IBIZA - SANT ANTONI DE PORTMANY - HOSTAL MARINO & M HOTEL
- Miguel Renoir Spanish Guides
- Oct 5, 2024
- 3 min read
HOSTAL MARINO
We returned to Hostal Marino in September 2024, when it was finally joined by its new sister hotel, M. Hotel. You can now check-in at the new hotel by walking through the bar area of Hostal Marino and the new garden area to the M Hotel check-in desk.
The new hotel has a restaurant, fitness centre, bar, garden area, and access to the bar and restaurant area in Hostal Marino.
It is a place to relax after a long night/day!
There is a new swimming pool, with sunset views.
And views of the full moon!
With a bar on the roof of the new hotel,
which guests from Hostal Marino can use.
Guests at either place can enjoy a continental or buffet breakfast, which is now housed in M Hotel.
Healthy, or otherwise, with full English available,
with a new, outside dining area.
After settling in, we popped into the ever-friendly bar to be greeted by the long-serving staff and had a welcome caña.
And a free tapa.
Followed by our traditional first meal here, baby lamb cutlets with chips.
And finished with a local tipple, a café Caleta (a coffee-infused hot drink).
The hotel and the hostal, the old and new, share the same great family-friendly atmosphere and environment, which was one of the main reasons we stayed here. It is still a great place to stay in the quiet back streets of San Antonio.
The following are previous visits to the hostal, showing some history before its redevelopment.
When we returned to Hostal Marino in July 2020, after a couple of years of absence, we noticed a few changes. The outside of the hostal had completely changed. This was due to local legislation requiring balconies to be made more secure and slightly higher.
But inside was the most significant change, the swimming pool was not there anymore!
This is because the hostal was building a new 27 room 4-star hotel in the space next door, which is taking part of the area where the swimming pool was. The new hotel will have a shared swimming pool on the roof.
The two properties will be linked together, with the breakfast buffet moved to the new hotel, leaving the present bar area more room to keep serving their traditional Spanish food in a larger area.
The rest of the hostal is still the same, with good local food at the bar and reasonable prices.
Chuletas de Cordero alimentadas con leche (milk-fed baby lamb chops) with chips.
Chuleton (T. Bone steak).
With potatoes and vegetables.
The bar is always full of locals eating and drinking, creating a buzzy atmosphere. You are served by friendly, funny staff who cannot do enough for you.
This hostal is still a beautiful little gem, more like a small boutique hotel than a hostel. The ever-smiling and helpful Miki and his wife, Sofia, run it. As a significant bonus, the hostal has its car park just around the corner. This saves guests a lot of driving around and looking for parking during busy periods.
This is a review from 2017, where you can see some of the new changes.
Hostal Marino is a fantastic little family-run hostal located away from the noisier (known as the west end) part of Sant Antoni. It is ideally positioned for a few minutes' walk to anywhere in town.
The staff follow Miki's lead and are all extremely helpful and knowledgeable of the local area.
The hostal has twenty rooms cleaned every morning, with fresh towels every day. They are small but spotless, with a fridge, a/c, television and wifi. The hostal is usually filled with mainly Spanish holidaymakers or locals eating excellent food at the bar or on the comfy terrace.
As many locals come to the hostal for drinks and dinner, it shows what a great place this is. It is always good to be where the locals are going so that you get an objective perspective of the area.
The bar serves food and drinks all day. The menu is interesting, with a delicious special every day. It also provides plenty of information on the ingredients, nutrition, and allergies, which is quite unusual. As the locals use it as a meeting and eating spot, it gets steadily busy from morning until late.
The hostal is one of the few in Sant Antoni to be open all year round. An excellent Mercado is at the back of the hostal for any extras you need.
HOSTAL MARINO
Carrer de la Mar, 34, 07820 Sant Antoni de Portmany, +34 971 340 844 www.hostalmarinio.es
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