Myself and my husband and 8 yr old boy stayed at the Maritim Pine Beach Resort (and not Club) for 2 wks. The weather was absolutely incredibly hot (bout 40 c) but was not too hot you were uncomfortable. The hotel has so much to offer facilitiy wise. There is a gym, health spa, tennis courts, aqua park which is great for the kids (and adults too), entertainment every hour or so in the day time for the adults and a kids club who provide entertainment for children also. I am shocked to see that some of the reviews don't rate the evening entertainment. I thought that in comparison to most hotels I have been too that this has been by far the best. The animation team were great and the compare spoke broken english but was able to understand him. The endless amounts of cakes and nibbles in the afternoon meant that there did not seem to be a spare moment in the day when there were no food available.
The bar staff did their best to understand and speak english, and so did the waiters.
Overall I would say that this has probably been one of the best if not the best hotel that I have stayed in.
Only one thing spoilt it for me was the russians. They are so rude so English beware, they will push, shove and jump the queues in order to be the first in the queue for anything.

On arrival we were in awe, although I'd already seen pictures of the hotel on the internet, they really don't do it any jutice; has to be seen to be believed. Every inch of the hotel is spotless, the domestic staff seem to be cleaning 24 hours a day... on first appearances, our room seemed to be spotless too, but as the days went by, we came to realise that our room was only been given a quick tidy... so that's an area which could be improved on.

Food was in abundance.. loads of choice and I relished in tasting new dishes; all beautifully presented ... no complaints there, although I did suffer with 'Turkish tummy' on the last few days... and still I'm feeling a bit 'iffy' after two days home!! Could've been anything though.... I really doubt it was the food !!

Evening entertainment could've been better - seemed to be geared towards the Russian and German Guests, but I suppose it's difficult to please everyone... the animation team worked really hard and produced some first class dance shows. The late night Disco was great - especially enjoyed by teenagers.

The Aqua pool with slides was brilliant - we spent many a happy hour whizzing down the slides on our lilo's!

I couldn't fault the staff - always smiling, although they work very long hours... nothing is too much trouble.

What spoiled the holiday for me and many other Brit's were the rude Russian guests... they seemed to think that they didn't have to queue for anything... they never said 'please' or 'thank you' and rarely smiled. Also, I was absolutely disgusted at the amount of food they wasted - they'd pile their plates high with huge amounts of everything, place it all in the centre of the table and then walk off and leave most of it to be thrown out. Fruit, bread, freshly cooked fish, cakes..... everything they could get their hands on....eyes bigger than their belly springs to mind!! Us English are taught to get what we want and then go back for more if we're still hungry, thus ensuring there's enough to go round. The amount of food that was wasted made me so angry....

So apart from the rude, obnoxious, self indulgent Russians... this hotel is everything and more than I expected, but I wouldn't go back unless there were more English people which I very much doubt will happen in the near future.

We had a lovely time in the pine beach resort, very cosmoplitan albeit a slight bias towards the Russians, but thats what we enjoy. Not a single union jack pair of shorts on a tatooed moron from the Uk or a "full english breakfast" to be seen anywhere. We enjoyed the beach, the big pool (with everything including nice cakes and sweet served in the afternoon, very popular!), the little pool with its own bar abd friendly staff. We had days in the main flume pool and the odd morning "hagling" in the town of Belek. Hagling was the secret to get good deals on anything so whatever they charge (including jet skis on the each) be sure to knock them down and aim for half price and settle at a third maximum. So if you love benidorm you will hate this place but if you have a varied outlook, looking to learn new ways and culture, open minded and enjoy a variety of foods then you will love this place.
One downside, the evening entertaiment is pretty lame and some nights really bad, but as I said the bias is towards Russians so compared to what they have to put up with at home, they loved it!!
TC

I visited the Pine Beach hotel for a specially organised trip to see the total solar eclipse. Not being a lover of package type holidays I was a amazed to by this place, and it wasn't at all what I expected. The complex is huge and there was so much to do, infact I didn't get to see most of it due to the fact we only had a couple of days there. We stayed all inclusive and I have never seen so much food, honestly! The choice was unbelievable and was so well presented, at breakfast the chefs prepare the hot food fresh infront of you. Also at the bars the free drinks included a good choice of cocktails. Whilst there we treated ourselves to a morning in the health spa which wonderful and the prices very reasonable. The added bonus I think of this complex is the fact it is literally on the sea front too, and the beach and sea beautifully clean. Also the rooms are spotless large and airy. I really could go on for ages about the choice of bars, restaurants, pools etc but you really must see it for yourself I would definately go again and certainly all inclusive, apart from the spa we didn't need to spend a penny.