Sandos Playacar Beach Resort: Fantastic Resort!! :D

A long review but hopefully helpful. :) I visited this resort in November for 7 days with my husband and 2 other couples.We booked here to celebrate my 50th birthday. I cannot say enough about the service we received! A huge shout out to Lizeth,(she is the web relations person I spoke to before we arrived). As she went above and beyond to help us have the perfect vacation. First,she responded promptly to my email before we arrived, then she called our room on the day after we arrived to  [... read more]make sure we enjoyed the decorations they had placed for me.(They had many balloons decorating the walls and ceiling, as well as a towel cake complete with confetti on our bed. Beautiful!!!! ❤ On the table sat a fresh fruit tray,a bottle of tequila,a bottle of sparkling champagne with 2 flute glasses,along with chocolate covered strawberries! Who could ask for more?!) She also called on two other occasions to make sure we were comfortable and had everything we needed to make our vacation perfect. Sandos is very lucky to have her as their representative on the web. Thank you so much Lizeth!! 😘😍 Extremely professional and attentive staff in all other areas of this resort as well. We stayed in the Select Club area which was changing to the Family area during our week.The rooms here were spotless and we had a great view of the pool from or second floor balcony.It is about 11 mins to walk from here to the beach but there is so much to see on the way that it feels much faster. They have a cat cafe which is a fantastic idea,as well as a rescued donkey and sheep.There were also many inspiration quotes carved into wood that were a pleasure to read on the walk. The grounds are beautifully maintained so this helped make the scenery a joy here. Our maid was Liliana and she made beautiful towel art every day as well as kept our room clean. Thank you Liliana! 😘 We loved the adults only breakfast buffet and the choice to use the main buffet if desired. All of the food was great.Many options.We ate at the Italian a la carte twice,The Asiana,the Steakhouse and the French.All were great but our fave was the Italian. We loved having the chance to visit the Palm Bay resort next door that was under construction during our stay. Their water park and pools are fantastic and it will be great once finished! All the bartenders were friendly and smiling but we loved the premium bars the most! Great top shelf liquor as well as service. We also loved the Cupcake cafe,you have to try it....awesome desserts and fabulous coffee/espresso/latte options. Yummy!! The shows were great! We LOVED the AC DC tribute band as well as the Michael Jackson and Shakira shows. Lastly,the beach is GORGEOUS!!!! Clear blue water,wide sandy area where you can walk for miles! Also many activities for all to enjoy! I know I have forgotten some things but this review has to stop at some point. I never visit a resort twice but this is definitely one that I will make an exception for. This was our first experience with the Sandos hotels and it was remarkable!! Thank you Sandos Playacar!! We will definitely look for more Sandos resorts for our next vacation!

Sandos Playacar Beach Resort: The resort was really amazing. I will go again!!

The hotel, service, food and staff were so great. Our room was kept very clean and the condiments and bathroom supplies were replenished daily. The food at the various restaurants was really good most of the time. Some evenings the restaurant staff seemed overwhelmed by the crowd of guests and the food suffered on these evenings. My only complaint was the staff and charges from the Spa. Spa staff walked around the pool area requested we buy services such as pedicures, manicures and massages. The [... read more]y assured us if we called #39 and cancelled we wouldn't be charged. Surprise, as we checked out we were charged for all Spa services even if we called to cancel them. The reception staff were able to sort things for us but it was anxious times as we tried to check out.

Sandos Playacar Beach Resort: Nice resort, well maintained gardens

Nice greens and well maintained by gardeners. Drawback for resort is a massive construction( resort is building additional rooms, over 300 of them but this information is not available during the booking. It is dishonesty and unfair to people booking vacation. Resort and Tripcentral should have this info posted. We ended up in the room with view on construction. Our balcony and partial ocean view was useless because of construction noise. Other bad experience: resort made changes of building l [... read more]ocations for families and adults only, but didn't manage to get all information maps on the resort grounds and printed maps in the rooms to up date with all those changes. Shame!!! I would not recommend this resort until all construction is completed

Sandos Playacar Beach Resort: Disappointed.

