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    The Grand Mayan

    2.6 (41 reviews)
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    Janine J.

    The Grand Myan ids a wonderful family oriented resort even though there is a younger set who comes here. I have cm here for 3 years and have never been disappointed. The staff is exceptional and always willing to accommodate you. The other thing and I don't k ow how the do it, but the staff remembers you. They are amazing. Women you'll love this one.....there is no judgement whatsoever at how you look. The woman are natural body ranging from thin (they are the minority) to the average, to the full and fuller figured women. Guys are lucky as they can just let their beer bellies hang out lol. I just want women to know is that they should love their bodies and I have never noticed anyone being judgmental. The large restaurant where we usual eat dinner has excellent food and lots of it. Some what pricey, but worth it. Right now I came in from brunch with board shorts on, a bikini top with a tank top over it. I'm trying to say they are pretty casual about dress. At dinner it's ok to go in shorts and a nice top or you can wear a casual nice dress or skirt. When I first started coming I freaked out because you always see resort places where the women are dress to the nines. Don't worry....i say have a clean face and clean clothes and it's all good. I was always indifferent about tune shares and I'm so happy that we bought into it. One more thing I want to say is the beach is beautiful and if you're a shell person like I am, you've hit the jackpot. I have never been to any beach where I've seen some of the most beautiful shells. They are plentiful. Las year I collected enough shells to make a 7' mermaid in my yard. It's pretty spectacular. Don't hesitate to get a time share here. It's just wonderful!!

    Sharyn K.

    Oh my. I wish I could give zero stars for the management company, Vidanta. Do not, I repeat, do not go here. I wouldn't go back if they paid me. We purchased a stay and play at a charity auction for $1500 for 4 days. First, you can't really find much information on this place. We knew it wasn't in the hotel zone but we didn't know how far it was. It is 45 minutes from anything. There is nothing to do here. There is no options for jet skiing, horseback riding, fishing or anything entertaining nearby. On top of that, the road from the main road to the resort is over 15 minutes on a very primitive road. There is a bridge that is missing a railing and it is very dangerous. It had rained and since it was a dirt road, it was a complete mud bog. If you don't have 4 wheel drive, you will probably get stuck. When we arrived, they offered a "complimentary cocktail" but we declined. As soon as we got into the room, we received a call stating we had to go to the lobby the next day to meet with the activities coordinator. (Timeshare pitch) Since we had no intention of buying a Timeshare, we declined. This hotel is in an incredible state of disrepair. There is a massive, ominous building in between Mayan Palace and Grand Mayan that looks like something from a zombie movie. Huge chunks of concrete are missing and you can see exposed rebar. When you're on the lazy river, it is all you can see and it is terrifying. You will not see this on the Vidante website. Given the size of the structure, I do not imagine it will go anywhere in the next 20 years. At breakfast, it was raining. The ceiling was leaking in at least 30 spots and it was literally raining inside. The staff put down beach towels and struggled to keep walkways dry. There were soaking towels everywhere during our $30 a piece breakfast. Inside the lobby entrance chunks of the ceiling had fallen down and the staff was struggling to keep the area clear. On one side of the building, towels were put at every door to keep the rooms from flooding from the rain. The hotel has zero proper drainage and there was standing water everywhere. The beach is a complete mess. They do not groom it at all like most resorts. The first day, we used the lazy river and the swim up bar. We spent a ton of money on food and drinks. (The food is really good, but really pricey for Mexico)Toward the end of the day, we did the lazy river again. When we got out, we were met by a security guard stating that we didn't have access to the swim up bar or the river. My fiancé was upset by this as we were never told that there are areas of the property that we didn't have access to. There is also no markings of any areas that are "off limits" to anyone. This was super upsetting after paying $1500 and spending so much money at the resort. He went to the front desk, where he was told that if we listened to the pitch, we'd get access to the rest of the resort and get a ocean facing room instead of our horrible view room that we had. We again declined and decided to go to a different resort for our remaining days. We packed up and moved to Las Palomas and had an amazing 3 days. What's worse is that I know when I post this, I'll receive the same auto response as all the other bad reviews. They do not care that we had a terrible experience and had to spend an additional $600 to move to an acceptable resort. It isn't the staff's fault. They did their absolute best and they were all very sweet. The management company should be ashamed. I can't imagine anyone buying into this Timeshare with the state of the property. Take your money and spend it at Las Palomas or Sonoran Sky. Drinks and food are way cheaper, there's more to do, and the beach is cleaner.

