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Maspalomas Princess

Hotel: Maspalomas Princess 
Address: Avenida Tour Operador Tui, S/N, 35100 Maspalomas, Spain
 
Time of visit: February 2022
 
Equipment
There’s a wide range of machines – for example, chest presses, shoulder presses, leg curls, leg extensions and rear delt flys.
There’s also a Smith machine and a cable tower for seated rows and lat pull-downs, for example.
Dumbbells go up to 50 lbs/22 kgs and there’re two adjustable benches to work with.
 
If you’re in the mood for cardio, they’ve got you covered as well! There’re three treadmills, two cross-trainers, two stationary bikes and a rowing machine.
There’s also a separate area with around 10 spinning bikes.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary towels? No.
Does the hotel gym offer complimentary water? No.
 
Comments
The opening hours are from 10am to 8pm which is quite annoying since it means you can’t work out before breakfast.
Since there’re no towels are water in the actual hotel gym, you should bring this by yourself.
I was super excited to see they had a Smith machine as well as leg curls and extensions!
You’re required to book an appointment if you want to use the hotel gym. This is most likely due to the COVID-19 situation, since there’s also a limit as to how many people they allow inside at a time.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Not sure – this hotel gym was pretty nice, but I don’t really book hotels based on their hotel gyms. If they have a nice hotel gym, it’s great – if they don’t, I just get creative.
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Renaissance

Hotel: Renaissance 
Address: Pau Clarís, 122, Eixample, 08009 Barcelona, Spain
 
Time of visit: October 2021
 
Equipment
There’s a cable machine with a solid selection of handles and dumbbells ranging from 5 to 50 lbs/2 to 22 kgs as well as a pair of adjustable benches.
 
As for cardio equipment, there’re cross-trainers, treadmills and stationary bikes – all Life Fitness.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complementary towels? Yes.
Does the hotel gym offer complementary water? Yes.
 
Comments
The hotel gym has a great size and the equipment is extremely well maintained. It’s clean and spacious.
I think opening hours are 24/7, but I’m not sure.
I used it five times during my stay and I was by myself three of those times – only one other person was there the other two times.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Yes! I like to stretch, I like the cables and the free weights – it had everything I use when working out.
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Marriott’s Playa Andaluza

Hotel: Marriott’s Playa Andaluza 
Address: Tourism Registry, Autovía del Mediterráneo, Km 168, 29680 Estepona, Málaga, Spain
 
Time of visit: October 2021
 
Equipment
If you’re looking for a weight-based workout, there’s a Smith machine, a chest press and shoulder press machine, a leg press machine and a cable tower including lat pull-downs.
Dumbbells go up to 44 lbs/20 kgs and adjustable benches are available as well.
They also have two TRX stations.
 
As for cardio equipment, there’s a handful of treadmills as well as cross-trainers, a stair-master, a pair of stationary bikes as well as spinning bikes and even a rowing machine.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complementary towels? Yes.
Does the hotel gym offer complementary water? Yes.
 
Comments
It’s a very cool hotel gym with good lighting and a lot of different machines that have dual functions – e.g. leg curls and leg extensions.
It would’ve been awesome if they’d had a squat rack.
Opening hours are from 8am to 10pm.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Yes, definitively – it’s most likely one of the best hotel gyms I’ve ever seen.
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Blau Punta Reina Resort

Hotel: Blau Punta Reina Resort      
Address: S´Algar, s/n, Cala Mandia, 07689 Porto Cristo, Mallorca, Spain
 
Time of visit: August 2021
 
Equipment
Dumbbells go up to 20kg and there’s a couple of adjustable benches including a decline version.
 
There’s a nice selection of machines including options such shoulder presses, seated rows, leg presses and leg extensions, hip abductors/adductors and a setup allowing you to do lat pull-downs or triceps push-downs, for example.
There’s also a cable machine and a Smith machine – although weight plates only include 2 x 25kg, 1 x 10kg, 1 x 5kg and 1 x 2,5 kg per side.
 
There’re two stationary bikes, two cross-trainers and two treadmills.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complementary towels? Yes.
Does the hotel gym offer complementary water? Yes.
 
Comments
This hotel gym is ok for a normal workout. However, if you’re preparing for competition or a power lifter, it’s too poorly equipped.
 
It would’ve been nice if they had a barbell and more weight plates.
 
The hotel gym is open from 9am to 1pm and again from 3pm to 7pm.
There’s no AC but floor fans.
The staff is very friendly and the hotel itself is nice.
There’s an outdoor area with spinning bikes, there’s a climbing wall and the possibility of playing table tennis.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
No – I don’t think the equipment is sufficient and the opening hours also has its limitations.
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Hollywood Mirage

Hotel: Hollywood Mirage                 
Address: Calle Sierra Nevada, 38650 Los Cristianos, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
 
Time of visit: July 2021
 
Equipment
In terms of cardio equipment, there’re two treadmills, two cross-trainers and two spinning bikes.
 
Pin-operated machines include leg-extensions, kick-backs, lat pull-downs, shoulder-presses, back extensions and seated rows. There’s also a cable machine and a Smith machine with up to around 70kg of plates.
Dumbbells range from 2-20kg and there’re a pair of adjustable benches as well as exercise mats, an abs crunch machine and a bench for sit-ups.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complementary towels? No.
Does the hotel gym offer complementary water? Not sure.
 
Comments
This hotel has a relatively large hotel gym equipped with a range of weight machines, cardio machines and free weights. The equipment is old but it is mostly in good, working condition. However, I noticed that one of the cable machines was broken.
 
The hotel gym wasn’t open during my visit (due to the COVID-19 situation) so I didn’t get a chance actually use the hotel gym. As a result, this review is purely based visual aspects on the hotel gym.
 
There’s good lighting as well as air-conditioning and the equipment appears clean.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Yes.
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Porta Fira

Hotel: Porta Fira
Address: Plaza Europa, 45, 08908 L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
 
Time of visit: January 2020
 
Equipment
Besides a multi-gym, the equipment was mainly cardio based. There were two bikes, a cross-trainer and a treadmill.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complementary towels? Yes.
Does the hotel gym offer complementary water? Yes.
 
Comments
The hotel itself is super nice but when it comes to the hotel gym, there aren’t a lot of positive things to say. A lot was missing! Actually, I wouldn’t call it a gym! Why do you invest in a bench when there’re no dumbbells or barbells?
The space is very limited and it becomes very claustrophobic when just 2-3 guests use the hotel gym at the same time.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Not sure – the inadequate equipment as well as space really limits your workout options!
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W Hotel

Hotel: W Hotel
Address: Plaça Rosa dels Vents, 1, 08039 Barcelona, Spain
 
Time of visit: May 2019
 
Equipment
The gym offers dumbbells, barbells, kettle bells, cable machines as well as weight-based machines.
As for cardio equipment, there’re treadmills, cross trainers and stationary bikes.
 
Does the hotel gym offer complementary towels? Yes.
Does the hotel gym offer complementary water? Yes.
 
Comments
Great place right on the beach. Gym is really nice and clean and has a great selection of exercise equipment. However, the temperature in the gym is hot. Couldn’t see where to turn it down so we propped open the door. Great views.
 
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Yes!