function costadelsol() { //9 var ranNum= Math.round(Math.random() * 9); if (ranNum == 0){document.write('Costa del Sol - San Pedro de Alcantara - Hotel Cortijo Blanco
Couldn't fault our week's all inclusive holiday at the Cortijo Blanco. Clean hotel with a friendly atmosphere. Delicious and plentiful food. Didn't even want to eat out on my birthday and the picnic lunches they pack on request when out on visits were good too. Brits terrible reserving sunbeds with towels at 7 am in the morning, Sometimes towels stayed on unoccupied beds all day, no wonder the Spanish took the towels off! My son left his wallet and 18 euros next to the computer by mistake and it was handed into reception with all the money still there. Went to a Spanish lesson, archery, water polo and a lesson on how to make Sangria. Recommend the trips organised by the newsagent shop next to the hotel. Went to Gilbratar for the day, reasonable price and a very entertaining guide called Mustafa. Sailed past the queuing cars. Enjoyed a beach walk to Puerto Banus to see all the millionaire's yachts. Already planning a revisit to include day trips to Morocco and Granada.'); } // cortijo if (ranNum == 1){document.write('Costa del Sol - Fuengirola - Hotel Gardenia Park
Just returned from a week in this hotel, travelling with 6 adults and three kids under 7. The hotel was basic, but very clean. Its a traditional hotel, with bright and comfortable rooms to suit couples or families. The food was exactly like every other hotel in Spain, although maybe not so much variety, however there was always something I could find to eat. The kids had a great time, lots of entertainment for them during the day and a mini disco at night. Did spend a lot of time queuing for drinks as there only ever seemed to be one bar person on at a time. Had a fantastic week here and would go back again, just perfect for a week away in the sun.'); } // gardenia if (ranNum == 2){document.write('Costa del Sol - Fuengirola - Hotel Gardenia Park
The hotel Gardenia Park is a great hotel for a real cheap getaway. Booked with sunset and flew with Thomas cook, nice flight, and a good meal. Never done all inclusive holidays before because always wanted to do our own thing, but with kids we had to make a choice - moaning kids or a quiet time with lots of brits getting drunk. What a shock, great value for money and everyone was well behaved and nobody was overly drunk. The hotel itself is a 3 star, with a beach location, with gardens, a nice swimming pool area and ample sun beds. The food was good and very fresh, with a good, choice of European and more traditional foods for the children to eat. In between meal times there are snack available to help yourself to. The beer was San Miguel, and the local wines that were free in the all inclusive were drinkable, all the spirits though were replacements.
Nice size rooms with a decent size balcony with a couple of chairs and a table. The hotel is spotlessly clean and there seemed to be someone cleaning all the time, a very good value hotel that I will go back to again, the fact that during the 7 days I did not have to hear my kids asking "dad can i have some money for?" was a godsend, it made the holiday for me, and all inclusive is great. '); } // gardenia2 if (ranNum == 3){document.write('Costa del Sol - Fuengirola - Apartment La Jabega
Just returned from 11 days at La Jabega Aparthotel.
We had a one bedroom apartment for 4 adults and I must say that it was very spacious. We had a sea view and were situated on the side of the building. This is the location of the 4 person apartments [room 12's]. We had the sun on out balcony from around 2 in the afternoon until sunset, very pleasant aspect.
The hotel had entertainment on every night. Food available was good and reasonably priced. We would certainly recommend this hotel, it was clean, new towels, beds made and cleaned everyday, staff were courteous and helpful.
Resort too was lively with lots of good restaraunts [some actually owned by Spanish], if you dig around.
Bloomer Family'); } // jabega if (ranNum == 4){document.write('Costa del Sol - Fuengirola - Hotel Torreblanca
A very clean hotel. Superbly quick, easy access from the train station at Malaga. Train line useful for little trips out too - very cheap way to travel. No noise from track even though it is so near. Lovely sea front with wide range of shops, bars and restaurants - try going up the side streets for little restaurants.
Hotel rooms are basic but always clean, as are the public areas. We went in October which is when the older generation of Spanish go but this was not a problem and they seemed to enjoy seeing children at the hotel. Pools were lovely but a bit chilly, however it was October! Breakfast was fine and we ate out the rest of time as it was so cheap. I will definately be going back'); } // torreblanca if (ranNum == 5){document.write('Costa del Sol - Fuengirola - Hotel Fuengirola Park
We thought the hotel was in a great location!! It was a few minutes walk to the beach through the underpass and about a 20 minute walk to the centre of Fuengirola! There is plenty to do in this part of Fuengirola though and it is not necessary to go into the centre (unless you want to go clubbing). The hotel is about a five minute walk from the train station. With a range of facilities and in-house entertainment on offer, its ideal for couples, groups and families.
The hotel was large and although the decor was a little tired, overall we found it to be very clean. The reception and waiting staff were all helpful and friendly and the meals (half board) could not be faulted. We thought there was a good choice of food and the hot food was always hot.
Our room was cleaned every day and there were clean towels every day.
We did not find the hotel to be noisy but we were on the top floor which was serviced by 2 lifts. I would definitely go again.
Thomas'); } // fuen if (ranNum == 6){document.write('Costa del Sol - Benalmadena - Hotel Balmoral
Very clean hotel with really helpful staff, to say this is a 2 star hotel is a shame, because it really should be reclassified with another star, the hotel was always clean. We went on a half board basis and the food was of a reasonable standard, plenty of it and lots for the children to eat, the only downside was the small cue at dinner time, although breakfast was normally quiet. If you do not want the food, or want to try something different then the restaurants near to the Marina are very good, and not too expensive.'); } // balmoral if (ranNum == 7){document.write('Costa del Sol - Benalmadena - Hotel Balmoral
just got back after staying at balmoral. very disappointed with the staff as noise levels at 2oclock in the morning made it very hard to sleep, secruity did nothing. as we booked before school holidays broke up. we had hoped it would be a little quieter, until 50 spanish school children turned up. it was not all bad hotel clean food ok weather fantastic'); } // balmoral2 if (ranNum == 8){document.write('Costa del Sol - Benalmadena - Hotel Balmoral
I have just come back from spain after staying at the balmoral hotel it was very clean very helpful staff room was serviced every day should have been a four star hotel had an excellent stay. The basic but friendly Hotel Balmoral is very near to the beach and has a good selection of local amenities, popular with a wide variety of guests. The only thing that i found was the spanish people staying at the hotel could sometimes be a little rude otherwise excellent hotel will be going again.
Jamie'); } // balmoral3 if (ranNum == 9){document.write('Costa del Sol - Torremolinos - Hotel Los Jazmines
Just back from a lovely holiday at the Los Jazmines . We only booked it very last minute and can't complain at all. From arrival to leaving the staff where very friendly and helpful. We had a "bungalow" room over looking the swimming pool, on first arrival we thought the room to be dark as it didn't get any sun but this turned out to be a godsend as it stayed lovely and cool. The room was very clean and we had maid service and clean towels everyday. The breakfast was served in a room adjoining the hotel cafe which was only a couple of yards from our room. We stepped out of our room into the beautiful hotel gardens. It wasn't noisy at all despite only being a few yards from the seafront. We only had bed and breakfast and were glad because of the vast array of wonderful restaurants in close proximity. The breakfasts where very good all buffet style with the usual cereal, fruit juices, hot drinks, cooked breakfast of bacon ,eggs, beans , cold meats, cheeses rolls , croissants , pastries and toast. All in all we couldn't fault our stay and will certainly be returning in the future.'); } // jazmines }