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ALEGRIA Cabo de Gata Aquafun
C/ Juegos de Argel s/n, Retamar
7.9
2338 reviews
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Everything you need to know
This deal includes
- Hotel ALEGRIA Cabo de Gata Aquafun 4* located in El Toyo-Retamar (Almeria).
- Available with Breakfast, Half Board, Full Board or in All-Inclusive (booking 3 nights or more).
- Available in standard room or with partial ocean view.
Travel Dates: until September 18, 2026.
Your perfect stay
ALEGRIA Cabo de Gata Aquafun: sunshine, relaxation and effortless escapes in Almería
ALEGRIA Cabo de Gata Aquafun is the perfect choice for a carefree Mediterranean getaway. With its relaxed, family-friendly atmosphere, it’s made for travellers looking to unwind while enjoying excellent value.
The hotel boasts large outdoor pools, sunny terraces and charming garden areas, ideal for soaking up the Andalusian sunshine. Its buffet restaurant offers a wide variety of options, while daily entertainment brings fun for all ages.
Located in Retamar, just a short stroll from the beach and close to the breathtaking Cabo de Gata Natural Park, it combines tranquillity with easy access to local attractions and services.
Guests often praise the spacious facilities, impeccable cleanliness and friendly staff, ensuring a comfortable and enjoyable stay.
Let the sunshine set the rhythm… and turn your next escape into something truly unforgettable.
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This deal has 2 types of rooms.
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During the booking process, you can choose between:
- Standard: the most affordable option
- Partial sea view: these are rooms overlooking the pool and facing the sea. Please note that the orientation of each room may vary and, therefore, the sea view may be more or less reduced.
IMPORTANT: on the hotel's website or other online portals, this room is marketed as "sea view room". They are really the same rooms, but we prefer to name them as such to avoid misunderstandings.
Meals & more
Full Board at the hotel: how meals are organised
If you book your stay with Full Board, please note the order of the meals included, so you can plan your stay with complete peace of mind.
- Your stay will begin with lunch on the day of arrival.
- Your stay will end with breakfast on the day of departure.
The hotel specifies that this order cannot be changed, as restaurant capacity is carefully managed to ensure smooth service for all guests.
- Good to know: This only applies to the restaurant service. Please check the key collection and check-out times to organise your stay comfortably.
All-Inclusive: Everything You Need to Know
Want to know exactly what’s included in your All-Inclusive stay?
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Key info you should have
Travelling in a group? We make it easy for you
Planning a group holiday? Here’s what you need to know. This accommodation does not accept bookings for more than 8 people. We’ve got you covered!
Get in touch with us through Contact Us and tell us what kind of trip you’re organizing. We’ll guide you step by step to secure your booking the right way, so you can enjoy your holiday without stress or surprises.
Please note: if multiple individual bookings are made with the intention of traveling together, the accommodation may refuse them. Start off right and guarantee your group getaway without complications.
Why this destination is a must-visit
Curiosities of Retamar - El Toyo
Retamar and El Toyo are two areas often mentioned together, yet they reveal distinct personalities. This is one of Almería’s most promising zones, shaped by the fusion of residential tradition and the modern energy of major international events.
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The Mediterranean Games Legacy
El Toyo as you see it today was born from the Almería 2005 Mediterranean Games. The neighborhood was purpose-built to host the Mediterranean Village, welcoming elite athletes from around the world. Many of today’s upscale residential complexes were once home to sporting champions — a legacy that still defines its character. -
A “Garden City” Concept
Unlike the historic center of Almería, El Toyo was designed with a low-density urban vision.-
Green living: Kilometres of bike lanes and wide pedestrian promenades invite you to move freely and enjoy the outdoors.
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Clean skyline: Much of the electricity and telecommunication infrastructure runs underground, creating an uncluttered, modern coastal landscape.
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The Gateway to Cabo de Gata
Retamar stands as the literal entrance to the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park. It is the final urban hub before protected nature begins. Stay in a luxury hotel and, within five minutes by car, reach the untouched beauty of Las Amoladeras — an unbeatable strategic location. -
Alborán Golf Course
El Toyo features an 18-hole, par-72 golf course that has become a regional benchmark. Designed with sustainability in mind, it incorporates native plant species and efficient irrigation systems adapted to Almería’s semi-arid climate. -
The Origins of Retamar
While El Toyo represents 21st-century modernity, Retamar began expanding in the 1960s and 1970s. Initially conceived as a summer retreat for Almería’s affluent families seeking distance from the city’s bustle, it is now fully integrated into the metropolitan landscape. -
A Privileged Microclimate
Thanks to its open bay location and surrounding orography, the area typically enjoys slightly warmer winters than the capital and a constant sea breeze that tempers the summer heat — a natural advantage you can feel year-round.
