Esmeralda Cotillo Homes by LIVVO

We stayed in an apartment with an upstairs solarium. The apartment was spacious and clean. Everything was to a high standard. Regular cleaning, change of bedding and towels. All the staff were very helpful. Our check-in was after 4 but we had been given our apartment number, a gate code and apartment code by Jet 2 at the airport. Once you access your apartment you will find two key cards for your use for the rest of your stay. We had a late flight and while we had to check out of our apartment at 12.00 we were offered use of a downstairs area which included a room to secure our luggage plus use of shower etc. All in all a great stay.

We have just returned from a 7 day trip to El Cotillo. The apartment was spotless. Roomy, close to the beach and close to all amenities. However, the position of the apartments was literally on a building site. 3 out of the 7 days, we woke up to banging- which felt like it was next door but it was actually underground from the building work opposite. The worst part of our stay was the horrendous noise of the generator at the apartments opposite us. It was on constantly day and night and incredibly loud. We could hear it in our room at night. It just spoilt what was a lovely winter break. The website does say building work going on but that generator was something else. We were in room 4102

This hotel is so close to being something great, but I think just misses the mark. I want to start by saying overall we really enjoyed our stay and the most important thing is - we would happily return. We picked up a last minute deal for £430 each incl. flights and transfers through Tui so the fact it was so cheap for us made it easy to overlook the few negatives we experienced. We'll certainly be looking out for similar deals next year. The good things: - Apartments are really nice and spacious. - All kitchen appliances worked well. - Nice comfy bed and sofa. - The pool whilst on the smaller side is one of our favourite pools we've been in - a lovely water feature on the one side. - Great having a terrace area with your own sun beds - no sun bed wars. - The fishing village 5 min walk away is lovely and quaint - so many 10/10 restaurants nearby. - The beach a 2 min walk away is stunning (though a little windy and wild!) - Our room had plumbing issues but the hotel's maintenance team sorted this out within a few hours so we were happy with their response. Things to improve on: - The immediate local area is a construction zone which they are transparent about on their website. The noise is at a minimum and didn't really disturb us, however you do have to overlook the sight of the place when walking to the village or beach. - Our room had an ant problem. We reported this on day one and unfortunately nothing was done. There wasn't loads of them, but it wasn't particularly pleasant. - The cleaners are supposed to clean the room every other day, however our cleaner cleaned the room on day 2 and then every other day just knocked on the door with fresh towels but never came in to clean. This also meant we had to take our own rubbish out to the bins outside the resort site. - The first receptionist was a little disinterested and didn’t apologise when we reported plumbing issues and ants, though the friendly maintenance man did. On our last day, a different receptionist kindly offered a late checkout as a goodwill gesture so that somewhat improved our thoughts on the staff. - The air con was not good. We didn't report this as we could manage and as said, we'd found the receptionist a little nonchalant with our initial issues. With all that said, we'd genuinely be very interested to return and very much look forward to seeing what the area will look like once all construction has finished.

Stayed here for three weeks. Really lovely apartments in a beautiful place, El Cotillo is so nice, an old fishing village, like stepping back in time. The apartment was on the ground floor, it was equipped with mostly everything you needed, spotlessly clean, cleaners coming every other day, clean towels and bedding changed often. There is a dishwasher a two ring hob and a microwave, so can do some cooking but would have preferred an oven to a dishwasher personally as we don't eat out every night for three weeks. The pool area was lovely and a nice pool, no sunbed wars. The construction that was going on was really noisy from our room but didn't start till 9 am and finished by 6pm. It didn't bother us too much as we go to the beach most days. The staff were lovely especially the cleaners who went out of their way to help us. The restaurants and cafes are not too far away, our favourite was Nanas about a 12min walk away, and the Spar 10 mins. I would come back in the future.

A little slice of heaven. This small complex offered everything we wanted and more. Beautiful apartment, clean, great amenities, amazing swimming pool and beautifully clean. The staff are a credit to the establishment. Bars, restaurants and supermarkets, all within a 2-3 minute walk. Can’t wait to come back. Downside: major construction work right next door; ground work was being done, extremely noisy and started 9:15 in the morning, fortunately we only had that our last two days. Looking forward to seeing Esmardla towards the end of the year. Love, love, love ❤️