Riviera Nayarit: Romantische vakanties

The property itself is beautiful and kept very manicured and clean. If you are looking for nightlife this is not the place for you. Quiet is the atmosphere. Our room had some issues. It was clean but had some deficiencies. Table lamp between the beds did not work. The alarm clock wasn’t working. The room safe stopped working. The tub drain stop didn’t work. The closet shelf fell when I placed my bag on it. It was missing one of the support pins. Every time the AC turned off it was accompanied by a bang!. Overall the room needed attention. Very dated.

The launch beds by the beach don’t have umbrella, you have to rent it for $300 pesos a day. If you like quiet and relaxing this is not the place, lots of kids. The steak restaurant Italian restaurant get full almost immediately. The food from the buffet I give it a 3 out of 5 you have any good shows at night. The hotel is really big, It is nice and clean, but I wouldn’t stay there again.

Love at first sight The sound of the waves, the smell of the sea, the warm sun on my skin, the taste of an amazing cocktail great sunsets,… it all comes back when I close my eyes. What an amazing vacation! I can say that as well personally as professionally I have stayed in many hotels. But this one …. Oh my God! A new love is born. After being a loyal Palladium/Royal Suites Riviera Maya guest (6 times), and a great disillusion in the Royal Suites in Punta de Mita the week prior to coming to Grand Velas, I have found a new love! Many (good and even great) reviews have been written about the Grand Velas, so I will try to highlight some things you may not have read in most of the reviews. It all starts with ….. people! When we arrived, immediately a bell boy opened the door of our cab. This is indeed the least you expect when you book in this kind of hotel. We were asked to take place in the nice sofas where someone would come to check us in (no need to go to the check-in desk). We were brought a welcome drink in the meantime. Check-in went very smoothly and we even got a welcome massage (shoulders and neck) from 2 ladies of the Spa. So far, everything you would expect from this type of hotel. But then comes the bell boy, a young guy of about 22 years old. He would show us our room and bring the luggage a couple of minutes later. On our way to our room he stops and asks us if we want to go directly to our room or if we want to take a look at the hotel and its facilities first. So far quite normal, but what impressed me greatly that he made a tour with us throughout the hotel, the Spa, the à la carte restaurants, buffet, tennis court, …. With a lot of information. He was really proud of ‘his’ hotel! And this is something we noticed throughout the 11 days we were there: all staff is very well trained and the management really has the confidence in all its staff, from bottom to top, to take care of the guests. I do not know how many companies would have the confidence in and would empower an ‘ordinary’ (absolutely no offence) employee to guide visitors around. I have hardly seen in any of the hotels or resorts that we have been that staff is trained with only one purpose: you put our guests – each individually - at the center of everything you do! It is by the training of these people, by empowering and trusting them, that they reach this kind of service level. A service that makes the difference. A huge difference! Every single staff is so proud to be part of this hotel. Great management! Our room: We had a great room and an even greater view. Our only concern was the rather small closet (3 adults – on the road for 31 days, we had quite some clothes). So we asked if it there was an alternative and the next morning, we had a rack and extra clothes hangers in our room! Maybe next time we will ask a room in the ‘middle’ of the hotel so that we can enjoy the sunset from our terrace. But is not, absolutely no remarks on the room: great beds, great terrace, great bathroom with jacuzzi and shower,… One small issue though, my daughter’s headphones (apple ear-ins) got lost. Though she never took them out of the room, one day they were ‘gone’. A complaint was filed and an investigation conducted but they were not found. The pool. What an amazing pool! 3 pools in fact – each with a different temperature. And another ‘pool’ with jacuzzi’s (a small adults only part). More than enough sunbeds. And a great rule … you cannot reserve sunbeds.

Clean resort, great entertainment, lots of pools

The hotel is beautiful and staff were very helpful. The one thing that surprised us was having to wait in line for about 45 minutes to enter the breakfast buffet and once inside, wait again in long lines to get the actual food. We also noticed that they would run out of food way before closing time and they would not bring more food. We were very happy with Bernardo’s service at the adult pool bar. Overall a very nice experience. ☺️

Love at first sight The sound of the waves, the smell of the sea, the warm sun on my skin, the taste of an amazing cocktail great sunsets,… it all comes back when I close my eyes. What an amazing vacation! I can say that as well personally as professionally I have stayed in many hotels. But this one …. Oh my God! A new love is born. After being a loyal Palladium/Royal Suites Riviera Maya guest (6 times), and a great disillusion in the Royal Suites in Punta de Mita the week prior to coming to Grand Velas, I have found a new love! Many (good and even great) reviews have been written about the Grand Velas, so I will try to highlight some things you may not have read in most of the reviews. It all starts with ….. people! When we arrived, immediately a bell boy opened the door of our cab. This is indeed the least you expect when you book in this kind of hotel. We were asked to take place in the nice sofas where someone would come to check us in (no need to go to the check-in desk). We were brought a welcome drink in the meantime. Check-in went very smoothly and we even got a welcome massage (shoulders and neck) from 2 ladies of the Spa. So far, everything you would expect from this type of hotel. But then comes the bell boy, a young guy of about 22 years old. He would show us our room and bring the luggage a couple of minutes later. On our way to our room he stops and asks us if we want to go directly to our room or if we want to take a look at the hotel and its facilities first. So far quite normal, but what impressed me greatly that he made a tour with us throughout the hotel, the Spa, the à la carte restaurants, buffet, tennis court, …. With a lot of information. He was really proud of ‘his’ hotel! And this is something we noticed throughout the 11 days we were there: all staff is very well trained and the management really has the confidence in all its staff, from bottom to top, to take care of the guests. I do not know how many companies would have the confidence in and would empower an ‘ordinary’ (absolutely no offence) employee to guide visitors around. I have hardly seen in any of the hotels or resorts that we have been that staff is trained with only one purpose: you put our guests – each individually - at the center of everything you do! It is by the training of these people, by empowering and trusting them, that they reach this kind of service level. A service that makes the difference. A huge difference! Every single staff is so proud to be part of this hotel. Great management! Our room: We had a great room and an even greater view. Our only concern was the rather small closet (3 adults – on the road for 31 days, we had quite some clothes). So we asked if it there was an alternative and the next morning, we had a rack and extra clothes hangers in our room! Maybe next time we will ask a room in the ‘middle’ of the hotel so that we can enjoy the sunset from our terrace. But is not, absolutely no remarks on the room: great beds, great terrace, great bathroom with jacuzzi and shower,… One small issue though, my daughter’s headphones (apple ear-ins) got lost. Though she never took them out of the room, one day they were ‘gone’. A complaint was filed and an investigation conducted but they were not found. The pool. What an amazing pool! 3 pools in fact – each with a different temperature. And another ‘pool’ with jacuzzi’s (a small adults only part). More than enough sunbeds. And a great rule … you cannot reserve sunbeds.