Cabo de Gata: wild beaches, volcanic landscapes and pure nature
Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park is one of Spain’s most unique coastal destinations, where volcanic landscapes meet crystal-clear waters and untouched beaches. Located in Almería, this protected natural park offers a more rugged, authentic Mediterranean experience—perfect if you’re looking to disconnect, explore nature, and enjoy some of the most unspoilt coastline in southern Europe.
Make sure you visit:
- Los Genoveses Beach, one of the most iconic and pristine beaches in the park.
- Cabo de Gata Lighthouse, with dramatic cliffs and panoramic sea views.
- The salt flats (Salinas de Cabo de Gata), where you might spot flamingos.
- San José village, a charming base with great restaurants and a relaxed vibe.
- Monsul Beach, famous for its volcanic rock formations and cinematic scenery.
Beaches we think you’ll like:
- Playa de los Genoveses: wide, wild, and surrounded by dunes.
- Playa de Mónsul: unique volcanic formations and shallow waters.
- Cala de Enmedio: secluded, with striking white rock formations.
- Playa de los Muertos: stunning turquoise waters, though access is steep.
- Cala del Plomo: peaceful and less crowded, ideal for a quiet escape.
Family-friendly activities:
- Easy coastal hikes with breathtaking views and plenty of photo spots.
- Snorkelling in crystal-clear waters full of marine life.
- Boat trips along the coast to discover hidden coves.
- Visiting small fishing villages and enjoying local markets.
- Birdwatching at the salt flats, especially fun for curious kids.
Make sure you try these local delicacies:
- Fresh grilled fish, especially red mullet and sea bass.
- Arroz caldoso (brothy rice dish) with seafood.
- “Gurullos”, a traditional stew with pasta and rabbit or seafood.
- Local tapas with Mediterranean flavours.
- Desserts made with almonds, a staple of the region.
Make the most of your visit and go to...
- Níjar (30 min): known for its artisan crafts and pottery.
- Almería city (40 min): for its Alcazaba fortress and historic centre.
- Tabernas Desert (1h): Europe’s only desert, famous for western film sets.
- Carboneras (30 min): a coastal town with great seafood and beaches.
Information regarding Single Rooms and Family Discounts
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Babies aged 0 to 1: the first one stays FREE sharing bed with two adults.
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This option is only available in double and triple rooms.
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Children aged 2 to 11: they travel at a discount depending on the dates and meals you choose:
- Are you travelling on Bed & Breakfast with Half Board or Full Board basis? The 1st and 2nd child travel with a 50% discount, except if travelling from September 8, which stays FREE.
- Have you selected ALL INCLUSIVE? The 1st stays with a 75% discount, or for 9€ per night depending on the dates of your booking, and the 2nd stays with a 50% discount.
- If you book a room with partial sea view, children will have an additional surcharge of approximately 6 € per night.
- Good to know: Discounts for children apply as long as they sleep in the same room with 2 adults or 2 people paying the adult rate.
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The maximum capacity of the rooms is 4 people:
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Travelling with children? The maximum capacity is 2 adults + 2 children or babies per room.
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Are you all adults? In this case the maximum occupancy is 4 adults per room.
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The accommodation does not admit a 5th place in the same room, whether adult, child or baby.
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- Do you want to book a single room? The surcharge for a single room is approximately 23€ per night per room. It may vary depending on the dates of the holiday and you will see it applied in the final price of your booking.
Pet Policy
This accommodation allows pets with the following conditions:
- Maximum weight: 8 kg/pet
- Price: 10 €/night and pet
- Only one pet per room
- Pets are not allowed in the pool and restaurant areas.
Personally chosen by our travel expert
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Release date: 07/04/2026 at 17:00
What our customers are saying about the accommodation
7.9
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Based on 2338 reviews
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Buffetten waren uitgebreid, show cooking had lekkere gerechten gemaakt door sympathieke koks.
Mooie omgeving !
Heel gehorige kamers (kamer met tussendeur).
Heel erg druk omwille van jeugdgroepen die doorheen het hele hotel ongecontroleerd hun gang gingen en vooral in het restaurant enorm veel lawaai en chaos veroorzaakten.
