Barcelo Palma Real

We stayed one short night. It's a decent hotel but I wouldn't be likely to stay here again. The location is good, you can walk to the Hertz rental car, Art Museum, and the park. There's a fantastic Soda very nearby as well. There's a free shuttle to/from the airport at scheduled times which will save you $25 USD each way by taxi. However, we had a rental on the way in so it took us quite a while to find the place for a couple reasons; the map on the website did not accurately reflect the location of the hotel and there is a lack of street signage, which is typical of CR. The street signs are on the corner buildings, as in Europe, however, the existence of such signage is inconsistent at best. Additionally, there are no actual building address numbers, instead the address is something like, "200 meters from ", etc. If you're taking a taxi, you're golden but if you are navigating via rental car, make sure you stop and ask where it is or you'll be wandering around the one-way city streets a while. The hotel itself is just decent. We requested a non-smoking room but the first room they tried to give us absolutely reeked of stale smoke. They quickly remedied and gave us a different room, however, when we called to ask about wifi, the desk guy hung up on us because he couldn't understand what we were asking. I went down to the desk and he was very nice and apologetic but all in all, I would say it was equivalent to an American 2.5 or 3 star hotel. Also, there is a free buffet which we didn't have a chance to try out due to our early flight but they had some pastries and fruit at the front desk set up for the early shuttle people, so that was nice.