Barcelo Maya Beach Resort: Perfect Getaway at Barceló Maya!

We had the best stay at the Barcelo Maya Beach Resort. The beaches were beautiful..there are some rocks near the shore, but once past them the water is crystal clear. Best snorkeling is off the pier. Our stay allowed access to 4 resorts, we mostly visited Barcelo Beach and Barcelo Caribe since everything we needed was there, including a shopping mall, casino, and a 24-hour sports bar. The staff were friendly and never pushy. The pools were large with swim-up bars and daily entertainment, and  [... read more]the adult pool was a great place to relax! Chairs fill up early (around 8am), so putting a towel out in the morning helps. The bracelet room key was so convenient! The buffet food was decent, but à la cartes were the best. A great resort - we will definitely return!

Barcelo Maya Colonial: Heads-up

Our visit 2 years ago was great. However this year they had a college/university booking of several hundred late January. They were very loud with room parties to 2AM. Our last day, the quiet Colonial pool became a pool party with DJ that could be heard at the lobby end of resort. A facebook posting said they also had a "girls weekend" mid January with 1000's of guests. Big bookings now displace family vacations? Good bye Barcelo.

Barcelo Bavaro Beach: Resort was good

The resort was good. The breakfast was the best meal of the day. Made you eggs to order. The food could be better. I would recommend this resort and would return for a future vacation. Good atmosphere and staff would amazing.

Occidental Nuevo Vallarta: Wow, this was really good.

This place was amazing. The rooms were nice and clean. Only thing that was kind of disappointing was not all rooms have a balcony or terrace. Although it turned out to not be a big issue. Pools and bars were really good. The beach was great to walk every day, with clean white sand that goes on for miles. The staff was wonderful, always smiling and very friendly. The buffet and alacarts were very good with lots of different foods to choose from. There was multiple dishes to choose from on the ala [... read more]carts menu's. We enjoyed our stay and we will go back again.

Barcelo Maya Colonial: Amazing resort

This was our first visit to the resort and we thought it was beautiful. The grounds are very well maintained. Although it’s a large resort, it never felt crowded. The beach is lovely, but we spent most of our time by the pool. We played pickleball, and the kids especially loved the mini golf and escape room. The buffet food was delicious, and we enjoyed having ice cream every day. We would definitely love to visit this resort again.

Occidental Tucancun: Worst resort I've ever been to!

This was by far the worst resort I have ever been to. The only positives, are beautiful views, nice weather and luckily walking distance to good restaurants. The staff were unpleasant and dismissive, the food was awful - minimal buffet options, questionable looking salads and meat, nothing was warm (luckily there were some amazing restaurants walking distance that we could eat at most nights), extremely difficult to get A la carte reservation - an hour wait in the morning and most were a [... read more]lready booked up, you had to get up at 6:30am to get chairs by the pool, rooms are extremely dated - cracked tiles, showers go from freezing cold to scalding hot, leaking AC, dark bathroom lighting, our deadbolt broke on our door and nobody ever came to fix it even after asking multiple times, door also kept getting stuck and we had use body weight to get it to open. The last night we decided to eat at the buffet for dinner and we finished the the trip with food poisoning and got incredibly ill all night and are still recovering from that a week later. I do not recommend this resort and it has deterred me from ever booking Occidental again.

Barcelo Bavaro Beach: Nice resort

Great resort lots to do we are golfers the golf course in nice but pricy we bought the 4 day package for $72 each a round but it went up to $92 for the 4 day package March 1st US funds which is expensive when your golf is included the resort itself is huge lots to do. The rooms are nice the bathrooms could do with some updating other than that everything was fine

Barcelo Puerto Vallarta: Nice resort

Clean, good service. Only downside was I had to pay for zero beer. Other than that the food was great and room service was great. Front desk was super helpful. Enjoyed my stay at the this resort and would stay again.