Restaurant erg ongezellig... 'refter' zou een betere omschrijving zijn.
Good
Lo mejor son las piscinas para los niños.
The animation would improve; it’s rather weak, and for younger children (3 years old) you can’t leave them alone with them, they wander off and don’t even notice. The food is very repetitive and bland, with little variety.
Mejoraría la animación es flojita y para los niños más pequeños (3años)no puedes dejarlos solos con ellas, se les va y no se dan ni cuenta.
La comida muy repetitiva y con poco sabor.poca variedad.
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Las piscinas estaban muy bien el todo incluido en general todo
To say something, the food is very basic but there is a wide choice.
Por decir algo la comida muy básica pero vastante para elegir
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Very good
El hotel en sí está muy bien, el personal es muy atento y amable. Todo muy limpio. Las piscinas son grandes y están genial.
The variety of food at the buffet is somewhat limited and the quality wasn’t very good either. The bars and beach bars had some snacks that were very unhealthy and generally quite scarce.
No pool had a shaded area in the water; a canopy to provide shade in the water would have been welcome, because you came out of the water burnt.
La variedad de comida del buffet es algo limitada y la calidad tampoco era muy buena. Los bares/chiringuitos tenían unos snacks muy poco saludables y en general bastante escasos.
Ninguna piscina tenía zona de sombra en el agua, un toldo que diese sombra en el agua se hubiera agradecido, porque salías del agua quemado.
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Very good
Un hotel estupendo para ir con niños, las piscinas, los toboganes, todo genial y lo mejor la animación. Los animadores son unos máquinas y tienen a todos entretenidos en todo momento y hacen actividades para todas las edades. Genial
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Excellent
Con las piscinas y el nuevo parque acuático hemos disfrutado mucho.
The buffet food needs to improve: tasteless, repetitive and basic.
La comida del buffet debe mejorar, comida sin sabor, repetitiva y básica.
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Average
El equipo de animación y recepción y camareros y cocineros un 10
The restaurant timetable
El horario d restaurante
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Excellent
Piscina y Agua 💧💧 gym 💧🎁 breve pero intenso, mañana y por la tarde también
A lot of noise in the dining room, bustle, but that’s how it is.
The pebble beach, bring water shoes or surf shoes, but there are no holes, better.
All-inclusive ice creams need more chill in the fridge.
Mucho ruido en el comedor, alborotooo pero es así.
La playa de piedras ,llevar cangrejeras o escarpines, pero no hay holas, mejor.
Helados de todo incluido necesitan más frío en la nevera .
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Very good
Las piscinas están muy bien, el buffet deja un poco que desear.
And an all-inclusive that does not have bars available at all hours… If you want a drink at 16:00 you have to go to the bars, leave the pool, if you want to go for a drink at 19:30h you have to go to the restaurant. And after 23:00h you cannot have anything.
Y un todo incluido que no tenga los bares disponibles a todas horas…. Si quieres tomar algo a las 16 tienes que ir al bares deja la piscina, si quieres ir a tomar algo a las 19 tienes que ir al restaurante. Y después de las 23 no puedes tomar nada.
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Hemos estado 5 días a todo incluido. Nos ha gustado mucho.
Los niños han disfrutado un montón, los toboganes están genial, tanto para niños, como para adultos .
Tiene buena ubicación, muy cerca de la playa.
Las camas eran cómodas.
Había leído muchos comentarios sobre el bufet, y bueno, para mí ha estado bien. No hay muchísima variedad, pero hay cosas ricas. Siempre hay plancha de pescado o carnes, y bastantes cosas para elegir. Nosotros hemos comido muy bien.
Volvería a ir a este hotel sin duda
El todo incluido estaba muy bien, había muchas cosas para elegir ( perritos, hamburguesas,nuggets, patatas, frutos secos, tortitas, cócteles, granizados , batidos, cafés, ....).
No hemos usado parking, hay un descampado al lado donde se podía dejar los coches sin problema.
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Excellent
Esta muy buen para familias con niños ,la piscina y animacion muy bien
Before buying the deal, people raised concerns about the food situation.
For a 4-star hotel, it was very poor.
What a pity, because with good chefs everything could be made very tasty.
Antes de comprar el chollo,lo ponia la gente el tema de la comida
Para hotel de 4 estrellas muy mal
Una pena ,porque con buenos cocineros se podria hacer todo muy rico
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Lo mejor las piscinas y toboganes, los niños han disfrutado muchísimo, los mayores también. Las dependientas de la tienda de recuerdo son majísimas, en especial Luisa, precios económicos para estar dentro de un hotel, la recomiendo. La chica que canta los lunes muy buena, es excelente.
