We stayed last summer at Blue Bay Banus as a family, and it was an excellent choice! The hotel is incredibly kid-friendly and provides plenty of activities and spaces to keep children entertained. The breakfast buffet was a big hit, offering kid-friendly options like fresh fruit, pancakes, pastries, and cereals. The staff were always kind and accommodating. The location is ideal for families—it’s close to the beach, where the kids had a great time building sandcastles and paddling in the sea. Puerto Banús is just a short walk away, offering family-friendly restaurants and shops. Our room was comfortable and spacious enough for the whole family, it was clean and well-maintained, but felt a bit dated and could use some modernisation. Overall, Blue Bay Banus was a great choice for a family getaway. The combination of excellent amenities, a relaxing atmosphere, and kid-friendly features made our stay enjoyable and stress-free. We would definitely recommend it to families looking for a great holiday spot in Marbella!

The location: the basic rooms are next to a busy highway which is very noisy all night long. Massive sea gulls everywhere; around both swimming pools & they are constantly floating around/taking showers in the pool. (Might have something to do with people leaving food around the pool & no staff taking it away, so it’s basically a buffet for the birds.) It is allowed to smoke at the breakfast outside seating area, which looked and smelled like an airport smoking lounge. So if you don’t like to suffocate at breakfast, you need to sit indoors & you cannot enjoy the sunshine together with your breakfast. Coffee machine is an instant powder one.. Coffee and tea in the room is one free pack upon arrival, if you would like to have it replenished it comes at an additional cost, per day. The swimming pool area is supposed to be covered in real grass; but it’s so run down that there’s mostly just dark sand left, leading to dirty feet and a dirty swimming pool.

Location of blue bay banus is quite a distance from the harbour and other parts of Marbella. Room was extremely dated. Very old. Bathroom was quite old, and had black on ceiling, toilet and bath. Toiletries were provided which was nice. And cleaning staff ensured fresh towels everyday. Shower curtain was unhygienic and dirty. Bed was comfortable and cleaning staff cleaned and gave fresh sheets daily which was nice. Room was quiet. There is no fridge to store drinks etc. the furniture is dated. The walls were stained with black marks from people squishing the flies into the walls. A massive issue was the big amount of ants and flies in the room. It wasnt nice to be in. Our apartment was really far from reception. Air con was good. Breakfast was nice. Good selection. The pool bar also really lovely for lunch Pool i was not a fan of the grass. It made your feet dirty and the pool was dirty due to the wet muck and grass people were dragging in with them. Pool did not open until 10:30am, and there was always a big line for sunbeds. Entertainment in the complex could have been better. Personally it was not worth the price i paid. It certainly was not a 4 star experience, a 3 star at most.

Good 4* hotel. Has a nice pool area where you can chill all day, decent breakfast. Room was large enough, air conditioning and a ceiling fan. Downsides: if you have a room facing the pool area, you will be woken up by the people cleaning the alleys and the sunbeds. They are noisy and also speak loud while working. That caused me to wake up earlier than usual. Also, the pool area is on grass and dirt, mostly dirt that comes over the alleys and close to the pool. At the end of the day I did not find it attractive to stay around. Overall, its a good stay if you find a good deal to book.

Basic and in need of a serious uplift. We couldn’t wait to leave after 4 nights here. The hotel feels very busy and everyone is on top of you, grass around the big pool is horrible under foot and sun beds are ancient, uncomfortable and hard to find as people reserve them and then disappear. The smaller pool is nicer but has no amenities nearby and has very limited space. Breakfast is one of the worst I’ve had a hotel, fried eggs either cremated or raw, boiled eggs were black, everything poor quality. Rooms are basic, aircon does the bare minimum but rooms are somewhat better than the communal areas. On a positive, the reception staff are nice and friendly. The hotel is also pretty cheap by Marbella standards but there are other hotels at a similar price (or slightly more) that are a lot better.