Barcelo Maya Palace: Excellent Resort

A very large beautiful resort. Lots of pools and beautiful grounds. Very nice staff. Excellent food, lots of options. It's a nice touch to have access to the other 4 resorts. Beach was nice but rather rocky. The evening theater shows could use some work. Just like most resorts lounge chair reserving by the pool was an issue, you had to work around. Overall I would return.

Barcelo Maya Beach Resort: Great resort!!

The Resort was beautiful! Lots of pools and beach space. We never had to worry about finding chairs. Buffet food was good. Al a cart restaurants were fantastic! My only suggestions would be to upgrade rooms, they are out dated and provide more service at the pools for drinks and snacks.

Barcelo Maya Colonial: 2 words...horrible service

Our stay had a few good moments, but overall the experience was defined by ongoing service frustrations that became impossible to ignore. Across most of the resort, proactive service simply doesn’t exist. Getting a drink, finding help, or having someone check in on guests usually meant going on a bit of a scavenger hunt. After a few days of this routine we started jokingly referring to the place as “Bar-celo” instead of Barcelo, because actually getting a drink often felt like a small achieveme [... read more]nt worth celebrating. To be fair, when you did manage to find a staff member, they were generally friendly and helpful. The issue wasn’t attitude. The issue was that there rarely seemed to be enough people around to actually provide service. Guests were left doing a lot of the work themselves. One bright spot was the service team at the Maya Beach buffet. The servers there were attentive, present, and genuinely seemed to care about the guest experience. It was noticeable, and honestly a bit surprising, because that level of service wasn’t something we saw consistently in other parts of the resort. Breakfast highlighted another operational challenge. Having one cook managing the entire morning buffet creates a predictable bottleneck. During busy periods the line grows quickly and the wait becomes frustrating. It feels like a very fixable problem that simply hasn’t been addressed. A couple tips for first-time visitors. The resort layout is confusing and not particularly intuitive. Download a map ahead of time or you’ll likely spend the first day wandering around wondering where things actually are. Luggage assistance is technically available at check-in, but don’t be shocked if you end up hauling it yourself while trying to decode the property layout. The beaches themselves are beautiful and well maintained, which is a credit to the grounds crew. Unfortunately, the overall experience is dragged down by inconsistent service and noticeable staffing gaps. When guests spend more time tracking down drinks, chairs, or help than relaxing, something clearly isn’t working. This resort has the bones of a great experience. Right now it just feels like the operations haven’t caught up with the expectations.

Occidental at Xcaret Destination: Amazing place

We found the resort grounds beautiful, the jungle feel is wonderful, with lots of animals around to watch the Iguanas,monkeys coati deer were so fun to watch. The staff were amazing, always had waiters at the pools and beach. The food was good and always lots to choose from. The xcaret park attached is well worth the extra cost. All and all a great vacation.

Barcelo Maya Beach Resort: Experience at barcelo maya beach resort

The only thing I liked about this resort is the cleanliness of the room . The people who are working at the resort are friendly and helpful. But it is a mixed of , adult and family with children little bit too crowded at the swimming pool and and at beach area. Also I am not much impressed about food. The alcohol drinks are the cheapest grade so I couldn’t drink at all.

Barcelo Maya Beach Resort: Experience at barcelo maya beach resort

The only thing I liked about this resort is the cleanliness of the room . The people who are working at the resort are friendly and helpful. But it is a mixed of , adult and family with children little bit too crowded at the swimming pool and and at beach area. Also I am not much impressed about food. The alcohol drinks are the cheapest grade so I couldn’t drink at all.

