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Description
These newcomers are upgraded with 8 restaurants, two which are buffet, 4 specialty restaurants for Seafood, Oriental, Mediterranean, and Italian cuisine, 2 beach restaurants plus 6 bars. There are 3 large swimming pools, two of which will be designed for relaxation and the third for activities and water sports.
One of the biggest theaters in the Riviera Maya will offer nightly shows accompanied by a live orchestra. The new Spa with gym with boast the latest equipment and treatments, with whirlpool, two saunas and two Turkish baths. The new Barcelo Colonial and Tropical Beach Resort is bound to be a beauty!
Club Room Amenities
Private check-in/out, Petit fours, Domestic bottle of champagne in room on arrival, Pool towels in room, VIP mini-bar, Premium amenities in room, Priority to reserve in a la carte restaurants (unlimited reservations subject to availability), Premium brand liquors, Free local call, Free wireless internet, Express laundry service with no extra charge, 20% off on the spa and beauty salon (some restrictions apply), Concierge services and access to Club Premium Lounge.
Location
CARRETERA FEDERAL CHETMAL KM 266.30 • PUERTO JUAREZ • MX
Facilities
Barber / Beauty Salon Boutique Shops Business Services Car Rental Laundry / Dry Cleaning Service Meeting Rooms Physician on Call
Pools: Number of Pools: 3 Three pools with whirlpool and protected kids area
New hotel part of the Barcelo complex. Magnificent all-inclusive beach-front resort in two adjacent hotels spread over acres of lush tropical gardens.
This resort features eight restaurants/2 snack bars, six bars, dico, three pools and guests can use the facilities & a la carte restaurants at the Barcelo Maya Beach & Caribe (there is no access to Bareclo Maya Palace).
Beach: Private beach,1.12 miles along crystalline turquoise waters and spectacular protected coral reef, an unparalleled exhibition of the Caribbean paradise.
Total Rooms: 960 Year Opened: 2005
Specials
HONEYMOONERS: BOTTLE OF DOMESTIC CHAMPAGNE, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST IN BED ON FIRST MORNING (RESERVATIONS REQUIRED) AND UPGRADE TO OCEAN-VIEW ROOM (BASED ON AVAILABILITY).
Restrictions
Hotel does NOT allow Spring Breakers. Must be at least 18 years old to check in. A la carte dining: 3 nights= 1dinner, 4-5 nights= 2 dinners, 6 nights= 3 dinners, 7 nights= 4 dinners, 8-10 nights= 5 dinners, 11-13 nights= 6 dinners
Room Types
OCEANVIEW SUITE PREMIUM CLUB 612 sq. ft., King bed separate room, Living Room with single daybed, Dining room, 1 1/2 baths, Offers both pool and ocean views, Iron/ironing board Balcony, Mini-bar, Pay per view ($). Club Room amenities included. Other Amenities: Radio Alarm Clock, Room Safe
JRS OCEAN VIEW FAMILY CLUB 450 sq. ft., King or 2 doubles, Terrace or balcony, Pool or ocean-view, Small living area sith single daybed, Hair dryer, Coffee maker, Mini-bar, Bathrobes/slippers, Pay Per View Movies ($), Ceiling fan, A/C, Iron. Premium Club amenities included. Other Amenities: Radio Alarm Clock, Room Safe
JUNIOR SUITE OCEANVIEW CLUB 450 sq. ft., King or 2 doubles, Terrace or balcony, Pool or ocean-view, Small living area with single day bed, Pay per view ($), Mini-bar, Bathrobes/slippers, Iron/ironing board. Club Room amenities included. Other Amenities: Radio Alarm Clock, Room Safe
STANDARD ROOM GARDENVIEW King or 2 Dbl beds, single sofa, terrace or balcony, hair dryer, coffee maker, mini bar, bathrobes/slippers, iron and ironing board, satellite TV, phone w/voice mail, ceiling fan, air conditioning, Pay Per View Movies and video games ($). Other Amenities: Radio Alarm Clock, Room Safe
Dining
Barcelo Maya Tropical & Colonial Beach features 1 meal plan option:
All Meals, Drinks & Tips A la carte dining: 3 nights= 1dinner, 4-5 nights= 2 dinners, 6 nights= 3 dinners, 7 nights= 4 dinners, 8-10 nights= 5 dinners.
