Iain King
I've just got back from Colina Mar in Puerto Rico and I have to agree with most reviews I had a great time there.
Location: The Hotel is situated high up on the West side of Puerto Rico bay, you get some great views of most of the town, also get the sunrise too.
Hotel: Ok the hotel looks a bit dated in places, but it was built in the late 80's and refurbed in 2005, it's in a tier system, Reception at the top, Restaurant on the bottom. It's quite a long hotel and has many steps + lifts to help to get around. There's a small shop on the second floor, a bit pricey but it's there if you need it.
Rooms: I found the rooms to be fine, they're a good size, sofa and chair, small kitchenette which is fully equipped if you need to cook anything, large fridge, kettle. Bedroom has lots of storage space, tons of hangers, safe, bathroom was fine, good sized balcony that seats 4 people.
Food: I was half board and the food was fine, breakfast was good, quality bacon too, evening meals very decent, you won't go hungry that's for sure, water, juice & coffee available too.
Pool: There's 2 main pools which can get busy screaming kids etc., many people going out early and laying towels on the good spots, but there's many other small spots if you just want to catch a bit of sun.
Things Nearby: You are at the top of the hill so it's a few minutes drive down to the harbour, or around 30-40mins walk, some get a cab back up from down the bottom for around €7. There's also the Europa Centre where you'll find many bars, shops, Hyper Dino supermarket, restaurants.
Parking: We hired a car and had no trouble finding a car park spot each day just along from the entrance.
Wi-Fi: This was a bit hit and miss, sometimes it worked, sometimes not, they had to keep resetting the router, only available in reception, you can get it in your room for €10 fee.
All said I relly enjoyed it there, and may go back next year.
John Thompson
The hotel is clean and nicely situated with good views of the town. The staff are friendly. The food is good and you will not go hungry. The local Europa centre a shortvwalk but is a bit rundown. What lets it down are a few things. 1) Half the lifts/elevators dont work or miss out floors which when the hotel is on multi levels, is annoying. 2) The sunbed grab situation is dire, most beds are toweled by 6.30. There is no enforcement. It is abused so some beds have towels and no humans during the day. 3) The main pool is closed at 6 sharp so you need to be out of the pool and off the sunbeds. 4) no Aircon or ceiling fans. So the rooms are hot. You can arrange to hire a mobile Aircon unit which are ok not effective enough if you like it cool at night. The mobile units have a large duct which needs to be directed outside.
The the price, it was good value.
Rycka
Stayed here on 2 occasions in 3 years and could not fault anything. You could consider the hotel being average and at a budget price, but that's the style of most in Spain.
The views of Puerto Rico are excellent and most likely guaranteed with any room. There are many regulars returning here.
Hotel itself is great being an old building, housekeeping and the whole team are doing an excellent job keeping it spotless. Rooms always freshened up by lovely cleaners who deserve a big thank.
Located on a hill, so a short taxi drive or a nice walk down the stairs to beaches.
Weronika Matuszczyk
This morning we returned to the UK after 10 days at Colina Mar. I wholeheartedly recommend. Very nice room apartment with a beautiful view of the ocean. The food is always fresh and delicious, cooked by the chefs every day. The hotel staff were very nice and helpful in everything, special thanks to the bartender Manuel for the delicious drinks that he made from the heart 🥰🫶
Alexander M
Overall we had a fun and relaxing stay at Colina Mar. The hotel is situated high up on the mountainside and offers a stellar, breathtaking view over the entire Puerto Rico city, the mountains and the ocean. The hotel complex is sort-of "outside" where you feel like you're walking up and down the cliffside, which is neat.
The hotel is fairly old fashioned, basic, but fine. The room had good amenities and a functioning kitchen. Nice balcony with city/ocean view. Bed was fine, although sorely needs blackout curtains. When the sun rises, it's as if a flood light is turned on. TV worked okay although sometimes reception was poor, no big deal.
There's a neat little supermarket on the hotel grounds, which is handy for basics, else I recommend going to the Europe Center 5 minutes away and shop at Hiper Dino.
I tried the breakfast once and it was pretty mediocre, didn't eat there since. My mother in law ate at their dinner restaurant once and reported it was awful. We had some decent sandwiches at the pool snack bar and very good smoothies for reasonable prices. Otherwise we went to eat instead.
The pool area was both good and bad. Many recliners, and many different areas (two pools) and smaller quiet platforms further down the hotel grounds for those who prefer peace and quiet. At the main hotel area, be warned that they play LOUD pop music all evening. They also often have a guy yelling every hour for people to come play water polo, billiards, darts or whatever, and they even had a runway fashion sale at some point with music and speak. If you hate that, simply move to the secondary pool area and it will be quiet.
We had some bouts of heavy rain where the rain came in under the main door to our room, which was a bit of a mess. We had to mop it up and use towels and sandals to get around without getting wet feet. The cleaning staff was helpful.
The location is great, just a few minutes walk from the Europe Center, and amazing view. A taxi will take you to the central big Center in the middle of town in 10 minutes for about 6-7 Euro.
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