Allegro Cozumel: Nice resort

We enjoyed our stay here the ground's are beautiful the staff from the front desk were very friendly and helpful.The rooms are small but clean and beds are comfortable The food was good always something to eat. Breakfast and lunch were the best . Dinner time was abit of a hit and miss . But still ok if you got there early. Did not like the pool bar it's connected to the lunch area and service was very slow . So would go to the beach bar for drinks where they were fast and knew exactly how to mak [... read more]e a good strong drink ! The beach was also ok alot of coral all around in the sand but plenty of chairs and lots of shade if that is what you were looking for .The cleaning staff was great ! big shout out to all the ladies that work so hard to clean all the rooms.Too be honest the entire staff at this hotel are great! Happy friendly and helpful. Entertainment is good at the shows and the entertainment staff at the pool are a lot of fun . We definitely enjoyed our stay will we be back you never know but we do love Cozumel.

Barcelo Maya Palace: Beautiful Clean Resort

We really enjoyed our stay at Barcelo Maya Palace. We had a room on the 3rd floor near the back of the hotel in Michoacan Building. It was very quiet just noise from lots of lively birds. Which just added to the vacation vibe. I do wish the beds were more comfortable. I am picky though! They were better than other resorts I have stayed in.There is a stop at the back of this building for the double decker bus which is free and will take you around to the other Barcelo resorts. Staying at the  [... read more]Palace you can enjoy an a La Carte every night if you want to. You get to enjoy the other "inner four" resorts as well as their bars and restaurants. They are all similar in style Caribe, Tropical, Beach, Colonial. The Palace is a step up from them. I find it has a grander lobby/lobby bar as well as wider walkways in the room buildings. Service was amazing! Drinks were yummy. I was able to enjoy drinks I would make myself at home like a Camperi Spritz ... The breakfast buffet was the best. Lunch and Dinner buffet were very "resort feel" but we always found something to eat. We preferred the a la cartes. At the palace there is an adult only pool. I like things quiet and this was a great option. We rented a Cabana for the day for around $20 USD. The adults only pool has it's own bar and bathroom as well as loungers and water loungers. I'm generally a beach person I think this resort is great if you have both beach and pool people. You can have a lounger at the back of the huge pool and the beach is right on the other side of the walkway. There is also a sports pool if you want to do laps and a great kids pool. First time to Mexico and would definitely go back to this resort.

Barcelo Maya Colonial: Beautiful Resort

We had a wonderful stay at Barcelo Maya Colonial. Rooms were very comfortable. The balcony was lovely. We made coffee each morning in the room which was quite good. The food in the buffet and À la carte all great. Our favourites were Kyoto and Palmeras. Service was amazing in all areas! We were able to find beach chairs each day at any time in front of Captain Morgan restaurant. The beach wasn’t great for swimming right there but you could walk about 30 seconds towards the AO to swim in th [... read more]e ocean or to the pool right beside the restaurant. We crossed the road to Chikin Ha & enjoyed the beautiful cenotes there. Miniput golf also fun and free during the day. There’s so many things to do at this resort. Our week was full of adventures! Highly recommend the Barcelo Maya Colonial.

Occidental Cozumel: Amazing hotel

Very well kept inside and outside. Beautiful landscaping. I would like see better food labelling as I have a severe shellfish allergy . I recommend having a separate grill for cooking non fish items as cross contamination can be lethal for those with allergies.

Barcelo Maya Palace: My peaceful place

The staff are polite and extremeley helpful. Meals are good, you have lots of options. All areas are kept clean, pools are awesome too. This was m second time there. So I would recommend this hotel to anyone.

Occidental Papagayo: Just okay

The actual hotel is nice, not 5 stars at all. The buffet is not even up to a 3 star hotel. Yes, you found something to eat, but not what we were expecting. A la carte were nice, but hard to get in to unless you like 8pm reservations. The pools are kept clean, the beach is nice, but expect to do alot of walking to get a drink or go to the bathroom. Rooms are nice, just don't expect any water, pop etc. After asking everyday multiple times we would get some around 6:30 pm. We even left tips.  [... read more] Hoping that would help. Would i recommend it, no, for the food, and nothing against the staff, some were fantastic, some you knew did not want to help. Idea's, put a cooler cart on the beach that has water, pop and beer, alot of people would appreciate that.