They only have one restaurant, they don’t offer any seafood or ham on any day. They should sanction customers who abuse the buffet, take more food than they can consume, and then it goes to waste.
Sólo tiene un restaurante, no ponen ningún día ni marisco ni jamón. Deberían sancionar a los clientes que abusan del bufet, cogen comida en exceso que no consumen y después va a la basura.
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Las habitaciones son grandes y están bien
The food is repetitive, with little variety and low quality; the snack options are limited.
La comida es repetitiva poca variedad y no tiene mucha calidad el snack es escaso
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Las piscinas y toboganes
The rude behaviour of some guests and the lack of supervision and control by the hotel staff
La mala educación de algunos huéspedes y la falta de vigilancia y control por parte del personal del hotel
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La piscina y la animación
The food and some waitresses are bitter.
La comida y alguna camarera resabia
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La zona de piscina y el tamaño de la cama
Never, they do not change the sheets daily; they reuse the ones that have been used, the pool towel change has a daily charge, there are no options for allergy-friendly meals, and the food is very repetitive and of very low quality. The cleaning is disastrous, and the staff are poorly educated.
Nunca, no cambian las sábanas a diario, vuelven a poner las usadas, el cambio de toalla de piscina tiene un coste diario, no hay opciones de comida para alergia y es muy repetitiva y de muy baja calidad, la limpieza es nefasta, el personal es mal educado
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La piscina con los toboganes para mi niña de 3 años muy bien , se lo pasó increíble.
We had all-inclusive, we stayed from 27/06 to 01/07, and in the snack area the food was awful, only one person serving for everything, and almost every time we went to the fruit area there was nothing, the attendant couldn't cope. What a pity.
Teníamos el todo incluido , fuimos del 27/06 al 01/07 y en la zona del snack de la comida fatal , solo 1 persona atendiendo para todo y casi siempre que íbamos a la zona de frutas no habia nada , el dependiente no daba a basto, una pena .
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Instalaciones muy buenas,las piscinas muy limpias y bien cuidadas,con toboganes para toda la familia,muchas hamacas
The food is very repetitive with little variety and of poor quality; the fryers’ oils are black; what is left from the day is later mixed with something else, cheap food for a 4-star hotel.
All-inclusive is a sham.
3 cocktails of variety.
Everything is machine-made (soft drinks, milkshakes).
The snacks are the same every day.
And the schedule is one and a half hours in the morning and three in the afternoon.
The drinks run out at 23:00h.
Room cleaning is awful.
They do the minimum: they pass a mop over the floor and, with luck, they clean the bathroom; they do not mop the floor properly, and if there are stains on the mirror they don’t bother cleaning them—awful.
It’s a pity because the hotel is very nice; what lets it down are these things.
And I would improve the entertainment a bit, especially for older guests.
La comida muy repetida y poca variedad y de mala calidad,los aceites de las freidoras negros,lo que sobra del día para después mezclado con algo,comida barata para ser 4 estrellas
El todo incluido un timo
3 cócteles de variedad
todo de maquina (refrescos,batidos)
Los snack todos los días lo mismo
Y con horario una hora y media por la mañana y tres por la tarde
La bebida a las 23 h se acabó
La limpieza de las habitaciones fatal
Hacen la camo pasan una mopa al suelo y el baño con suerte te lo limpian no friegan el suelo si hay manchas en el espejo ni lo limpian fatal
Es una pena porque el hotel está muy bien que fallen en este tipo de cosas
Y mejoraría un poco la animación sobre todo para mayores
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He disfrutado los toboganes con los niños
The higher-quality meals, the receptionists could improve in friendliness, and the room was not cleaned on one day, claiming that the sign had been put up, which is totally false; we will not repeat this.
Las comidas de más de calidad , los recepcionistas podrían mejorar en la simpatía, y la habitación un día no la limpiaron diciendo que había puesto el cartel siendo totalmente falso, no repetiremos
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Los toboganes y las piscinas.
Groups of people with bad education, conflicts during meals, entering other guests’ terraces, running to doors calling out in the corridors at night….
Grupos de personas con mala educación, conflictos en comidas, entrada en las terrazas de otro clientes, llamadas a las puertas corriendo por los pasillos por las noches....
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ALEGRIA Cabo de Gata Aquafun
7.9
2338 reviews
Retamar, Costa de Almería
