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Holiday World Resort

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Reviews

7.8 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • All-inclusive
  • Room service
  • Breakfast available
  • Spa
  • Pool

Explore the area

Map
Avenida del Sol, km 215.6, Benalmádena, Málaga, 29630
  • Carvajal Beach
    11 min walk
  • La Cubana
    15 min walk
  • Fuengirola Boliches Station
    16 min drive
  • Málaga (AGP)
    34 min drive

Room options

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Junior Suite

Junior Suite

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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About the area

Benalmádena Costa

When you stay at Holiday World Resort in Benalmádena, you'll be by the sea, within a 10-minute drive of Carvajal Beach and Benalmadena Marina. .This beach resort is 2.3 mi (3.7 km) from Los Boliches Beach and 5.2 mi (8.4 km) from Carihuela Beach.
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What's nearby

  • Carvajal Beach - 11 min walk
  • Colomares Castle - 4 min drive
  • Butterfly Park of Benalmadena - 6 min drive
  • Benalmadena Marina - 9 min drive
  • Casino Torrequebrada - 10 min drive

Getting around

  • Fuengirola Boliches Station - 16 min drive
  • Malaga Airport (AGP) - 34 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Teppan Yaki - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Restaurante el Parador II - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Piscina Bar Infinity - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Los Marinos José - ‬17 min walk
  • ‪El Higuerón - ‬7 min drive

About this property

Holiday World Resort

Beach resort with 3 outdoor pools, near Carvajal Beach
Holiday World Resort offers 400 accommodations with minibars and hair dryers. Rooms open to furnished balconies. Accommodations offer separate dining areas and include desks. Televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 25+ Mbps). Housekeeping is provided daily.

A health club and a water park (surcharge) with waterslides are featured at the resort. 3 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a children's pool. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the resort's full-service spa. Services include facials, body scrubs, body treatments, and manicures and pedicures. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including hydrotherapy. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a spa tub, a steam room, and Turkish bath/hammam.

The spa is open daily. Children under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision.

Make yourself at home in one of the 400 guestrooms featuring minibars. Rooms have private furnished balconies. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages, body treatments, and facials. You're sure to appreciate the recreational amenities, which include 3 outdoor swimming pools, a water park (surcharge), and a health club. Additional features at this resort include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and an arcade/game room.
All-inclusive rates are available at this resort. Meals and beverages at onsite dining establishments are included in all-inclusive rates. Charges may be applied for dining at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, some beverages, and other amenities.

Grab a bite to eat at one of the resort's 4 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Snacks are also available at the coffee shop/cafe. Wind down with a drink at one of the 3 bars/lounges or 3 poolside bars. Continental breakfasts are available daily for a fee.

Featured amenities include a business center, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
Continental breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning.
Holiday World Resort has 4 restaurants on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

All-inclusive details

All-inclusive room rates at Holiday World Resort are available. These rates are higher because they include onsite food and beverages in the room rate (some restrictions may apply).

Gratuities and taxes

Gratuities are included and additional gratuities at guests' discretion are accepted.

Food and beverages

Buffet meals and snacks included

Activities and facilities/equipment

All onsite activities and use of facilities and equipment are included.

Languages

English, French, German, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Covered self parking on site (EUR 15.00 per day)
  • Electric car charging station on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available
  • Free off-site parking within 98 ft

Food and drink

  • Continental breakfast available for a fee daily: EUR 14 per person
  • 4 restaurants and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 3 poolside bars and 3 bars/lounges
  • Room service available

Things to do

  • 3 outdoor pools
  • Arcade/games room
  • Basketball
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Children's pool
  • Concerts/live shows
  • Evening entertainment
  • Fitness centre
  • Full-service spa
  • Lifeguards on-site
  • Mini golf
  • Playground
  • Sauna
  • Shopping
  • Water park access (surcharge)

Family friendly

  • 3 outdoor pools
  • Arcade/games room
  • Children's pool
  • Free children's club
  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Corner/local shop
  • Laundry facilities
  • Mini golf
  • Playground
  • Separate dining area
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Water slide

