Great hotel, lovely rooms, comfortable beds, delicious breakfast and fantastic location, close to beach.

I genuinely cannot understand how Occidental Fuengirola is rated the number one hotel in Fuengirola on Tripadvisor. I dread to think what the other hotels are like if this is the case. I have stayed in many Barceló hotels before, and this was by far the worst experience I have ever had with the chain. We arrived at around 10:30am and were told that our room wasn’t ready until 2pm. We completely understood that we were arriving before the standard check-in time, so we were prepared to wait. However, when we were eventually given access to the room, we were extremely disappointed with what we found. There were stains on the bedding, as well as on the cushions and throw. The door frame had chunks missing from it and, although I’m not saying the room hadn’t been cleaned, everything about it just felt dirty, tired and unwelcoming. We were also given a twin bed with separate sheets and the cot was bright turquoise and looked really old and battered.. We didn’t even stay at the hotel. We checked out almost immediately after check in because we were so unhappy with the room and the overall standard. We have stayed in plenty of hotels and have never experienced anything quite like this. The standard was nowhere near what we expected, particularly from a Barceló property and more like a 3 star absolutely not a 4! We have moved to a stunning hotel in Marbella. We would absolutely not recommend Occidental Fuengirola and will never return.