One of the best hotels I have ever stayed in.

Our first time in the area and I was well pleased with everthing about the hotel.

I read reports about flies but they did not bother us.

The food was exellent.

The hotel is located right on the seafront and it's definitaley worth booking a sea view, otherwise you overlook the mainroad/bars. Be aware the entertainment takes place by the pool and it goes on until 11:00pm. Happy hour(s) are well worth it.

About 50% of the guests are spanish but this has the advantage they work on different time scales to brits. i.e. siesta until 4 so the pool is empty from 1 till then and they splash about until 7 which is when dinner starts so the dining room is quiet until about 8pm. And they don't go out early putting towels on loungers! At other times the pool can get a little busy and the enetertainment staff do water aerobics or water volleyball so it's a leisure pool rather than a swimming pool.

The hotel is a little worn around the edges unless you go to the new section but we had a room with the extra bed fitted in another room. Normally this is 25euro's extra per night but we were just allocated it. Just lucky? It was very hot when we were there but the air conditioning in the room enables us to sleep ok.

The food is good, you can watch them cooking it and is buffet style being served for about 2-3 hours per meal time, just turn up when ready. Most nights they have a carvery option, where the chef carving sees it as a point of honour to put as much as he can on your plate, and there's plenty of salad to choose from. An oddity is that frequently vegetables are offered at breakfast which spookily match what was offered the night before. But if you don't like something then just leave it and fetch something else. They have proper table cloths/napkins which are changed every time someone finishes at a table which is nice. Good staff in the dining room and room cleaners.

At lunch time there is someone selling baked potatoes on the promenade just outside the hotel which kept our son happy, we use to go over the road to a supermarket and buy fruit and yoghurt or a baguette with something to put in it.

Entertainment is aimed at the spanish but is ok. Because it's a 'mature' person's hotel there is no disco (none in the resort I think :-) )and everything closes down about 11:30.


Would we go again? You Betcha! This was our 6th visit to this hotel (10th to the resort) and are planning going back again next year. There are maybe hotels with better food/rooms/entertainment but for an overrall package it's hard to beat

The room we were allocated was up to the usual 4* standard - but was overlooking the car park and a small row of shops. Although we weren't too bothered about this we enquired if it was possible to change to a better view. For just 2 euros pppn we were given the same type of room but with a lovely view of the sea and pool area. Our room was kept very clean throughout our stay.

It must be difficult to provide food that is going to appeal to everyone - but there was a good selection, and we always found something we liked.

The area surrounding the front of the hotel was a little shabby in places, there was also a small fairground directly outside. This didn't really matter to us as we very rarely went out in that direction. We preferred to walk along the path between the hotel and beach, which was much nicer.

We could watch the evening entertainment from our balcony - it ended at midnight so didn't keep us awake.
The entertainment was just about what you would expect for a Spanish hotel (hit and miss)- but we had gone on holiday to sunbathe and relax and let someone else do the cooking and cleaning, and that's exactly what we did!

All the staff were friendly and helpful - especially the bar staff, nothing was too much trouble.

The only complaint we could make would be about the tiny flies that seemed to be everywhere round the pool/terrace area. They didn't bite or anything, but were quite annoying. We saw a number of people with fly swatters, but by the end of the week I think we just got used to them.

We would visit this hotel again, and would certainly recommend the upgrade to sea/pool view.

We stayed at the Sabinal in May last year and enjoyed it so much we booked straightaway to go back again this May for two weeks this time as we found a week was'nt enough last year.

The only thing we could fault the hotel for was the entertainment but other than that it was excellent.

The staff were helpful and friendly at all times and all reception staff spoke very good english.

The food was brilliant with plenty of choice at each meal,and all parts of the hotel were spotless.

We stayed in superior sea view rooms in January which were very nice.

The selection of food in the dining room was very good.

Hotel was quite full with about half Spanish, lots of older people, and a mixture of other Europeans.

The evening entertainment was mainly a small group or singer and lots of people watching with the Spanish being the most enthusiastic dancers!!

Swimming pool indoors was really hot and fun but no good for swimming any distance.

My family found the hotel to be in a well situated place in the resort. Parking you had to get lucky in the hotel car park!

Hotel cleanliness we found to be excellent.

Hotel food we also found very good but sometimes found a little cold.

Hotel location could'nt be better right on the beach.

Hotel staff were brilliant with us right from the moment we walked into the reception to confirm our arrival.

Hotel entertainment looked to be the same as we have seen on so many numerous occasions that we have visited Spain over the last 30 years.

We would definitely visit this hotel again but not in July.

We have just returned from Hotel Sabinal (2 Adults & 2 Children aged 11 and 14).

The hotel rooms were very clean & spacious - they were cleaned daily.

Location was great it was right on the beach. It was a welcome relief from the hotel pool which was nice but got very busy at some periods, you have to pay 3.5 euros per person per day for the beds which was well worth it.

The food was varied and well cooked with a good choice for everyone.

Some of the staff were friendly but the bar persons were quite rude at times.

The lifts in the hotel (in the older section there were three) were tiny & broke down quite a lot, but were quickly fixed.

The only thing that let this Hotel down was the entertainment. There was a magic show and flamenco dancing show weekly but it was more geared for the Spanish audience, and apart from 2 pool tables & table tennis table there wasn

Hesperia Sabinal has th WOW factor. V. Clean. Location right on the Beach. Staff helpful and friendly.

Having been to Almeria for many years always thought that the Sabinal looked very nice from the outside and heard good reports on the food.

On arrival very dissapointed with the hotel and rooms looked like it needed a good refurb,example carpets worn and dirty in corridors and towels threadbare with small holes in. Bathrooms not the greatest.

First 3 nights did not get any sleep from the noise of rooms either side of us and on the top and bottom of us ,this went on to 3 in the morning. Moved to another room on the 4th day and had one nights sleep and then was in the same predicament as before ,put up with this for another 3 nights as hotel was full and on the 10th day after advising we would be leaving the hotel found us a room in the Superior wing.

This was so much quieter but we had to pay the additional cost which was worth it in order to get some sleep
I really would not recommened this hotel to anyone who needs to sleep at night so many guests were complaining to the Reps.

The food was good and if you do go book a superior room and request sea view as the majority of the rooms overlook the car park.

Never had to say this before but glad to get home
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We travel to Almeria four times a year and have stayed at many of the hotels.

The hotel Hesperia Sabinal although only four stars has outranked many of those we have stayed in which have been five stars. The staff are the friendliest we have met and have always been helpful. We had a fantastic stay here and are comming again in September. It is a really friendly place and our room was kept beautifully clean, first time I have ever had any laundry done whilst on holiday and it was perfect.

Great place to stay and we will continue to stay here and nowhere else now we have found it.