovely townhouse with roof top terrace and jacuzzi. Jacuzzi was clean and was filtered after 5 days. Never went to the pools, as pool bar was not open. Apartment clean with table and chairs on ground floor terrace, nothing on first floor terrace……could have done it a couple of chairs. Roof top terrace with jacuzzi, great. Enjoyed our stay here but would not stay again. There is NOTHING within walking distance, not even a shop. There is a bar and restaurant on site but I found it expensive and uninspiring (it is independent of the hotel). We took taxis to the local supermarket to get supplies in and although we would have liked to eat out the cost of taxis to Benahavís, which I had been led to believe was only 1.5km away was €20 one way and the same for Estepona, which was further. We considered hiring a car but they were expensive unless we picked up from Gibraltar or Malaga airport and decided it wasn’t worth it for our needs. Something to consider, if you stay here is……there is nothing in the kitchen cupboards……when I have stayed at apartments before, people leave basic stuff they have not used, as we did. Such as salt, pepper, oil, cleaning stuff and lavatory rolls……..NOTHING…..you need to bring your own cleaning stuff or pay for a cleaning package! Don’t be put off….. just be prepared!