Conveniences

  • ATM/banking services
  • Banquet hall
  • Lift
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Corner/local shop
  • Reception hall
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Hair salon
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour/ticket assistance
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Dock
  • Lifeguards on site
  • Outdoor entertainment area
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Body scrubs
  • Body treatments
  • Facials
  • Hydrotherapy
  • Manicures and pedicures
  • Massages
  • Sauna
  • Spa open daily
  • Hot tub
  • Steam room
  • Turkish bath/hammam

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Smooth flooring in public areas
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair-accessible business centre
  • Wheelchair-accessible fitness centre
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible pool
  • Wheelchair-accessible public bathroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant
  • Wheelchair-accessible spa
  • Wheelchair-accessible (may have limits)

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Bed sheets
  • Free cots/infant beds

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Satellite channels
  • TV

Food and drink

  • Dining room
  • Minibar

More

  • Desk
  • Local maps
  • Safe (surcharge)

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
Check-in for this property is based at the main entrance, where guests will be assigned to one of the 3 hotels on the resort.
This property’s Half Board rates do not include beverages.

Renovations and closures

The property is closed between January 5 and February 13.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
2 children, up to the age of 2 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for continental breakfast: approximately EUR 14 per person
  • Covered self parking fee: EUR 15.00 per day
  • In-room safe fee: EUR 2.85 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 1000, due to national regulations; for further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation
Reservations are required for massage services; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Children under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision

Property is also known as

Holiday World Resort Benalmádena
Holiday World Resort
Holiday World Benalmádena
Holiday World Resort Benalmadena
Holiday World Benalmadena
Holiday World Resort Resort
Holiday World Resort Benalmádena
Holiday World Resort Resort Benalmádena

Holiday World Resort Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 74 out of 198 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 61 out of 198 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 36 out of 198 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 20 out of 198 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 198 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Philippa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Cathrine

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Rooms are spacious abd this good as we hsve young children. However, Food was repetitive and cold most of the time! Food tasteless all the time, even the freshly babequed meat or fish had no flavouring, just bland As all-inc we were allowed to have obe dinner at eaither the italianor American restaurant at the hitel, when we attended for our booking, we were treated as if we were cheap skates! Staff has no sense of humour! Sold us an awful bottle of wine, upon tasting the wone tasted cheap and venegary! When we tild him the wine wasnt good, ge rhen admittedhe knew nothing about wines and said he probably shouldn't have recommended. But of course, we had to pay for it. I then went on to order an additional garlic bread as my 2 year old rrally liked it, I was sloken to in a stern voice that i should be aware anything more than one starter, main amd dessert, i had to pay for any extras! I replied that Iwas aware of this and did ge think after paying £9800 fir a 10 day stay, i couldnt afford a piece of garlic bread? It was after this they returbed with a dessert menu but at that point, I just wanted to leave! He probably noticed their service hadnt been great, and offered for us not to pay for the said garlic bread!🙄. The phone is the room wasnt working from day one and after numerous reports it was then that it was finally fixed, 2 days before we departed.! The room walls are paper thin!. We were disturbed until about 330am daily by next door people who were drunk daily.
Stayed 10 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tara

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mimoun

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Denise

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had a lovely stay at the hotel, the food was lovely, cleanliness excellent and staff very helpful. The only few thing that lets it down was the pool area, although there was plenty of sun beds they could not be adjusted and a lot of them are saggy in the middle, the pool area is concreted cracked and in places. The out side of the building needs painting. It just needs a little TLC.
View from the restaurant.
Turtle pool
Stayed 5 nights in May 2024

4/10 Poor

Zenon De

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Food was very poor, staff kept making mistakes and entertainment was very very disappointing
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Douglas

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A lovely hotel, we will be back ! Irene the receptionist is really helpful if you have any queries or need any help
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Divyesh

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Overall the stay at Holiday world village was good.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Marlen

