We just got back from Costa Del Sol and stayed in this property from Sept 2-9. This timeshare aparthotel property is not to be confused with Alanda Club Marbella in nearby Elviria and another one in Marbella. Property is managed by Crown Resorts. This resort is on Monte Paraiso street in Sitio de Calahonda which is about halfway between Marbella and Malaga.

We stayed in a typical 2 br 2 bath 3rd floor unit located at the far end of the property so we were not bothered at all by the noise from the nightly outdoor entertainment. Room has no airconditioning but living/bedrooms have ceiling fans. Kitchen is fully supplied with utensils plus there is a washing machine. No dryer but there is a rack to hang dry clothes in the balcony. It is only a 5 minute walk down the hill to the nearest restaurants and grocery stores which was convenient. We bought food (very reasonable prices) and cooked in the kitchen. Be sure to buy the local champagne, Cava. It only costs 3 euros a bottle and was very good.

Overall, room is OK and looked cozy and TV has CNN and Skynews. Weather is warm and no aircon can be uncomfortable but what the heck. You go out and it's warm anyway, even at 6:30 in the morning. The bus stop is 10 minutes walk and you can go either to Fuengirola (1.0 euros) or Marbella (2 euros). We did not rent a car. No need to as you can around by taxi or bus. It's a lot cheaper and more interesting as you mingle with the locals. Plus we booked tours to Gilbraltar (35 euros) and Tanger, Morocco (70 euros with ferry ride and lunch.) Both are not to be missed, especially the monkeys in Gilbraltar. We were out a lot that we didn't even have time to go to the beach.

The resort has a minimarket, gym, sauna, internet and playstation rooms, a restaurant and billiards room. I brought my laptop but didn't have a 220w adaptor so that was unused. Internet rate was like 1 euro for 6 minutes so we typed really fast. Staff was very courteous and helpful and all spoke English. Since this is a timeshare property and not a hotel, housekeeping is done every 3 days so bring or buy toiletries.

During our stay, there were plenty of British tourists, families with kids or retired elderlies. Adult pool is indeed 9 feet deep all around. So if you can't swim you can meander over to the indoor pool where the kids were (I call kids' pools the pee pools so beware.) Re shopping, many stores are closed Sundays and from 1-4PM so the safest bets are the malls (La Canada in Marbella and the one in Fuengirola with Eroski, their Walmart equivalent.) Mijas is recommended. Just be careful with your handbags and wallets.

We enjoyed the trip (despite my lost luggage) and we will not hesitate to go back to this resort.

The pool is 9ft deep, all the way round, there is no shallow end. You get used to this eventually, or drown.
The night entertainment is mainly poor. The entertainment staff do a few shows themselves and these are torture mainly because they are pre-recorded in spainish with some english. This is not the staffs fault, but the managements for being cheap.
Our apartment was very noisy, with tiled pavements on three sides, but the whole place seemed to echo. And as for the neighbours in the second week, well they thought they had the place to themselves, and kept us and our young children awake until 2am every morning because of the noise on the balcony.
The management never enforced their noise policy no matter how many guests complained.
The only good thing about the place was one of the Spainish waiters who was consistantly happy, and the food in the resort "restaraunt" was good. Reasonable prices and food around. A good beach a short car trip away - Cabapino ?
Do not not get suckered into the the BBQ at Club Delta Mar - expensive - dancers good, but we were left in the dark carpark waiting for the coach to collect us after the resception shut up before the coach came.
Glad to leave. Will never return and will not recommend.
Have never done a reveiw before, but felt needed to let other RCI holiday makers know of our experience.

Owned and managed by ourselves, all profits ploughed back into resort and not into some companies pockets!
Regency Palms are 5 star listed and are in the I-I exchange scheme having been awarded high marks by the I-I board.I personally haven,t used the exchange scheme as I find every facility at the resort and around the area to be excellent with continual improvements for our benefits.The staff are polite and helpful and are always ready to help when needed. The apartments are well maintained and clean with regular updates to the equiptment and furnishings.This is due mainly to the resort being managed by us the owners.I bought into Regency Palms when it was owned by(Club Riviera) and I was one of the owners who at that time battled with their management!!? team to wrest control from them.What a difference now.