Hotels near Bay of Banderas

"I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone. I was so frustrated and tired my entire stay. I didn’t get to relax how I wanted to on my trip. The place is beautiful but it’s to massive! No one tells you have to hike to get anywhere. In 2 hrs we walked 13,000 steps! We were going in circles, the employees weren’t much help, they kept telling us to go different directions (wrong ways) maybe because the place is fairly new and employees still don’t know their way around but it was very upsetting. The first morning we tried to go to the lago restaurant and it took us over an hour to get there, we get there at 10:15am, breakfast ends at 11am, the line was so long, people waiting everywhere, we tried putting our name on the list and they said we wouldn’t make on time for breakfast because there was so many people waiting. So we went to the lazy river (again we get lost) we get there at 10:50, they told us the same thing, it was too late to eat there. It’s too big of a place, if you decide to go be prepared to go on hikes. All of our feet hurt. The theme park was not in service, my kids wanted to go on the roller coaster but was not open. Will never stay here again. "

"Had a fantastic time at the newly renovated RIU. Kids club was fantastic, food was awesome, and staff were amazing. Definitely one of the better all inclusive we have been to."

"The cleanest, best maintained resort I have ever been to. The customer service is top notch. We tried other resorts but we keep coming back to paradise village. It has it all. We stayed in the coba building, which was recently completely renovated. They added a new pool and hot tubs at the rear with full service bar and it is absolutely beautiful. We really enjoyed our stay. It was perfect. "

"Excellent rooftop patio, great serving staff"

"We had an amazing time! The staff was kind and friendly! Food was great. Felt incredibly safe the whole time "

"Todo bien"

"Nice view "

"Staff was super friendly. Mario is the best Bartender. Always took care of us and made sure we made it back. Food was good. "

"Once I got over the welcome experience we enjoyed ourselves. After a long flight with 2 small children (4 and 6) we arrived to check-in and were passed to someone who was going to tell us about the resort, but it turns out this was a time-share salesman. He had outdated information about the hotel, was asking about our family income etc and eventually it came out that if we signed something and paid an "any amount" guarantee we would be expected to go to the breakfast presentation and then get a discount on some local attractions and spa. It felt extremely manipulative. Despite the rest of the day being fairly good I wouldn't go back based on this experience and will be watching out in reviews to avoid other resorts that do the same. The food was good. We only went to the ones that didn't require reservations. Service was mixed. Sometimes noone came to our table to offer drinks and other times they came and checked in multiple times. We spent most of our time between the different pools which had good sections for children. We also played lots of tennis, table tennis and mini golf. We didn't leave the resort for the whole time and didn't get bored. Our room was interesting. The pull out couch was effective for the little kids but it was old and thin. The light/fan in our bedroom appeared to be controlled by the people upstairs as it would go on late at night when we heard them come home. Overall a good trip with some strong downsides. "