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Trinka Schei -
7 months ago
We stayed June 2021, I was unsure what to expect, it’s more so a luxury apartment, with owned and rented condos. They are intermingled and many being updated. It feels like a secured apartment/condo complex with tennis, incredible pools, affordable mini market, delicious restaurant and private beach.
Security: we felt very safe, there are two security areas you go through, first one for the area, then the second for the resort. The resort itself felt like a safe neighborhood, we never felt unsafe.
Beach and pool: beautiful! The beach had some seaweed, it’s not their fault- they removed as much as possible. It was completely swimmable, our family enjoyed it. Our friends stayed at a further hotel, their beach was feet deep of the seaweed. Ours had areas of a few inches, but nothing too bad. The man was attentive and made sure our chairs and umbrellas were set up quickly. He educated the kids about the wild iguanas, he was kind and attentive. The pool is wonderful! It’s huge, has area for adults sitting around, has the tiled laying areas, has bridges to have some complete shade, ares the kids are jumping and playing plenty of areas to find your place. They have a hot tub in the pool area as well. The restaurant and bathrooms overlook the pool area too. There are smaller pool areas on the connecting walkways with hammocks hanging.
Restaurant: incredible servers. Food was great, we ate most every meal there and didn’t get tired of it. Prices were great. They had fresh non alcoholic and alcoholic daiquiris and margaritas. Domestic and American choices for beer. Bottled water, filtered ice and just amazing service!
The condo: wow. It was very nice. The buildings are attached, but separate in the sense each one had a nice tiled indoor stairway and elevator. We were on the ground floor. We had a private outdoor hot tub- never used it. It’s an oversized jetted bath tub. The private pool is roughly a foot deep, the kids loved it and it was pretty to look at. It’s not connected to swim to other areas, they cleaned it daily. There is a hammock, the kids loved it!
The kitchen/living room was beautiful. The big sectional couch, smart tv you could sign into Netflix etc. The kitchen has Bosch appliances, nice pans, dishes and flatware. Large table and 8 chairs. Two bedrooms, three bathrooms. The 1st bathroom is similar to a utility bathroom, we didn’t use it. The other two were attached to the bedrooms. The kids shared a full size bed and twin bed in their room, it overlooked the parking lot and has a patio door and small balcony. The closet space was quite large and they enjoyed having their own space.
The master was large. The attached bathroom has two sinks, enclosed toilet and enclosed shower. Water pressure was great, very nice and hot water. The closet is walk in with beautiful built ins. The safe is in the closet as well. I can see how people would want to live here, my understanding is you can rent them furnished for long stays as well. The king bed was harder than we are used of, definitely not a tempur pedic. I prefer more pillows and blankets, I’m guessing most people wouldn’t notice. Each room and area has its own thermostat. The master has a sliding door to the patio as well as the living room. The patio is covered. Beware, it’s Mexico, they have spiders, iguanas and other “bugs” we are not used of. The condo is very clean and nice, but it’s still a tropical area and those little critters do exist.
Overall, it was a very nice stay, we would come back to stay again. There are children who live here, homeschooled with a tutor. Plenty of Mexico residents vacationing there as well as Americans who live there now.
Edited to add, its roughly a 5-10 min taxi ride to 5th Ave.
