We arrived at Puente Romano Beach Resort after darkish. Having left behind a gray and drizzly Autumnal day in England, it was a delight to step out of our taxi in brief sleeves and expertise the nice and cozy night breeze that was rustling by the in depth greenery on the Puente Romano Hotel. After a fast check-in, I used to be ushered to a golf cart and pushed by in depth gardens, previous quite a few swimming pools, and to my room in an Andalusian-style low-rise constructing.
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Location
Fly into Malaga, simply 3 hours from the UK. One means transfers to and from Marbella are roughly €75 EUR for as much as three individuals by taxi however are costlier if organized by the lodge. There are loads of taxis ready exterior the airport you could decide up for this brief switch.
Marbella is round 35 minutes by taxi from Malaga Airport. The lodge will be discovered proper on the seafront, the place the promenade that spans many miles alongside the coast weaves across the fringe of the property between the border of the lodge and its personal seaside membership.
Style & Character
One of the primary issues that struck me concerning the resort (past the wonderful climate) was its immense dimension. Resembling an Andalusian village, the 266 luxurious Mediterranean-style visitor rooms are unfold in 27 three-story villas, amongst 55.000 sq. m. of lush, sub-tropical gardens cascading from the street proper all the way down to the Mediterranean Sea.
Over 400 species of vegetation have been dropped at the gardens from all around the globe. Pretty pathways wind by the tropical gardens forming a phenomenal however complicated maze between the rooms and the reception. You can actually get misplaced as you wind your means beneath large ferns and tunnels of foliage. I nearly felt I wanted a machete to hack a pathway again to my room!
I notably beloved the tropical gardens at evening after they had been all lit up, and though there was a mass of foliage, swimming pools, and even a small stream working by the grounds, there appeared to be only a few bugs which was an enormous aid as I’m like catnip to mosquitoes! I didn’t get bitten as soon as on the Puente Romano lodge.
Service & Facilities
Being out of season in October, the climate remained sizzling, nearly 25’C most days, however the resort was quiet, so we had all of the swimming pools (I feel there have been 4) to ourselves, and we spent most of our time out and in of the prime seafront pool, which was decked in an interesting nautical grey-blue and formed like a determine of eight with a bridge throughout it.
Rooms
You can’t go mistaken with the rooms on the Puente Romano as they’re all suites (the smallest is a big 55 sq m) with their very own terrace, their very own entrance door, and reached through alfresco pathways and stairs. Mine was a backyard suite on the bottom ground which had a big dwelling/eating space extending out onto my very own personal patio, separate bed room, and a gloriously big and snazzy lavatory with some delicately scented Molton Brown Amenities. It was like having my very personal condo on the well-known Marbella Golden Mile. My tip could be to pick a room to the East of the resort, which implies your patio is west-facing and retains the night sunshine.
Having pre-ordered breakfast, I used to be woken the following morning by a knock on the door, and essentially the most pleasant and beneficiant workers laid out breakfast. Nothing was an excessive amount of for them, and one of many chaps performed a prolonged recreation with my son, which concerned hiding a kinder egg across the breakfast paraphernalia and which resulted in a lot joyous laughter.
This recreation continued each morning and was a particular contact. In truth, I actually couldn’t have wished for a extra child-friendly resort in an grownup atmosphere. The workers at all times handled my boy like a much-loved relative, with ruffles on the pinnacle and big smiles, however the resort itself retained a classy grownup really feel.
Food & Drink
The draw back to visiting out of season was that the youngsters membership was closed together with a number of the eating places, and the one “happening” restaurant and bar throughout our keep appeared to be the Sea Grill down by the seafront, however we had an incredible time right here, and it remained busy each evening with each lodge visitors, and it additionally gave the impression to be a favourite of locals.
The bar a part of the Sea Grill was filled with comfortable sofas, and thick fur rugs had been strewn throughout gray decking. The whole constructing had a glass entrance, excellent for watching the blue blue sky and looking out down upon the pool in the course of the day, and at evening you possibly can see stars as they pinpricked the sky past the swishing palms. It additionally had an excellent band who performed nice tunes brilliantly right through the evening. Honestly, that is considered one of my favourite bars on this planet to spend the night in. It has such a heat environment!
Beyond the Grill/Beach membership, the social focus of the Resort is the Roman Bridge (Puente Romano), from which the Resort takes its identify. This bridge from the primary century is a remaining construction of the traditional street that after linked Cadiz with Rome, the Via Augusta. It is kind of one thing to see such an previous construction within the heart of this luxurious lodge’s grounds.
The Plaza Village within the heart of the resort, designed round this first-century bridge, is made up of a number of eating places opening up onto an alfresco courtyard. In truth, the lodge has eight eating places in whole, providing a variety of delicacies from Japanese and Italian to Spanish and Arabic, along with the Two Star Michelin Restaurant Dani García.
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