It was the sixth time we stayed here. It is a very good hotel with nice rooms with sea views. The breakfast is plentiful and it is a plus to be able to eat outdoors for a calmer meal. One of the pools was unfortunately closed due to renovations, but there were plenty of sun loungers at the other pool. The only request I have is that they must replace many sun loungers because they are worn out.

My wife and I were here on a 2-week guided tour starting late September. We were coming from Mijas, a very nice mountainous town. Hotel Alay seemed very nice initially, offering slippers as well as a nice balcony where we could sit out and just relax. However, the shower/bathtub is high to climb in and out of, making it potentially dangerous. Instead of dispensers, they provided small bottles for soap, shampoo, etc. No complementary water. AND .. Wi-fi fades in and out… When we asked the front desk, the explanation was that since we were on the sixth floor, the network fades in and out! Unbelievable! A lot of American ex-pats choose to live here in Spain. Sunny weather by the Mediterranean, lots of beaches. While we were wandering around before dinner, we saw a lot of restaurants catering to US tastes. But there were a lot of ethnic restaurants, including Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, and of course, Spanish. We saw Angus Steakhouse, a few Tex-Mex restaurants, and other restaurants that would be very familiar in the US. There was even a rolling screen of flights for the current day and tomorrow – just like what you see at the airport! Reason: Many visitors come and stay here for 2 weeks, visiting family and friends, as well as vacationing by the beach. We stayed here 2 nights. When we kept one small bottle, it was not replaced. The hotel had a breakdown of water, where there was none for a while and it was limited to the hotel, not the are; around it. The Internet is frustrating as it drops frequently enough and you might have to refresh your Internet access. The front desk acknowledged this problem and said it was because we were on the sixth floor. Well, we’ve been in other hotels higher than sixth floor w/o this problem! The maids did not replace all the dirty towels we threw into the bathtub, leaving one out.

Generally speaking this is not a bad hotel but not worth its 4 star rating . Firsty the good points. The location of this hotel is really good, close to the marina. Reception Area is clean, spacious and welcoming . The room was quiet, kept clean and the beds comfortable . The breakfast was adequate. The staff were very pleasant and approachable but under manned. Now the not so good points Dinner was chaotic to say the least , food was luke warm if we were lucky and many of the trays of food were not replenished. The dining room was extremley noisy with large groups of very rude people, you could not here yourself think, it was hardly relaxing. The live cooking was none existent at times , with one night serving chicken , but only the carcass left and no sign of another chicken , very dissaponting. The lifts are not adequate for the volumn of guests . The rooms although adequate there was no kettle , no where to hang any wet cloths from swimming on the balcony and the WIFI was extremley poor except in reception. The top pool was closed for maintenance for the duration of our stay , we were not informed of this, so the lower pool area was extremley busy. In conclusion this our personal honest opinion of what can only be described as an average hotel. Would we stay again? unfortunately not .