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ricky

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Richard

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
I'm a seasoned global traveller. Expedia messed up my private shuttles twice, I was travelling with young kids. I booked my own and I'm still waiting for a refund. I spent 4-hours on their chat and phone calls trying to resolve it, no solutions provided. I kept a copy of the chat also, for reference. The flight via Whizz appeared cheap, but isn't, they add £20-£25 to select a seat, normally I wouldn't care but I was travelling with kids, so needed to. Whizz also charged me £90 each way to check-in one bag, scandalous! - book a different flight company. I booked this particular hotel for the kids as it showed lots of water parks, however they were all closed!! This should have been advised in advance. There are 3 or 4 hotels within the same complex and they don't actually tell you the hotel name until you've paid - the photos looked good, which is deliberate mis-selling! I stayed at the Polynesia hotel, and the hotel itself is fine, nice architecture within, however it's facilities were also very very poor. Only one restaurant open, and although I paid for half-board they charge you for your minerals, beers and wine - one should be free min. The one tiny paddling pool is surrounded by smokers, ditto the restaurant, this is not ideal for kids. No other pool for free. It has one indoor paid pool, its £15 for each adult, £12 for each kid, for one hour, its tiny! Food was average, lacked taste, boring, we ate out, much better food locally. You need a car, it's a long way out
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ruthanne

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The resort is perfect for families. The staff are so helpful. I’m vegetarian and asked for an alternative on ‘seafood’ night and within minutes the chef had made me an individual dinner. Highly recommended.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Miriam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place for family’s. However dinner times and kids evening kids events started too late.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alireza

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff were amazing. One of the best places we have stayed as a family. It catered for everyone. The all-inclusive food was just great as everyone you were spoilt for choice.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Helen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Fair
The good, we were placed in Polynesia hotel, very clean, modern and plenty of sun beds. Staff excellent and very accommodating. Lots of facilities and the beach club was great. The not so good, most sun beds were not useable, old and worn. Food average, evening adult entertainment not worth staying for and some of the amenities, disco and a la carte restaurant closed but we weren’t informed if this. Asked for late check out 2pm instead of 12 and charged 48 euro, even though the hotel was probably half full.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mahtab Shahrokhi, Edgware

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Sarah

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service
Good experience but won’t be coming back
I will start with the disadvantages, I have paid for all inclusive expecting everything included, guess what not at all you cannot even get a small bottle of water you have to fill it up in a cup and also not even a cup of coffee my husband had to get the cheapest coffee from the automatic coffee machine that tastes rubbish but to get a proper machine coffee he had to pay €2.50 per cup of coffee. The food wasn’t too bad but definitely wasn’t much selection of food to choose from. The rooms are out dated for the amount we’ve paid. The entertainment wasn’t bad at least my kids had fun, we barely used Riwo pool as it was not much to do. Every morning we got a shuttle to the holiday world pools it was fantastic there kids had a blast. Lastly my husband accidentally left his two tshirt Iv called the reception twice I found them busy and I left them a message guess what no reply. Overall I think this place need more improvement.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We liked everything about the hotel, it’slayout, amenities, room, atmosphere. All very good.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

KEVIN

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
what I booked
Not what I booked . I booked a junior suite but was put in a standard room in holiday village . Junior suites are in the Polynesian hotel . Not allowed to change , not allowed to upgrade even if I paid more , what I got was a allocation on arrival holiday in holiday world this was made very clear by the staff in holiday village !, The costs also match the Polynesian hotel not the cheaper holiday village !! Completely unable to contact Hotels.com got a customer service email address which was a waste of time as it’s not monitored. Holiday village was a decent enough hotel clean , reasonable food and drink , decent room but I was expecting sun beds on the patio and good views and got four chairs and a view of the local train line ! I use Hotels.com regularly but very disappointed with this arrangement.
Stayed 10 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Kids club great, loved it. Place a little dated, pool cold which was disappointing. Staff fine but not overly helpful. Great place facility wise for families.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Ms k robba

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed at the Hotel Riwo, one of the four hotels in this complex. If purchasing the roulette deal this is most likely where you would end up. On the plus side, this is a smaller hotel and we liked this as we had a 5 and 2 year old, pools were not overly busy, the evening entertainment was more intimate but you could take a stroll to other hotels to use the facilities like bowling in the polynesia. However, this hotel is placed a good walk up a very steep hill.l, the hotel provides a bus between 10am and 6pm but its a tiring trek if you need to do it with 2 kids. Beac club which is included is great for kids, would be better for older kids and teenagers with lots of water slides deeper pools. The food at Riwo was good. Good selection of foods each day and evening but have to agree with other reviews, can get a little repetitive. Drinks were very good, free slushies for kids and adults had a good selection of premium alcohols like smirnoff, bacardi, gordons, beefeater and loads more all included. All in all a good holiday especially as we got it at a reduced price around January and paid a little over half the normal nightly rate. I would recommend a visit.
Stayed 10 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2019