Hotel Alicante Gran Sol, Affiliated By Meliá

“Wonderfull time”

Excellent place. 20 min from the airport. 3 min from the bus stop. In the middle of all attractions. Restaurant on the top with incredible view and food. Highly recommended.

“Wonderful stay.”

Superb from the moment we arrived late night to our 5am departure. We met I think Jorge on booking in - lovely greeting and room sorted quickly. Our room was two rooms a sitting room, a bedroom with a bathroom and a bidet. 10 stars for any hotel that provides a bidet. Viva España. We had a ke... more

Superb from the moment we arrived late night to our 5am departure. We met I think Jorge on booking in - lovely greeting and room sorted quickly. Our room was two rooms a sitting room, a bedroom with a bathroom and a bidet. 10 stars for any hotel that provides a bidet. Viva España. We had a kettle and in 8 nights we used it once. Why on Earth would anyone make coffee in the room surrounded by places making some of the nicest coffees we’ve had in a long time. We had a fridge which was put to great use and the air con was top notch. The bed was cosy the view was stunning. The breakfast choices were pretty good. Like all hotels the coffee could be better but it was fine for machines - we are just very fussy. The scrambled egg was delicious. We mention it as often this is dried out or cold in many hotels. The mushrooms were real tasty too - scrambled was available daily but mushrooms were now and again. If you have a sweet tooth there are plenty of sweet treats, jams, honey, cakes, biscuits. It’s been a long time since I saw Marie biscuits. The ladies cleaning the rooms do a real good job. The staff are friendly and courteous but can be under a tad of pressure at times at breakfast. The bar staff make ace cocktails on 26th floor and the views are fabulous. I only had credit card and wanted to tip at the bar but it wasn’t straightforward using a card. The only thing we found tedious was having to wait on the lifts but it was occasional and you need a key card or you’re not going anywhere. The lift on the right as you face them goes to 26 floor but the one on the left stops at 25. We are likely to return. If you want to buy some essentials go out the front door and turn left immediately - you’ll be walking away from the sea. There’s a supermarket on the same side of the street about 1/2 minutes called Suma I think. They’ll rip you off. Keep walking uphill you’ll see a KFC and a Five Guys and when you get near the top by the main road on the right hand side there’s an excellent home bakery with a good supermarket next door. Across the main road is the stunning huge meat, fish and vegetable market - Mercado. Looks like the entrance to a train station. Bombon Boss cafes are excellent coffee stops.

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“Nice hotel with great sea view”

Nice hotel with a great location. Views are absolutely great, it's well worth paying some extra for the sea view! The bathroom was a bit small and dated. You have to ask for all the amenities which we found a bit inconvenient. There was a small fridge in the room.

“Excellent central hotel”

Perfectly situated in the centre of Alicante with sea views from the higher floors. We were on the 11th floor with a perfect view of the castle and a side sea view.We were b&b and really good choice of food although the hot food was lukewarm. Room was spacious and the cleaning of the room Was rea... more

Perfectly situated in the centre of Alicante with sea views from the higher floors. We were on the 11th floor with a perfect view of the castle and a side sea view.We were b&b and really good choice of food although the hot food was lukewarm. Room was spacious and the cleaning of the room Was really excellent. Some noise from outside at the weekend but good double glazing muted that.Disappeared that we could only get 2hours late checkout which had to be paid for( we had a late flight). We had a balcony but very narrow but could sit out. Missed a pool or roof terrace.

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