Christmas in Torremolinos

My Mum and I decided to escape the British weather, and find some sun for Christmas. As we had previously spent Christmas on the Costa Del Sol, we thought that we would travel here again. We had originally booked to go to Nerja, however we we're informed the month prior to travel, that the hotel would be closed, and we were offered another hotel in Torremolinos. Having never been to this part, we agreed, and counted down the days until our departure.

The hotel we stayed at was the 4* Hotel Son Don Pablo in Torremolinos, which is situated on the main promenade of Torremolinos with a great beachfront location, and has the use of the facilities of its sister hotels the Don Pedro and Don Marco . We found the location excellent being only 50m from the beach,, 100m from the nearest shops, bars and restaurants and 800m from Torremolinos resort centre, and reasonably flat.

During our stay we enjoyed the All Inclusive option with various (although some times repetitive at lunch and dinner) choice of cold and hot food available, and spent the evenings after our walk in the hotel bar talking to new found friends. Christmas Day after a visit from Santa, where the children received presents, it was a fairly low key atmosphere, until the evening Christmas Day gala dinner (which was included).

Pre-dinner cocktails and canapes were served in the hotels reception room, before being called for dinner, which was buffet style with free-flowing wine, champagne and soft drinks available.

We enjoyed our Christmas visit to Torremolinos and to the Hotel Son Don Pablo, unfortunately the weather wasn't too kind to us this time, apart from our arrival day and departure day all the other days were cool and cloudy with 2 days of rain. However, saying that this would not deter me from visiting the Costa Del Sol at this time of year again.