    Pool at the Mayan.
    Theresa G.

    Puerto Peñasco or Rocky Point is still way off being fully developed. The Mayan is a resort at the waters edge that is all most in the middle of no where. Its about a 15-20 min drive from the road to the valet. Twists turns and dirt. The staff is amazing and the pool and gym are cool also. The food is expensive and terrible. Not much to do here once the sun goes down. Minimum 30 min drive into town for decent food and groceries. Some one the rooms smell like a sewage. We had to have the fan on the whole time. One the day the electricity went out and they didn't even offer hot water or coffee to the guests. They will try to get you to go to the informative talks to buy a time share like property even tho they aren't technically time share. The Grand Mayan next door has awesome rooms but again same food and their pool was under repair. Still needs so much development, I wouldn't come back until 5-10 more years.

    The Mayan Palace
    Gabe O.

    The grand Mayan, not so grand; still good enough. This place is a very beautiful property in the coast of Baja, in Mexico about 20 miles south of Puerto Peñasco. For that reason it's very secluded and private. You feel like you're in your own world and everyone else just lives in it. If vacation and relaxation with no rush to go into PP The Grand Mayan is the place for you. Where the clock had no time and relaxation begins. The property is BEAUTIFUL! With pools and lazy river, beautiful beach and nice off white sand. Happy hours through out the day, will not make you leave the pool or bar. However, you have to have the right bracelet in order to partake in the pool with the lazy river. No mingling allowed. You pretty much stay to your designated pool area. WiFi. It's extra. I know business is business, but it's also 2018, and most, if not all have some sort of complimentary WiFi service. Especially keeping in mind that A) you're in the middle of nowhere, so service is not as good as when you're in Rocky Point. B) 80% of the guests are from the US, so not having a Telcel/Movistar SIM card is a high possibility. Therefor the signal is weak and a little frustrating. I know people are on vacation, however kids will be kids and if you don't post in on social media, it didn't happen! Lol.

    Augachilie
    Dave J.

    Most resorts have decent food but the Mayan Palace and Grand Mayan have been extraordinary. The "snack bar" at the Mayan Palace pool offes a four page menu and everything we've had was great. Since we're in Mexico, I'd recommend the Ceviche or Augachilie. Both are seafood (fish or shrimp) cooked using the acid of citrus instead of heat. For the less adventurous, quesadilla and burgers were good too. The Grand Mayan pool offers mostly pizzas. I'm sure they're all good but we liked the Mulata and Bufalina. They were a good combination of red sauce, white sauce with toppings to please everyone. Arturo was possibly the best waiter of our trip! The only traditional restaurant on property includes a buffet. Some nights it's all buffet and others feature a choice of protein with the buffet as your sides. The steak and salmon night also had tuna and it was easily the best of all. Prices are reasonable for food this good. Lunches were usually around $50-75 and dinners were $75-125. Considering the resort is 30 minutes from the nearest store and there's not a full kitchen in your suite, they could probably charge more but I'm sure there would be complaints. This has been the best culinary experiences we've had. We'll be back to the Mayan properties throughout Mexico! Prices are based on three adults (over 14) and one child.

    Yvonne A.

    Good place to stayed, beautiful and peaceful beach. I enjoyed a relaxing spa, thank you Lupita. The pools are excellent and the bartenders are courteous Rogelio and Jaime. We really liked Rocky Point/Puerto Peñasco. I want to mention this resort is 25 minutes far from the city, but it's worth it the drive because has a beautiful view.

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    Most stressful vacation of my life, Keeping track of my receipts has always worked out in the past, up to 90% accuracy. This hotel legitimately stole over $600 worth of charges on a 3 day trip. My receipts showed 24 transactions for a total of $8,536 pesos. When we checked out it was $17,936 pesos in charges for 3 days. The room was smaller than a motel 6, they have more workers than they know what to do with, and will charge you for extra toilet paper, to single use napkins. Pure scam, rooms are outdated, laundry is non functional, and my SUV suspension was damaged, mud & clay stuck to the undercarriage, & bent rims & damaged tires with rock damage. The bridge to the resort is damaged, the roads leading in & out were worse than when I was in Iraq during the war. 22 miles of deadly unpaved roads, I feel sorry for anyone that owns a timeshare here. Oh and they harass you to buy one also. There is nothing near by, and the resort is draining your back account as you sleep. The resort WiFi caused multiple attempts of my private emails & Microsoft to be accessed, multiple password requests.