There are 8 Restaurants at Barcelo Maya Tropical & Colonial Beach: Mare Nostrum Restaurant - Seafood restaurant served Mediterranean style. Open for dinner (6:00 pm to 10:00 pm). Dress Code: Formal Mariachi - Beach restaurant serving snacks. Open 10:30 am to 6:30 pm. Palmeras - Beach restaurant serving snacks. Open from 10:30 am to 6:30 pm). Santa Fe Restaurant - Steak house a la carte restaurant. Open for dinner (6:00 pm to 10:00 pm). Dress Code: Formal Capri Restaurant - Italian a la carte restaurant. Open for dinner (6:00 pm to 10:00 pm). Dress Code: Formal Buffet Tropical Beach - Buffet restaurant open for breakfast (7:00 am to 10:30 pm), lunch (12:30 pm to 3:00 pm) & dinner (6:30 pm to 10:00 pm). Dress Code: Casual Bali Hai Restaurant - Oriental a la carte restaurant. Open for dinner (6:00 pm to 10:00 pm). Dress Code: Formal Buffet Colonail Beach - Buffet restaurant open for breakfast (7:00 am to 10:30 pm), lunch (12:30 pm to 3:00 pm) & dinner (6:30 pm to 10:00 pm). Dress Code: Casual
Activities & Entertainment
Daily Activities & Entertainment: Basket Ball, 18-hole Mini-Golf, Darts, Bocce Ball Nightly Activities & Entertainment: One of the largest theaters in the Riviera Maya. Nightly shows accompanied by a live orchestra.
Children's Programs
Available Teen club
Our Average Customer Ratings (based on 45 reviews)
Ismael said, 'Good experience overall, will go back in the future. Great service. Thank you'
Pool: Nice Hotel with a big pool
Beach: Nice beach, would like some areas with shadow
Food/Drink: Goof food and drinks.
Entertainment: Very good, we enjoyed the shows every day, The one nameda "circus" it is really good.
Service: Very nice people
Overall: Good experience overall, will go back in the future.
Janet r said, 'We had a wonderful time and would recommend Dream Vacations and the Barcelo Maya to friends and family.'
Sandy said, 'Barcelo is wonderful and we'd like to go back this fall!'
Pool: exceptional
Beach: the best
Food/Drink: OK for buffet food
Entertainment: very good and good variety
Accommodations: excellent
Service: great
Overall: wonderful, can't wait to go back
Howard said, 'We will go back. Perfect beach, clean, clear water, well kept. Food was mmmmm!'
Pool: multiple, inviting pools
Beach: Perfect beach, clean, clear water, well kept
Food/Drink: Food was mmmmm!
Entertainment: awesome shows at the theater
Accommodations: comfortable
Service: friendly, excellent staff
Overall: We will go back
Jennifer said, 'Would definitely go back - excellent service. Beach was beautiful and clean.'
Pool: very nice
Beach: beautiful and clean.
Entertainment: Only saw one show, the circus, the kids and I loved it.
Service: Excellent service
Overall: Would definitely go back
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Carol said, 'The trip met all our expectations and our booking experience was very good, too. The lap pool was perfect and we enjoyed walking the beach. '
Pool: Lap pool perfect
Beach: Enjoyed walking
Food/Drink: High quality
Accommodations: Very nice & clean
Service: Very good
Overall: Met all expectations
Erik said, 'Great Trip and would come back! Very good food & drink for all inclusive.'
Pool: large
Beach: clean
Food/Drink: very good for all inclusive
Entertainment: N/A - did not partake
Service: friendly staff
Overall: would come back
Kimberly
Pool: Great pool
Beach: Clean and uncrowded
Food/Drink: the drinks extra yummy
Accommodations: Clean, comfy rooms
Service: Great service
Overall: Had a relaxing trip
Francine said, 'The Barcelo is a great resort where every view is postcard perfect. 3rd time at this resort, each time at a different section within the Barcelo resort, and still did not have time to do everything.'
Pool: You can use all of the pools, they almost connect, seems like a never ending pool, well maintained.
