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This was the absolute worst hotel I have visited in 21 years of submitting reviews to TripAdvisor. The fact that this property is ranked #1 in Alicante and has the temerity to call itself a 5 star is shocking.||At best this is a really bad 3 star hotel. ||The absolute worst aspect of this property is the Wifi which is terrible. Low bandwidth, no way to conduct a Zoom, constantly dropping, etc. Staff is aware of the issue and suggested I work from the library where “is better”. This at a supposed 5 star hotel! The front desk manager said there were Internet issues in the area but I was in town for meetings at an office 2 minutes away and they had never heard of them. Surprised I wasn't referred to an Internet Cafe! ||To be clear, if you are in town on business, a digital nomad or use the Internet, do not say at this hotel.||When we entered our room, their “best suite” were shocked to walk into the bathroom, ridiculous lack of privacy. Speaking of which, on a beautiful sunny afternoon all the blackout shades were drawn. When we opened them the reason why became readily apparent, the “view” (from their “best room”) was a decrepit office building mere feet away. Unless the blinds are drawn you have zero privacy. As a bonus in the alley 3 floors below are several dining establishment providing noise to add to the luxury experience.||Far worse, there are serious sanitary shortcomings. There were ants in our toilet area, sink area, bedding and mold in the shower right below the platform you stand on. The spa is tiny and overcrowded, gym has tired equipment and its shower also featured mold. One morning there was no hot water because the hallways ceiling was leaking from an area also covered in mold. The shelf in the shower was broken.||Truly staggering.||On a Sunday night at 8pm, the fire alarm went off once, than again a short while later. When we went to the front desk, we were told that it was a “test”. With no warning or explanation to guests!||We had to go to the front desk because the phone only worked if you dialed a 4 digit number that nobody explained to us and all of its instructions were in Spanish (for a hotel with large number of English speaking guests).||Can’t speak to the quality of the food other that the one ice cold room service breakfast we had, which was included in our rate (but the front desk attempted to upsell as an upgrade on check in).||As a final service failure, we made the mistake of having laundry done here. One brand new shirt was completely ruined and the rest of the items were so saturated with fragrance that they had to be thrown out after we washed them again, $650 worth of nearly brand new Lululemon destroyed, our nice Tumi luggage still reeks.||On departure they waived the laundry charge for destroying our clothes….||This place was so bad that we checked out a day early and they comped one night, but that was only about half of the cost of our clothes their laundry ruined.||The fact this property is so highly rate makes me question the trust I have put in TripAdvisor, something is not right here. Just do yourself a favor and stay anywhere else; would not stay again if I was paid to do so.