Beachfront family hotel or aparthotel at Benalmádena
This is the stretch the coast was developed for: half-board and all-inclusive hotels with children's pools directly behind a shallow patrolled beach, a level promenade running for kilometres in both directions, and a train station that reaches Málaga and the airport in under half an hour.
- Children's pools and shallow splash areas as standard
- Half-board and all-inclusive boards serving at European mealtimes
- Level seafront promenade for pushchairs and scooters
- Cercanías train to Málaga, the airport and Fuengirola
- Water parks, a marina and a cable car within a short bus ride
Fitting a family in
Family rooms, two-room suites and aparthotel units with a kitchenette sleeping four to five are the standard product here rather than an exception.
Watch out. Much of the accommodation dates from the 1970s and 1980s and has been refurbished to wildly varying standards, so the age of the building and the date of its last refit matter more than the published category. Many hotels sit on the inland side of the coast road or well above the promenade, which means a walk or a lift down to the sand; the beaches are dark, coarse sand rather than fine; and the bar strips behind Benalmádena Costa and central Torremolinos are loud until late in August.
