AR Diamante Beach & SPA Hotel 4 SUP

AR Diamante Beach & SPA Hotel 4 SUP suits divers who want the sea nearby without spending the whole evening in a small resort bubble. You have outdoor pools, a spa, a choice of restaurants and a promenade lined with places to eat and drink. It is practical rather than remote, with enough going on around you to keep a non-diving partner occupied while you are busy underwater.

The hotel website is available in English, Spanish, French and Dutch, so you can at least find your way around the essentials before arrival. The hotel itself has a 24-hour front desk, concierge service, luggage storage and free Wi-Fi throughout the property. That is useful after travel, and even more useful when your brain has spent the day sorting out buoyancy, currents and whether that was actually the agreed meeting point.

Families are part of the picture too, with a kids' club for children aged 4 to 12, entertainment for children and family rooms. Couples can instead lean towards the sea-view rooms, the spa and the restaurants close to the hotel.

You are in Calpe, Spain, on Avenida Juan Carlos I. Levante Beach is about 200 metres away, and the seafront promenade takes roughly two minutes to reach on foot. That puts the sand, sea and a run of restaurants, bars and shops within an easy post-dive walk, without requiring a taxi every time you fancy a coffee.

Calpe Harbour and the Peñón de Ifach are about 1 km away. The Peñón de Ifach Natural Park is around 1 mile from the hotel, giving you a recognisable landmark for the local geography and a possible change of scenery when you have had enough of poolside furniture.

For a wider trip, Calp railway station is about 2.5 miles away on foot, or around 2.8 miles by road. Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández Airport is approximately 50 miles away by road, with a journey of about 56 minutes by car.

Every room has a balcony, air conditioning, free internet access and satellite television. After a long day in warm water, the air conditioning matters more than a polished description: it gives you somewhere cool to dry out, sleep properly and stop feeling as though your wetsuit is still attached. A sofa bed appears in several room layouts, which helps when two adults are travelling with a child or when a little extra living space is more useful than another decorative chair.

For two people, the sea-view rooms are the obvious choice if the outlook is part of why you are coming to Calpe. The Superior Double Room brings a king-size bed, while the Double Premium Room includes access to an infinity pool. The spa-access room is another sensible pick when the plan is to alternate diving with hot water, treatment rooms and a slower afternoon.

Travelling as three adults or with two children calls for a room category built around a sofa bed rather than simply assuming that every double room will stretch comfortably. Quadruple options are available for two adults and two children, and some have a private bathroom. Single-occupancy rooms are also available, so you do not have to organise your holiday around someone else's idea of a sensible wake-up time.

Rooms include a private bathroom with shower, towels, toiletries and a hairdryer, along with a wardrobe, sofa and desk. Daily housekeeping keeps the practical side moving, and room service is available when your appetite arrives before your enthusiasm for getting dressed again.

The hotel covers breakfast with a buffet offering continental, full English and Irish, vegetarian and gluten-free choices. Breakfast can also be taken in your room. That gives you room to choose between a proper sit-down start and the more functional option when you have an early departure and would rather deal with coffee before conversation.

The main buffet restaurant works with Mediterranean cooking and show cooking, so the evening meal has more structure than a plate assembled from whatever survived the day. There is also a snack bar, an on-site coffee house and a bar for the less formal end of the day. A packed lunch service is available when your schedule does not line up neatly with mealtimes.

The nearby promenade gives you alternatives on foot, including Audrey's, Hydra and La Regata. Audrey's is also one of the hotel's named restaurants, serving lunch and dinner with Mediterranean cooking rooted in local produce. Onami takes a Japanese direction, with a sushi kaiseki menu served around a bar for eight guests. AMAS combines sushi, Japanese-style tapas and Japanese techniques with local Mediterranean ingredients. Those two restaurants give the hotel a more interesting answer to the familiar post-dive question: buffet again, or somewhere else?

Three outdoor swimming pools sit among sun terraces, with sun loungers and beach chairs for the hours when you want to be horizontal but not yet ready for bed. An adults-only infinity pool gives couples a quieter option, while the wider pool setup and kids' club make the hotel workable for families travelling together.

The serious recovery option is the Diamante Beach Spa. The spa covers 1,500 square metres and includes a thermal circuit, treatment rooms, a relaxation area, hammam, sauna, Jacuzzi and fitness centre. Treatments include massage, facials and body wraps, with Germaine de Capuccini products. Some facilities and treatments carry an additional charge, so the spa is worth planning rather than treating as an accidental corridor on the way back to your room.

When you want movement rather than steam, bicycle hire, bike tours and walking tours are available, with cycling, hiking, snorkelling, canoeing, windsurfing and fishing available in the surrounding area. The hotel also has entertainment staff, live sport broadcasts and seasonal shows from 26 June to 5 September. A children's playground and kids' entertainment keep the family side occupied while you decide whether today's exercise has already been dealt with underwater.

Check-in starts at 14:00 and check-out runs until 12:00. You need photo identification and a credit card at check-in. There is no age requirement for checking in, and children of any age are welcome; children aged 12 and over are charged as adults. Cots for babies aged 0 to 1 are available on request, subject to the selected room option, while extra beds are not available.

A private parking garage is available on site, and an airport shuttle can be arranged. Car hire, a lift, luggage storage, a tour desk and a 24-hour front desk make the hotel easy to use as a base rather than a place where every small errand needs planning. Laundry, dry cleaning and ironing services are also available.

The hotel is non-smoking in its rooms, has designated smoking areas, and does not accept pets. Cancellation and prepayment conditions vary by room category. If you are booking several rooms, group conditions apply when the reservation exceeds three rooms. Facilities such as the spa, sauna, Jacuzzi, massage and bicycle hire can carry an additional charge.