Beach: Amazing, You don't hhave to leave the hotel to snoorkle, sea turtles close to the shore line
Food/Drink: The food is very good, the restruants great. The drinks are pleantiful but not all bartenders make them the same.
Entertainment: Good showes, shopping and other outside activities to participate in.
Accommodations: rooms are very nice and well maintained. The maintance of the grounds at the resort is impecable, Every view is a picture.
Service: Does not get much better, very friendly staff through out
Overall: Amazing, 3rd time at this resort, each time at a different hotel within the Barcelo resort and still did not have time to do everything.
Mark & kristen said, 'Second visit and we enjoyed the resort: beach was good, pool is great, and a nice variety of dining choices.'
Pool: Pool is great
Beach: Beach was good
Food/Drink: Nice variety
Entertainment: Good variety
Accommodations: Very nice
Service: Very attentive
Overall: Second visit and we enjoyed the resort
Debra said, 'One of the best vacations in a long time. For an all-inclusive, the food was very good and was if a higher quality. Drinks were equally good. Would definitey come back as the overall experience was top notch.'
Pool: Very clean and a beautiful layout
Beach: Very clean, white sandy beach, gorgeous
Food/Drink: For an all inclusive, the food was very good and was if a higher quality. Drinks were equally good.
Accommodations: Very clean rooms, comfortable king size bed.
Service: Very polite staff and helpful
Overall: One of the best vacations in a long time
Fernando a
Beach: Nice beach
Entertainment: Nice shows
Service: Very good
Overall: Very good
Marianne said, 'Great overall experience. We'd definitely go back there and plan on booking again next year!!'
Pool: Great layout
Beach: Beautiful views
Food/Drink: Excellent buffet and restaurants
Entertainment: Creative and fun
Accommodations: Very nice and clean
Service: Exceptional; go out of their way to help
Overall: Wonderful. Would definitely go back there
Patrick said, 'This was our 2nd trip,but not our last! The beach is white sand, blue sky, and turquoise water! Love it! And booking with Dream Vacations was easy as one two three!'
Pool: Very inviting, beautiful!
Beach: White sand, blue sky, turquoise water! Love it!
Food/Drink: Yummy drinks and great food!
Service: They were all really helpful and busy!
Overall: This was our 2nd trip,but not our last!
Brenda said, 'Awesome vacation with our young adult children. Plenty to do for their ages, good food selections, food in dinner restaurants were awesome and delicious. Wait staff around the whole resort was fantastic. Hard workers!! Very clean place, would recommend!!'
Pool: Awesome pools
Beach: Beautiful Beach
Service: Great service
Overall: Awesome experience
Dennis said, 'Loved just about everything...had a most wonderful time...would consider going there again. Can't complain about a thing. Excellent'
Pool: Very clean and appealing to use.
Beach: Very beautiful...plenty of chairs...beach raked each morning. Can't complain about a thing.
Entertainment: Excellent
Accommodations: Was very satisfied with room and bed...they offered a down pillow top type thing to put on top of mattress...which helped a lot!
Service: Service was great
Overall: Had a most wonderful time...would consider going there again
Wanda said, 'The food and drinks were excellent, the service was great, and we had a great time overall.'
Pool: Clean
Food/Drink: Excellent
Service: Great
Overall: Great time
Timothy
Pool: Very nice
Food/Drink: Lots of variety
Accommodations: Very nice
Service: Very good
Overall: Very good
Mark & kristen said, 'The beach was beautiful! We all had fun! Service was excellent! Would certainly go again. '
Pool: Beautiful and clean.
Beach: Beautiful!
Food/Drink: Lots of variety on the buffets and nice speciality restaurants. Appreciated that they were mostly air conditioned!
Entertainment: Fun option for the night time!
Accommodations: Very nice spacious room.
Service: Service was excellent. The only comment would be the pool bar was typically busy during certain times and created a long wait for a drink.
Overall: We all had fun! Kids and Adults and we loved the shopping center too. Didn't have to leave the site - not even to shop.
Kari
Pool: very nice
Beach: very nice
Food/Drink: food bland
Entertainment: okay- good
Accommodations: nice-clean
Service: slow and not overly friendly
Overall: nice but could have been better
Carol said, 'We are already planning next year's trip-it was absolutely wonderful. Thanks to Dream Vacations for everything.'
