La Marina Resort

"Irish couple and a baby staying for a week. Would definitely not recommend. The food in the restaurants were horrible and some of them are only open a few days a week for a brief amount of time. The taxi situation is a nightmare. As the resort is in the middle of no where there is absolutely no where to walk to and so taxis are a must! However because we had a baby, uber refused to take us as they could not supply a car seat. The only other taxi option is one that comes from Elche which is half an hour away as this is ‘their area’ meaning other taxis are not allowed to pick up in that area. These taxis are very expensive as the meter starts counting from when they leave Elche and also unreliable. We ended up being stranded out with a baby in the middle of the day with no way back because we couldn’t get a taxi anywhere and had to walk 30 minutes along a busy main road with a pram to get back. Absolute nightmare! Because the food in the resort was so bad and we couldn’t get a taxi out anywhere, we ended up having to order uber eats back to the resort…the options were very limited and the delivered food was not good! The resort used to have entertainment on every night. This is no longer the case. There was only entertainment on saturday night. The rest of the week we were bored to tears at night time trying to find something to do…no restaurants we could eat at, no atmosphere and no entertainment. There isn’t even a bar to go to at nighttime. There is a café that sells alcohol but that is all. We had so many nice outfits to wear at night time and hardly get wearing any of them because there was no where to go. There is also a train that goes to the beach, but again, this only happens on Saturdays. There was only 2 adults and a baby in the room so there was enough space for us and they were clean. There wasnt too much noise around our bungalow thankfully so we all slept well. We were very let down with our stay, mostly because of the lack of things to do at night. The resort really needs good nightly entertainment (even just a live acoustic singer for a bit of atmosphere), better restaurants and a bar to drink at nighttime. Definitely not our type of holiday!"

Luxurious 2-Bedroom Apartment in Arenals del Sol with Pool and Sea Views