Hotel Apartamentos Greenlife Golf Marbella

“It's the little things...”

I didn't stay at the hotel, I was staying at the nearby Marriott Marbella... but I wanted golf lessons... and was recommended Dean Symonds from Greenlife. I have never had a golf lesson in my life. I am a complete beginner, and to even approach a driving range was a step outside my comfort ... more

I didn't stay at the hotel, I was staying at the nearby Marriott Marbella... but I wanted golf lessons... and was recommended Dean Symonds from Greenlife. I have never had a golf lesson in my life. I am a complete beginner, and to even approach a driving range was a step outside my comfort zone. I was give the warmest of welcomes by not just Dean but Paul the other Golf Pro and also by all the golfers at the Driving Range who ranged from amateurs to serious players. Dean was the most patient, encouraging, technically brilliant teacher. His ability to quickly identify how to get the best from me even as a beginner meant that I left each lesson having learnt a lot, and each lesson consolidating on what I'd learnt before, and I always left smiling! The facilities are great, help always on hand, and friendly encouragement from everyone you meet. Between lessons I felt more than comfortable turning up and practising all that I'd been taught on my own around the Driving Range from Putting to Chipping to Driving. A well hidden secret which shouldn't be! One taxi driver didn't know where it was but I guided him the easy 5-10 minute journey from the Marriott (around €7-8)... and every day I walked back to the Marriott which was around a 40 minute walk (and it's about a 20-25 minute walk to the town square of shops and bars) to stretch off and just enjoy the beautiful views. Great place in a great location with great views and great people - not sure you could ask for more!?

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“Great apartments in a stunning setting”

Well equipped studio apartment in an excellent setting provided you have a car. Small niggle - it would have been nice if towels had been changed at some point during three night stay. Didn't try the the on-site restaurant as expensive (€20+ for starters and €30+ for main course) which seemed o... more

Well equipped studio apartment in an excellent setting provided you have a car. Small niggle - it would have been nice if towels had been changed at some point during three night stay. Didn't try the the on-site restaurant as expensive (€20+ for starters and €30+ for main course) which seemed out of keeping with apartments being such good value for money.

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“This should be a 5 Star review but it is not.”

I will head this review as a warning. I want to make sure that I make it very clear that in all other respects apart from one major incident my stay with Green Life Golf was excellent, but this one incident has destroyed and wiped out all the praise I would like to bestow upon Green Life. I have ... more

I will head this review as a warning. I want to make sure that I make it very clear that in all other respects apart from one major incident my stay with Green Life Golf was excellent, but this one incident has destroyed and wiped out all the praise I would like to bestow upon Green Life. I have been a very loyal customer to Green Life having stayed with them at least six times previously. On this most recent occasion I booked an 86-night stay beginning on 13/09/22. So, I am a good customer who would ordinarily book again this year for a similar period, but now will not. On 09/11/22 my No.8 studio apartment was burglarised in the early evening just before 7pm. We know the time as residents in No. 6 & 10 heard a short commotion with some loud bangs at that time that lasted for no more than two minutes. In that time the thieves had broken the room safe open and had got away with my £2,000 in cash. No 9 & No.5 were also broken into. The issue is very simple, GreenLife will not meet their responsibilities and refund my loss. A basic 500 Euro has been offered by their insurance company as a standard settlement, which was the same 500 Euros offered to the guy in No 9 who didn’t put his valuables in his safe. The warning is, that under no circumstances if you ever stay at GreenLife leave any valuables in the room safe, they are cheap domestic safes that can easily be broken into. Because if you do deposit anything more than 500 Euros in value GreenLife will not make good your loss.

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