Hotels in Torremolinos

The 1970s architecture, inspired by the Habitat apartments built for the 1964 Montreal Olympics, looks like it was sprung from Woody Allen’s Sleeper, but continuing renovations have kept these studio-style rooms in touch with contemporary decor. Each has a terrace with sea view. The…

Most guests probably don’t even care that this hotel is a block from the ocean at Playamar. Staying here is really about lying around on sunbeds as scantily clad as you’re comfortable, being rubbed all the right ways in the massage studio, kicking back in the heated outdoor whirlpool…

Step off the Playamar beach at the foot of shady Avenida del Lido and you’re transported into a tiny Andalucían estate. The grounds are so lush with flowering trees and shrubs that they could double as a botanical garden. The centerpiece of the complex is a large and popular pool.…

If you had an aunt who was a Romani queen and renowned flamenco dancer, this stucco white palace would be her summer guest house. In fact, it was built in 1950 as a summer home for Lola Medina, who was clearly a hot ticket. Her home was converted to this white stucco hotel in 1957,…

In the middle of La Carihuela beach, the Tropicana even has its own beach club—that is, the legal right to claim a piece of the long strand—if you want surf instead of lounging by the quiet pool surrounded by a grassy lawn. A tropical theme dominates, with lots of large palms and…

There is no denying the behemoth size of this grand hotel, located right on Playa de Bajondillo. Meliã has remade this veteran of the first generation of Costa del Sol resorts to make the public areas look majestic and elegant, and has fixed up the guest rooms to bring them in line…