Apartamentos Doramar

Where to start? Thank heavens we got two rooms as the apartments are so small, we could just cope with two people in each.
Basic is a complement. The walls are paper thin, we were awoken each morning at 4.00 with shouting and screaming, you could hear every word in the next room.
The pool is not maintained, with weeds and old furniture and you have to pay for a bed.
We had to pay 100euros cash deposit on arrival. The room was not cleaned, no rubbish collected, no clean towels for a week.

I have just returned from Spain and wanted to write an honest and complete overview of the Doramar Apartments.
I am 40 and a member of both Club la Costa and Sunterra, so I am used to high quality holiday accommodation. On arrival at the Doramar you book in with quite friendly staff where you will be asked to leave a £40.00 or 50 euro deposit for the remote controls. You will get this back on checkout no questions asked so long as you return both of these controls.
The apartments are on six floors, ours was on the 6th floor and basically it was one huge room partitioned off. You have a bathroom (sink, shower & toilet) a bedroom 2 single beds (can be pushed together) and a front room. This has a sofa bed, a kitchen, a table, a wardrobe, a telly (no English channels apart from CNN & BBC world news.) The cooking facilities consist of 2 rings and a toaster, but if you are creative it is enough to have a meal in the apartment. There are cups, plates, cutlery, saucepans, frying pans, allsorts of things you need. The one thing that really struck me was how clean the place was. The beds and settee were really comfy too. The only drawback for me was the fact that there was no balcony.
If you want clean towels, cleaning or clean bedding during your stay these are extra. I know for 4 clean towels it was 3 euro, not too bad. If you are staying for more than a week you will get clean bedding and towels for each week you stay. The shower in our room was ok a bit of pressure lost as it was the 6th floor I think, however other people we talked to said theirs was really powerful. The aircon is free and works great.
Now for what I considered to be the best part. The bar on the ground floor is called the El Dorado and the staff there are fantastic, they made our stay very enjoyable. There is entertainment in there every night although most of it is aimed at older people 50-70. The one entertainer we really enjoyed was Jason on a Wednesday night. We couldn't hear the music in our apartments, and the live music must stop at midnight. Then they play CD's.
In the day the El Dorado own the pool and you should pay 2 euros per day for the sun beds (if & when you use them). Although sometimes we paid sometimes we didn't, it was a bit hit and miss. The bar does simple snacks and the food is very good. Again the pool and pool area are exceptionally clean. The one thing about the pool is the shallow end is quite deep.
So all in all we have a very good experience, I have added my age to this post to give you some idea. There were people there with children who seemed to enjoy their stay too. I would definitely revisit these apartments.
Out and about in Benalmadena.
You can very easily get a train from the airport. For 2 adults it cost us 2.60 (euros) Then a taxi to the apartments is about 5 euro. A taxi to and from the airport will cost you between 20 & 25 euro each way.
We found some good bars for entertainment one being the Elephante (just up the road) the other being Busbies (just down the hill and right.) Monday night in busbies has Terri Fox a drag queen and a must see. Also right up the hill from the apartments is Bunnies. This is a fantastic night out with the queens he he. Across the road from Bunnies is the best restaurant we found, run by 3 Spanish people its an experience not to be missed. A meal for 2 costs roughly 20 euros and this includes a bottle of wine. Its called Paraiso I would have eaten there every night if my husband would have let me.
Well I hope this helps, I would recommend the Doramar apartments to anyone of any age. But bear in mind the apartments are on a hill.
In Ibensa square (up the hill) there is a good laundry called Kim's laundry. She'll wash dry and fold your clothes for 6 euro.

Well I thought this place was brilliant to say how cheap it was! The pool was warm and the bar had great staff who were really friendly and can speak English. I was very glad that we were just down the road from the 24-hour square! It was fantastic with great clubs and lots of English music.
There is people there all night until about 7 in the morning, its a great place for young people. I was quite surprised at the number of Irish bars around, just next to doramar apartments is the 'Mad Ass' which serve a great bangers and mash. Finally the beach is very close and clean. The only bad thing about this place is having to buy fresh towels and bed sheets.
P.s go to the selwo marina its cheap and a great day out, i swam with sea lions.