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    Thank you Hector Cervantes (sp). Your poolside service is the best.

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    This place will absolutely scam you thru AirBnb. We made reservations back in September for a…read moregetaway for Christmas. Unfortunately in that mean time, massacres happened to 9 women & children on the same stretch of road that would require us to get to our reservation from Arizona. We felt highly unsafe & requested to cancel 8 weeks prior to our reservation date. They refused to cancel the reservation thru Airbnb, refused a refund & then had the NERVE to charge my account another $170 after I ASKED & BEGGED for a cancellation & refund for the $213 they already kept. Now my account is overdrawn & they just NOW canceled my stay thru Airbnb. This place is obviously a scam!

    We had a wonderful stay here…read more Diane, the lady who runs the inn, is very sweet and really goes out of her way to make guests feel at home. We were going to arrive pretty late and so we called her to see if we could still check in that late. She said she would stay awake for us. She also provided us with cold bottled water when we arrived and filled some bowls with fresh water for our pups. One of our dogs also totally fell in love with Diane. She even gave us some limes from her own kitchen for our beers! Diane rocks. The inn's architecture and interior is adorably unique and quirky. I've never seen anything like it. The rooms are super cute and there is also a shared upstairs patio with couches and chairs. That's where we watched the sunset. Beautiful. Everything is very clean and well maintained as well. And our room had AC. The location is great as well. You are right by a water front with a strip of shops and restaurants. At night, apparently, there's lots of partying going on but with the dogs we didn't really look into that. We had lunch at the blue marlin, ice cream at thrifty, and breakfast at jungle juice, all of which was very good. There's no beach within walking distance, though. Prices are reasonable. We paid about $170 for two nights. I would recommend this inn to anyone and plan to come back.

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    Peñasco del Sol

    (117 reviews)

    $$$

    Amazing first-ever stay at Peñasco del Sol! Booked the king…read moresuite with beach view and balcony, which is a one-bedroom with a pull-out sofa in the living room. Room was large and very clean; bed must have been a California king (since it was bigger than my king-sized bed). Kitchen area had a decent sized mini-fridge with an actual freezer, and a microwave. Interior walls are concrete/stucco, so I would imagine rooms are quiet even during the busy season. Our balcony was really only deep enough for standing room, not sure this is true for all rooms, but that was the only down-side. View was spectacular. All the staff was extremely friendly, and the bell person was especially informative. The included breakfast offered fairly minimal but well rounded selections; portions were ample--and delicious! They also offer an additional (paid) breakfast menu. Another on-site restaurant off of the casino area (La Arena 3C) was suuuuper good with amazing specials and happy hour pricing. On Taco Tuesday: three shrimp tacos and a chicken taco; three mini-quesadillas; a large bottle of jamaica aqua fresca; a beer; and a dessert special with two carajillos (coffee cocktails) and a small cake all came to $26.04. Ridiculous. We obviously ate there twice. There's a cute little "beach" area on the property just past the pool that overlooks the sea and has tables with umbrellas and lounge chairs, or daybeds. All with food/drink service. Perfect lounging (napping?) area. Since we were only visiting for two days we never left the resort property, and were perfectly happy with what was available to us. There is a drug store just across the street for water and other needs, but we brought all our own. Can't wait to come back and stay here again and explore the town!

    The worse experience, room was absolutely horrible , broken shower head , dirty room, smell like…read moredrainage . Absolutely dirty mattress. There was pee stains in the toilet seat . Customer service was horrible. We paid almost 4K for 2 deluxe rooms and 2 master suite. They refuse to give me all 4 rooms and only gave me 3. Refuse to refund me . We requested lower levels or at least all In the same floor as we were traveling as a family ,we got them 1 in the 5th floor 3rd floor and second floor. At check out said they never took a deposit and they had taken $480 but couldn't find it . Literally every part of the stay was terrible . They said they didn't have valet parking but the guy outside said if we pay tune $500 pesos that he can tell receptionist to give it to us and then paid $30 each car for valet . I been staying at this hotel plenty of times in the past . Absolutely will never stay here again. Not sure how it changed so much in 1 month since our last stay was in early June of this year and in July it's totally changed. Never never never again!!!!

