Melia Benidorm

Location and Views: The hotel is highly praised for its exceptional location and stunning views, making it convenient for guests who wish to explore the area.

Well where do I start. We were a little apprehensive after reading some of the reviews about the Meliá but this was by far our favourite holiday! We had an amazing time! We travelled with our 6 year old and 4 year old and stayed for 10 nights. When we arrived our room wasn’t ready which was expected. The reception staff were very helpful and suggested that we could use the pool whilst we waited for 3 hours. We stored the luggage in the luggage room and decided to pop over to the corner bar for some lunch which was reasonably priced and had some lovely food. We made our way back over to the hotel and got changed in to swimming costumes and went around the pool. The luggage guy was very patient when we asked him to open the room. There wasn’t any sunbeds available apart from some further back near the restaurant and unfortunately despite them not being used, we were informed that we couldn’t use them. This was slightly disappointing. The pool area is clean and tidy and staff are regularly walking around cleaning and tidying up. There is a life guard or two actively walking around all day. The sunbed situation is fine. You just need to make sure that you have breakfast between 08:00-08:30 to be outside for 9 to get a good spot. You cannot put your towels down between 9-10 and go back inside for breakfast which we thought was great as it stops the sunbed hoggers. The further back you go though, make sure you have some insect repellent as the bugs are out and very active this year. Having read reviews about the food we wasn’t sure what to expect. But it didn’t disappoint. Large variety available for breakfast and again at tea. Tea time was not repetitive at all. The food was always fresh and the staff very friendly and helpful. We enjoyed every meal we ate and only ate out one night due to watching England play. What made our holiday was the entertainment team! Kidsdom! Our kids and us thoroughly enjoyed the evening shows and the kids loved the activities during the day. The entertainment team made our holiday! They work so hard, include everyone and are all genuinely nice passionate people. We were very sad to leave today and will find it really difficult to find somewhere to match what we experienced at the Melia this year.