Pool: beautiful
Beach: beautiful
Food/Drink: excellent-creative and varied
Entertainment: WAY too loud-we were in Guanajuato and next year will insist on Jalisco as it is father away from theater
Accommodations: beautiful
Service: warm, personable, friendly, lovely,
Overall: Our 2nd trip to Barcelos and we hope for many more
Jo ellen said, 'One of the best beaches I've seen, snorkling off the beach we saw tons of tropical fish'
Pool: The pool & fountians were beautiful & a delight for everyone, it was just a bit chilly for me.
Beach: One of the best beaches I've seen, snorkling off the beach we saw tons of tropical fish
Food/Drink: I can't say how delicioush the food was, I always gane weight!
Entertainment: We were tuckered out after a busy day we were to tired for enertainment.
Accommodations: beautiful like living in a dream
Service: the servers always homble me, they are work so hard & always smile.
Overall: A super great experiance.
Mark e
Pool: Pool system was wonderful
Beach: Very long beach protected by reef. Great swimming
Food/Drink: All food was five star
Entertainment: Great shows
Accommodations: The room was spacious and comfortable
Service: Service was excellent
Overall: Wonderful experience
Alicja
Pool: cold water in the pool but warm in the ocean
Beach: beautiful white sand, you have to be carreful with stones in the ocean
Food/Drink: exceptional
Entertainment: very good Barcelo Maya entertainment group
Accommodations: didn't get king size bed
Service: very good
Overall: very good
Susan
Pool: great...
Beach: nice beach
Food/Drink: restaurants were all booked.
Entertainment: ok...
Accommodations: great location
Service: hit or miss...
Overall: thanks
Jo ellen
Overall: we'll be booking again for February.
Teresa said, 'Having 3 pools plus another one just for the children was awesome! The food & drinks were excellent, Very satisfied. Barcelo Hotels are the best!!'
Pool: having 3 pools plus one for the children was awesome!
Beach: very clean
Food/Drink: excellent
Entertainment: fantastic
Service: excellent
Overall: very satisfied Barcelo hotels are the best!!
Stephanie said, 'This is the best place to take children. The waterpark is the largest with the most variety. The kids club was great. I can easily see us returning here year after year!'
Pool: Very nice pools with cool decks, so no burning feet! No towel cards make life alot easier.
Beach: Beautiful beaches off beach snorkeling-large fish, sea turtle. Plenty lounge chairs. Never had a tough time finding a lounge chair.
Food/Drink: Staff very accomodating, if you don't like like the food here, you're just plain unsatisfiable.
Entertainment: With full days of outdoor fun, we were in bed early. Theatre looked great.
Accommodations: Bedding could use updating, but the object of vacation is to only sleep in tthe room.
Service: Very accomodating.
Overall: Plan to go back year after year for our family vacations. This is the best place to take children. The waterpark is the largest with the mos
Beverly said, 'Everything was fantastic and everyone in our group wants to go back to the same place next time.'
Pool: Fantastic
Beach: Close to the hotel. We could see it from our balcony.
Food/Drink: Fantastic, all 15 in our group said it was excellent.
Entertainment: We didn't go to that many shows, just two nights.
Accommodations: Upgraded us to Jr. Suites.
Service: Best service we've ever had.
Overall: Everyone one in our group wants to go back to the same place.
Nancy said, 'I have and will recommend you to all my friends. Your service was great. Easy to find inside of airport.'
Overall: I have and will recommend you to all my friends. Your service was great. Easy to find inside of airport.MY sister is going to go through you
Sandra said, 'We had a great poolside room. This was the second year in a row we used Dream Vacations and we hope to use you again in the future.'
Beach: Keep Bar open at the Beach in the evening
Food/Drink: No food service after 9
Entertainment: More music at the beach
Accommodations: Great room (poolside)
John said, 'This whole experience rocked. Snorkling right off the beach was fab,'
Overall: the whole experience rocked, snorkling right off the beach fab,
William r said, 'Having never traveled out of the country, our Dream Vacation was just that - a Dream come true!! We were treated like royality and didn't want to come home!'
Overall: Having never traveled out of the country, the Dream vacation was just that - a Dream come true!! We were treated like royality and didn't w