Living up to its name
One sunny afternoon in April… where…. Spains Costa del
Sol. I was invited to the Hotel Kempinksi Bahia in Estepona. The
general feel of this hotel lives up to its 5 star status. After accepting
an invitation to visit the hotel, I was amazed as to how a hotel in Spains Costa
del Sol could still have so many surpirses within its grounds. Unspoilt
scenery and great ambience makes this hotel without a doubt one of the best
hotels in the area. If you are just visiting the hotel to enjoy its
culinary greatness or you are staying for a few nights, the hotel can offer
everything you can simply imagine.
Entrance and ambience
The hotel’s entrance is spacious and there is a great feel
to it immediately as you walk into this fantastic hotel. You will be
greeted with a large foyer of which houses a bar and lounge. On to the
left you will find its reception, of which its staff always live up to the
status Kempinksi hotels have always had. A surprising feature of this
hotel is that it attracts families as well as couples or business
travellers. All needs are catered for and there is a special emphasis as
to how they can cater for all but at the same type they differentiate how they
treat according to the clients needs. Their concierge desk is very
exciting with excursions to well known places up the coast as well as
Gibraltar. 
MICE facilities
The Hotels MICE facilities are astounding, if you are ever
in need of a venue of which you need private meeting rooms or spacious dining
halls, the Kempinski Bahia is certainly the place to plan your next event.
Everthing is set within the hotel, however, all amenities are perfectly
placed within different parts of the building. Meeting rooms are fantastic
and rates are even more attractive to any type of customer considering it is a
five star hotel. Its biggest hall can fit a total of 300 sit down guests
and its smallest meeting room caters for 14 delegates. Do also find out
about its daily delegate rate, you will be surprised as to how well it is set
out.
Rooms
Guest rooms at the Kempinksi are varied and unique, from
side sea view to actual junior suites on the higher upper floors. Rooms
are wonderful to enjoy that needed holiday and ticks all the boxes within the
five star category. I had the luck of actually visitng the Presidential
Suite on the top floor. This was simply a fantastic experience, the
photos will show how good of a suite this was, a top floor obsevotry with its
own bar facilities and telescope make this room a must for any person with a
healthy bank balance! For those bank accounts like mine, standard rooms
offer amentiies not seen in many 5 star hotels in Spain.
Grounds and gastronomy
The hotels grounds and its restaurants offer what for me
was the uniqueness and profoundity this hotel actually had. I was amazed
as to how large its grounds were, its worth mentioning that the hotel sits
peacefully 5 meters from the beach and its grounds and pools lie there too.
A great feel when you simply want to lay on the beach or just sit back and
relax by the pool area. Its outdoor restaurant lies within the grounds of
the hotel and is simply wonderful to sit and eat its organic food which is
cultivated in the exterior gardens of the hotel. Take a look at some of
the photos to see what exactly im writing about, a picture is worth more than a 1000 words,
at least that’s what I believe!
We all know the nature of the beast in terms of the economy
in Spain and how cash stricken it has become, however hotels such as these
inspire a great confidence in travellers such as myself. Prices are kept
to a five star category but they are not overpriced in any way. The hotel
offers a great deal of amenities that can be enjoyed at very competitive
prices. What I mean to say with this is, that the level of this hotel is
brilliant when you would think that a downturn economy could somehow have a
detrimental effect on hotels such as the Kempibnksi. I can guarantee this
is not the case, Look at the gallery and see how one of the little gems of the
Costa del Sol has not yet been uncovered.
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Safe Travels my fellow travellers
We could not have survived our trip without having this to guide us through. It is a fantastic collection of trip itineraries, attractions to see, restaurants to visit and places to sleep! Well worth the money and not as heavy as I thought it would be carrying it. Enjoy your South East Adventure!
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