I was looking for this resort couple years to book./ The price sometime high for my budget/. It always was good feedback, and people satisfaction. Then we come on Dec. 3.2018 and get negative feeling. It is excellent room, even far from beach, but we do not mind with husband to walk or drive. Good buffet, food, entertainment. Nice ocean, and sand. Just the location of new beach is terrible. As someone tell me, it was changed just on Dec 1. 2018, then we was unlucky. All family with chil [... read more]dren, elderly, who has regular booked trip, was directed on the new beach, that located quite far on the Right side, from central area. There was noisy contraction, just sand, with many umbrellas, but any trees, palms. Two days was windy, and sand was in the air, you not able to stay there. Also security not allow regular customers to cross area on the middle of resort to exit to the beach. Only for Royal Service. And staff was quite rude, when I ask one time to go through , for some urgent matter . I feel offensive , because main beach, that include 2 big part with many schezlongs, was empty on the 75%. But it was no place for other people. We share out feelings with other tourist from England, Russia, USA. Some of them already was in Sandos before, and come second, third time. But tell: will not come again. I am not like new rules, and service changed. Not advice to go there, at least you can afford Royal service for self. There is a lot of nearby Resorts, that not divide customers such in 2 very visible, different groups. Management has to warning customers, that it is changed in location of beach. Then, if I buy vacation with warning I will have no issue.

Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: Unforgettable Experience!

I whole-heartedly recommend the Sandos Caracol Eco Resort. We travelled with 2 kids 9 & 5. The family superior room with bunk beds were beautiful and comfy. The kids club was outstanding and the water park a delight! The food was excellent. We simply loved the Eco focus, the jungle like environment and emphases on the Mayan culture. Staff were lovely and the facilities were spotless. There are always little snags and bugs (literally bugs!) in any trip, but reasonable people looking at the big p [... read more]icture can see this is a fantastic well-rounded resort.

Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: Great place for a vacation

This resort was nothing short if amazing. Because its an eco resort everything was in its natural habit. What we loved most. The animals were awesome. The food, drinks and pools were amazing too. I would recommend this hotel to anyone 😀

Sandos Playacar Beach Resort: Missinformation around staus of hotel during construction and beach access.

Great hotel once you upgrade to Adult only section ( at a cost). The beach area for families and others is well down the beach from the resort, thus if you want to remain near the resort and take advantage of the mature shade trees and cabanas you must upgrade to Adult only.

Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: Fantastic Resort

This hotel was way beyond our expectations. The rooms were spacious and clean, and the staff were fantastic. The place is huge and offers many restaurants, bars, and pools. Many activities so you dont even need to leave the resort. The highlight for us was the wildlife you saw on a daily basis. The monkeys and coati would come right up to us. Such a cool experience. The downfall was the bugs. I would recommend bringing bug spray with you!!! The beach was a bit rocky also but still beautiful. I w [... read more]ould definately go back to this resort.

Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: One week was too short

Had a fantastic time in this unique eco resort. As a photographer the wildlife was a welcomed bonus. Was able to photograph 20 different species of birds with the help of the of the “eco-activity” coordinators. An abundance of wild life was everywhere. The food was great (although not 24 hrs). A very family focused place with plenty to do. Wi Fi for myself was superb! At one point I made a suggestion and it was promptly addressed. Can’t complain except that due to construction some areas w [... read more]ere not accessable, such as snorkeling in the cenote. I was there a week and could have easily stayed longer.

Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: Family fun!

Three Eco Superior room we had was clean and an excellent size for 2 LO's and 2 adults. The resort has many enjoyable walking paths through the forest, to multiple Cenotes or by animals -both captive and wild! Our LO's are baby and 4 yo and both had fun -the kids club was great fit the 4yo. Lots to offer a family at this place. The Beach is rocky but can be explored. The Tortuga pool is nice and quiet while the main pool is bigger with lots of activities. The waterpark for kids was clean and wel [... read more]l maintained. All in all a nice resort that doesn't pride itself on being fancy but does deliver all fun and amenities.

Sandos Playacar Beach Resort: Thoroughly enjoyed the resort...very nice

Loved the whole area, restaurants were great. A bit of trouble with room service ie cleaning but we worked it out. Lovely rooms . A bit of confursion getting on our ride to the hotel but it was very busy so was expected. All in all had a great time

Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: Will return

Very good resort with some very friendly and helpful staff. Be aware of the adjoining rooms as this can get quite noisy. One night we had our sleep disturbed by very loud TV. Massage with Victor was first-rate. While most staff were excellent, as with most Caribbean resorts there our staff who could care less. But it’s not easy dealing with some tourists. You will quickly be able to identify these individuals. Our toddler absolutely loved the animal life. We’ve stayed at fancier resorts but [... read more] this was one of our best vacations.

Sandos Playacar Beach Resort: It was a beautiful resort.

The hotel was amazingly huge, lots of greenery, walking pathway resting places and lovely decorations everywhere. The food was lovely and the alacart restaurants were amazing, all the bars and coffee shops were in the right places and the staff and their service was lovely. I loved the room and all the pools, beautiful beach, lobby shops I am definitely going back some day soon.

Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: A beautiful nature-filled location

We enjoyed our week at Sandos Caracol. There was a ton of wildlife (coatis, spider monkeys, iguanas, birds, and a few cats). Service was always friendly and helpful. Snorkelling in the onsite cenote was not super interesting, but it's a nice calm way to introduce snorkeling to kids. Just off the beach we saw many fish, crabs, and one ray. The service was friendly. Food was good overall. I really liked the Mediterranean and Italian restaurants. I thought the Japanese one was over-rated,  [... read more]but it's fun to see the food cooked right at your table. The buffets were decent. Our family all found something we liked for every meal. The current construction meant we had to always walk the long way around the resort from our building to the restaurants, pools, etc. This was a bit annoying, but not a real problem.

Sandos Cancun: Great Vacation!

This was my first time to Cancun but 3rd to Mexico just never made it to Cancun... it was much better than I ever expected. The beaches were beautiful white sand and loved the smaller resort! The hotel itself was nice however we were disappointed to know that we were only going to be there for 3 nights and with an occupancy of 40% they opt to put us in an room overlooking a roof and without a balcony.

Sandos Playacar Beach Resort: 2nd visit .. 25th anniversary

Sandos playacar resort 2nd visit in 2 years There were pluses and minuses to this trip this time Pluses Food was great everywhere! Housekeeping was fabulous We appreciated the added security at beach that kept the locals from being to pushy with their goods no was no and they were told to move along Bartenders were great! Minuses The spa staff...you are constantly spoke to about spa packages, some are.good they recognize you and carry on but the one thing that really got me is you are  [... read more]constantly seeing them at the beach and at the pool but for them to come in the restaurant when your eating breakfast that was just over the top for me I understand they are promoting and more than likely getting a commission from their "sale" but there needs to be boundaries. The adult pool last time we were there there was usually 2 bartenders 1 server and in the afternoon would be entertainment/games and some good music - it's not this way anymore there were no games etc the bartenders are absolutely fabulous love them to pieces they are doing then work of many people having that added entertainment guy certainly helped last time he helped keep control over the pool this year many "pool rules" were constantly broken and you can't expect the bartenders to see & stop it... we like to have a good time games and entertainment add the fun aspect not just pounding back as much booze as humanly possible and unfortunately for us this was lacking this trip, we very much missed David E (congrats on your promotion) The shuttle service from adult side to main area by beach - sometimes it's good often times it's not, it is a long walk definetly room for improvement with the much needed service but much appreciated when we were able to use it. A heart felt thank you to Fabian, Mario, & Luis for their excellent service & spanish lessons at the adult pool LOL!

Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: Absolutely Amazing!

The resort surpassed our expectations in many ways. The food was consistently good with no tummy issues experienced by anyone in our family. The steakhouse was our favourite! The resort did many things right - from having your bracelet be your room key to not having any reservations for dinner (except for the Japanese). On Sunday evening they have a street carnival where you play carnival games and earn "money" that the kids can use to purchase a toy. The resorts eco awareness was refreshin [... read more]g and the staff are always available to provide information about the plentiful animals and birds on the site. The activities are endless and you can play as much or as little as you want. There is activities for all generations, from the waterslides to the walking tours of the property. I can't say enough about how much there is to do! We stayed in a standard room that was spacious and cleaned immaculately every day. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this resort for any family that has kids travelling with them of any age.

Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: Amazing time !

Aug 25-sept 1st 2018 /The resort was amazing , staff was fantastic! shows were very good , night time entertainment was so fun and they really show the crowd a great time.Spencer and sexy johnathan made the daytime entertainment so fun .... the food was soooooo amazing the ice was bagged 😁we went as a family of three no one got sick , beautiful resort I will be back ! Only One complaint ...... the beach was so rocky bring water shoes

Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: Love the Resort

The resort is great. So much to do for children and adults the pools are great the kids pools and the slides. My grandchildren enjoyed all and the Cenote they loved the fresh water and the fish and turtles the beach has lots of lawn chairs palm trees and the Coconut drinks right from the coconut shell the food was fabulous at all the restaurants we ate at . We will definitely return. Thank you to all the Pleasant and hard working staff. Made us feel at home

Sandos Cancun: Unique, amazing resort

The resort is was very beautifully maintained and our rooms were very comfortable and roomy. The food was great. We especially liked the Tempanyaki and the Steak and fish restaurants. There were a lot of different activities to do...Biking, denote swim and snorkel, water slides, and nightly shows. We were close to Playa del Carmen. Great family vacation!!