Macdonald la Ermita Resort

This hotel is placed on a very steep hill so I wouldn’t recommend it to someone with reduced mobility. That said if you can negotiate the hill immediately outside to the multi storey car park there’s a lift that takes you up to the square. We had a two bedroom apartment. It was fairly well appointed and the first bedroom suite was impressive. The second room was small with two single beds which were so uncomfortable I couldn’t wait to return home to my bed The snack bar is good, Dina is friendly and the food is good value for money but it closes at 6pm so make sure your fridge is well stocked or go out. The pool is cold. The indoor pool complex is impressive. I’d give La Hermitage four stars if the bar opened longer and the mattress was replaced.

La Ermita resort is on the edge of the picturesque hillside town of Mijas only ten minutes but a world away from bustling Fuengirola. La Ermita comprises four low blocks of self catering apartments with uniterrupted views of of the sea and coastline from a more than adequate balcony. Our 2 bedroom apartment was imacculately clean, featured an excellent en suite bathroom and a further bathroom. The kitchen and main room were were well equipped and stylish. And everything worked! Staff were extremely pleasant, helpful and knowledgeable and spoke quite good english. Nothing was too much trouble! There are two outdoor swimming pools and indoor heated pools and gym - and a bistro bar. Good for kids!. A short walk (steep slopes in MIjas!) and you are in a plaza complete with famous Mijas donkey taxis, quality restaurants and bars, and leather shops and a myriad of interconnecting steps and passages leading you along cobbled streets and white walls homes and mutlple shops. It's noticeable that this is as much for locals as it is for tourists. Its a real place! If you are a Macdonalds Resorts member be reassured this is a major step up from the UK resorts where good staff and facilities are let down by the supervised neglect by MAcdonalds of the timeshare apartments which are deteriorating and poor. This is brilliant and highly recommended.

Macdonald hotels closed down La Ermita resort at short notice and rescheduled our booking to their Dona Lola resort Not at all as we wished. Dona Lola was OK but not equal to La Ermita.

We booked this via *********** had a lovely clean room super soft towels, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay reception staff were lovely, convenient for walking into the village although it’s uphill didn’t bother us, if they could add a teapot and some tall glasses for a gin & tonic on the balcony that would be great would definitely stay again

Good location overlooking the coast. 2 great outdoor pools. On-site Bistro through to the afternoon with friendly staff but no restaurant. Comfortable rooms with Wi-Fi and amenities Helpful and friendly reception

The property was immaculate and a beautiful location modern hotel room but belive some of the apartments are still being refurbished. It’s a 5/10 min walk to centre however steep hill but was fine for us the sea views were amazing staff were lovely and so helpful Loved it there

We booked via *********** mid June having never been to Mijas before and been used to many years of all inclusive and wanted a change. I messaged and asked for our room to be ready when we arrived at 10am and luckily it was. We paid extra for a Sea view and it was worth it. 2 large bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and one floor up (mezzanine) from the pool. Apartment was spotless and had everything we needed. They also supply towels for the by the pool which get changed once a week if you’re staying for longer than a week but with a washing machine there it didn’t matter. The upper pool is quieter and for over 14s only. The lower pool is small but does the job. No rush for sunbeds even mid august, we’d stroll down at 11am and get them no problem. If you want sun until as late as possible get beds to the right of the pool in front of the balcony wall. Had a few late lunches and they were all lovely, staff in the bistro are great. Gym is clean, indoor pool sometimes got busy but it was 34 so understand why! It’s a steep walk up the hill or 75 steps but there is a lift by the car park (we never used it). Perfect location, quiet but friendly and not over run with kids (we went with our 9 year old) but enough there to keep each ut her amused/make pool friends.

Amazing resort, location and apartment. Had previously stayed in the other 3 Macdonald resorts on the coast in this area but this was the first time at La Ermita. We wanted to stay in the village so we could sample the restaurants at night and the whole area did not disappoint. The resort is on the outskirts of the village so is quiet, even when the village is teeming with tourists. Yet everywhere is in walking distance. Our apartment was amazing, very spacious, spotless and had all we needed and more! The views of mountains and coast were outstanding. Everybody was so friendly, would return in a heartbeat. Thank you.

Overall a great little place that we thoroughly enjoyed staying at. The accommodation, pool and bar/restaurant were, whilst I would not go as far as to say excellent, was more than adequate for the price paid. Great value and we would have no hesitation returning with our two kids (5 and 9).