Sierra de Aracena and Picos de Aroche Romantic Holidays

Hotel is away from most amenities. To stay here, a car is needed. Bolt was a savior. Beach is down a set of steep stairs with broken steps. Hotel messed up on an order for vegetarian Caesar salad when it was served with bacon and chicken. Lounge entertainment was a nice diversion.

Is older that it looks on the pictures Stuff is ok Rooms are tiny View amazing so overall is 3-4 stars

We had a fantastic stay at Vida Mar. The property was beautiful, staff were friendly and accommodating and the proximity was great for us for all the places we wanted to visit.

Great rooms, friendly staff and the pool area is fab. Breakfast is also really good and on till 11am daily.

The hotel itself is beautiful. I understand it's very new. The staff were lovely and friendly but the service offered was poor. When i tried to call reception from my room on 7th floor, rhe phone lines wouldn't work. They admitted there was a fault so each time i had to go down in the lift to reception. On the first day, the aircon wouldn't work. I asked for an iron twice and each time had to wait 3 hours. A few days into my stay there was no hot water. I had to have a cold shower then go down to reception to tell them as phoning reception wouldn't work. On one occasion the barman disappeared leaving three guests waiting to pay for drinks ordered. I think they need more staff and more experience staff and better organisation. The location itself is too far from beaches or the old town so unless you are driving, you'll need to get taxis or walk in the heat. There are no grocerie shops within 10-15 mins of you need water or anything else. Around the hotel is basically a construction site so maybe by next year it will look and feel a bit nicer.

Beds were very uncomfortable, I guess like prison beds

We had a fantastic stay at Vida Mar. The property was beautiful, staff were friendly and accommodating and the proximity was great for us for all the places we wanted to visit.

Really enjoy the stay.

verry nice hotel,i will come back.

The Residences apartments are good quality with large rooms and well equipped. We have stayed at the Victoria hotel before, but this was the first time in the Residences. The Residences are no longer associated with the hotel. The lack of a shuttle bus was our biggest disappointment as previously we got the shuttle into the marina and it adds €30 onto your nightly evening meal for taxis. There is a new Taverna Pizza restaurant just over the road which is very handy and we went there a couple of times. No local shops for groceries and it was 1.5km walk to the nearest supermarket. The pool was good and plenty of sun beds, but a bit chilly if you are a toe dipper! Overall it was very nice, but I think next time we would chose somewhere closer to the marina.

We’ve enjoyed a 4 night holiday in this hotel and we’ve thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The rooms were tidy and clean and we had partial sea-view and it was honestly lovely! The balcony gave a nice sense of privacy. Pool was great! Perfect size and in my opinion never really overcrowded. Staff was super friendly and helpful. Honestly nothing bad to say.

Lovely little hotel tucked up side street minutes from the square but far enough away to not be disturbed by night life noise. The hotel is a little dated but it was spotless the water was hot air con and WiFi was excellent. Lovely little pool on the roof with a few sunbeds you can basically do what you want. Breakfast is very basic it’s fine for me as I don’t really do breakfast but if you like your traditional fry up then there are plenty of restaurants in the square to chose from. We hired a car and parking was tight near the hotel but at the top of the road was two large carparks. The owners fernando and his wife are lovely and helpful I will be returning later in the year. Good restaurants are ones in the square and through the tunnel to catch the little train go to the end of the beach and go up the escalators the train stop it at the top. They do take cards.

We had a fantastic stay at Vida Mar. The property was beautiful, staff were friendly and accommodating and the proximity was great for us for all the places we wanted to visit.

Beds were very uncomfortable, I guess like prison beds