    Las Palomas Beach & Golf Resort - Broken light switch, hard to turn off lighting.

    Las Palomas Beach & Golf Resort

    (184 reviews)

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    This is my 13th time here at this resort phase 1 & 2 at various condos. I always find a condo that…read moreworks for us and stay with it every time I return. Getting to know the owners is always a pleasure. The property is very well maintained and beautiful with all the amenities you could want. Gym, pool with a slide for kids, lazy river and negative edge pool, swim up bar and poolside restaurant. We typically rent a specific until ocean front on a higher floor which we love. The only drawback and the reason for this 4 star versus 5 star, is the one restaurant by the lobby called La Maria. It's a beautiful Restaurant with a beautiful bar. However the food is absolutely terrible and the service is nothing to talk about. It's a shame to have such a beautiful restaurant on property that is one of the lamest I've ever been to. Hopefully someday someone comes in to make it a nice place to eat and enjoy without having to leave the property. The crazy thing is the pool bar/restaurant and room service both have a better menu and better food than this restaurant. FYI. No need for a reservation and I don't recommend wasting your money there. However, the resort is excellent with great amenities, just skip the lobby restaurant.

    We stayed in phase 3 room K1004 on the 10th floor. We have been staying at Las Palmas the last 5…read moreyears and I wish I had video or room pics. The view was amazing, the 3 bedroom condo we stayed in was one of the nicest rooms we have had in this resort. We had daily cleaning service, fully stocked modern kitchen and our master bedroom was very spacious with a jet bathtub, walk in shower for 2, and a nice size closet. Our daughters had a nice bedroom with private bathroom, they had 2 queen size beds in there bedroom. Only issue was the master bedroom was warm and could not get the room to cool down. Wifi is sketch but just got to reconnect every few hours.

    Princesa de Peñasco

    Princesa de Peñasco

    (15 reviews)

    This resort us so beautiful. I love our beautiful condo D509, from the new comfy couches to the…read moreMexican flair decor and of course the fantastic ocean view

    Princesa de Peñasco is the only hotel I've stayed at while vacationing in Rocky Point, Mexico and…read moreit is for a good reason. The first time I ever stayed here was back in 2009 and I've been staying here ever since! To start off every condominium I've had the pleasure of staying has been a 3 bedroom, which includes two bedrooms on a lower level floor and the master bedroom on the second level. It's such a convenient condominium for a large family which needless to say, usually around 8-10 family members join us on our trips to peñasco, so it's always great! Although most people don't go on vacations to cook, my family and I get good use out of the kitchen that every condominium is provided with, we make everything from breakfast to dinner! Good way to save money if you don't mind all the cooking :) I love the fact that there are not only 1, or 2 but 3 POOLS in this resort!! Most hotels only have a semi good size pool and one or two jacuzzi's but the fact that this resort has 3 pools is amazing!! And on the occasions that I've been there most pools don't get packed at all, since there are so many to choose from, guests go to all 3 instead of staying all in the same pool!! No need to worry about accidentally kicking someone if you're trying to swim lol Lastly, the staff is very under appreciated! They give the best customer service and are always super kind and helpful! A few weeks ago my dad and I made our reservations for the summer and a worker by the name of Fernando was able to assist us through everything smoothly! (FYI: if you book online you only have to pay half of what the room will cost for your entire trip! And once you get to the resort on the day of your arrival date you pay the rest! It's great because you don't need to worry about having to pay it all in full!) Anyways, Fernando was able to assist us very well and provided us with the room we stayed in last time we were here back in 2015! If you ever read this Fernando, thank you for your help!!! We greatly appreciate it! I will always enjoy my stay in Princesa de Peñasco! my family and I already booked our trip for next month in July and we cannot wait to be there already, soaking up the sun and swim in the pool and enjoy everything that this resort has to offer! See you soon, Princesa de Peñasco!

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