My wife, my three daughters aged 11, 14 and 17 stayed at Marina De Nerja in the Summer of 2007. From pictures that were on some of the reviews we were excited and had high expectations. First negative thing that happened to us is that we arrived a one in the afternoon and were told we could not check in until three o'clock, so we took or rented car and discovered Nerja. When we came back we had to wait longer and finally we got the card for our room. Disappoint as we entered the room. The apartment was very small. Usually when we book a 2-bedroom apartment we get a double bed, two singles and a sofa bed. There was a cramped room with a double bed, a minature room with a single bed and a small living/dining area with a double sofa bed. As if that was not bad enough we had damp in our room. During our stay we encountered bad entertained with two people singing everynight, cats trying to sneak into our groundfloor apartment, the kids club not letting my daughter join in because she wasn't Spanish and not being allowed to have floats in the pool! The positive part of our stay was that the staff were friendly, Nerja is a beautiful town and the local market which had lots of the food we eat at home.

The hotel is good but be warned if you are booking a two-bedroom apartment you have to know what your getting yourself in for.

We just booked our flights and hire car on the internet......
We arrived quite early in Malaga and drove up to Nerja.
We stopped at the hotel to ask if there were any rooms, the staff are very friendly. We were offered a really good deal for All inclusive or B & B.
We had a 2 bedroomed apartment, overlooking the sea on one side and a view into Nerja from the bedroom window. The whole week with all inclusive for 716 Euros......Very good value for money, in our opinion.
The dining room is spacious and the lunches are on offer from 1 until 3, then you can take coffee or tea out on the terrace or in the bar if the weather is not so good, the food is excellent.
There is some entertainment on offer most nights in the bar, including Flamenco Show on the Saturday night we were there.
the bus stops right outside for anyone who does not have a car, and it is only a 10 minute walk to the town along the beach in any case.....
We will definitely stay here again..........

I have returned today from a 2 week holiday at this complex (28th Aug). Our party consisted of 4 Adults and 3 Children aged 3,5,6 years.

We booked two 2 bedroom apartments through Medhotels.com.

Having read the reviews posted on this website we anticipated a fantastic resort with many excellent features, particularly for the children. Unfortunately we were sorely disappointed.

The resort is a medium sized complex spread over 6 floors. Our apartment was situated on floor 0 and my brothers on floor 3. I will only make direct reference to our apartment at ground level as I cannot comment on my brothers.

Our apartment was situated right next to the pool, literally within 10 yards of the water. The apartment could be described at best as "dated", "tired" and somewhat "smelly". It was functional and served a purpose, but by no stretch of the imagination was this a 4* property as advertised. We were greeted by a rather poor quality sofa with torn covers, broken cutlery, damp patches on the bathroom ceiling which we believe is where the smell was coming from, and the patio doors were less than secure.

The advantages of the room was that being that close to the pool it meant we could use it to dive in and out of during the day to refresh drinks.

The complex itself has some serious failings as a "family" resort, the most serious being the advertised Kids Club. This consisted of a hut, a play area and a non english speaking member of staff, yep, one member of staff. No booking in proceedure and what was worse was that when we put two of our children in, they were left with the girl who said they were going to the beach to make sandcastles....My wife returned 15 minutes later to discover that our sons were not there, upon asking the girl where they were, she shrugged her shoulders and said "which boys"!! In the present climate this was totally unacceaptable to us. From this point it was apparant that the kids club would have to be out of bounds for our children.

You should also be aware that you are not allowed any items in the pool other that inflatable arm bands....Nothing, if you do you will immediatly told to take them out...Disappointing attitude from staff all round I would say.

The entertainment is awful, that is the only word I can use.... It does not start til 10pm and one of the shows was very adult not partiularly suitable of children. I cannot say anything good about the entertainment at all.

Please also be aware that if you have one of the lower apartments, you will not be able to get any sleep prior to 11.30pm due to the "entertainment" taking place around the pool. Children do not get early nights in this resort. It is very loud and no consideration is given to small children or babies.

I would say the walk is more 25/30 minutes into town with a further 15 to the actualy tow square, best bet is taxi for 6 euros. The town is nice, loads of bars and restaurants and the mandatory tourist tat shops. Watch out the english are coming with the egg and chip bars!!!

Please don't misunderstand me, the complex is ok, you get what you pay for I guess, It is not expensive and that needs to be taken into account. We enjoyed ourselves as we made our own entertainment and let the kids enjoy themselves.

Would I return.....Nah, just not my type of place. The staff would need to be more friendly and the resort completely refurbished.

Oh, food....OK....Gets dull after a while as very repetative!

Stayed for 10 days,
Superperb pools & food
Location ok - need a 15 min walk to nerja - but a great hotel and service.

Hygenie standars excellent

minor complaints - although there a signs stating you cannot reserve loungers - it was very funny wathcing people at 6 am - placing there towels in place....note I was up early due to my 2 & 5 year old girls.

however superb flamenco and unfussy service
will return

regards
Martin