Eurostars Hacienda Vista Real - Playa del Carmen

Hacienda Vista Real is outstanding. Interesting location in Playacar. Great staff. Rooms were perfect. Breakfast was complete. Playa has everything. Restaurants. Shopping. Diving. Snorkeling. And a good place to set off from to explore Mexico.

Great Hotel! Everything was sooo clean, nice, put together! The hotel staff was great! The pool was beautiful and the breakfast was delicious! And if you wanted to have something to eat and the restaurant was already close, they had a list of restaurants that they call and bring the food to the hotel. It couldn't get any better!

Wonderful experiences with this resort. Would recommend.

The hotel was very attractive and, since I enjoy walking, I liked the fact that it was somewhat out of the way in a park-like setting surrounded by villas and golf courses. If you find all inclusive resorts too artificial and confining and their promise of all you can eat and drink appealing to the crowd that overdoes both and shows it, Hacienda Vista Real is a nice alternative. I single female, I found the surroundings safe and never hesitated walking alone back to the hotel fairly late at night. Hacienda is not on a beach, nor does it have its own beach club, but for a fee you can use one belonging to a sister property. A free alternative is public beach in Playa Del Carmen with a wide expanse of white sand kept clean. There are numerous eating establishments in Playa Del Carmen from fast food, to wholesome natural food, to quite sophisticated fusion cuisine. I found the hotel staff to be pretty good, not overly friendly, but accommodating and efficient. I was particularly impressed by the honesty of the hotel restaurant staff. One morning I left behind a small fabric purse containing equivalent of about $30.00 and did not realize it until midday. I went back hoping to find the purse if not the contents, was immediately approached by the head waiter and received back my purse with everything intact. Hotel offered breakfast bar that was better than free continental breakfast you can find at most US hotels, but nowhere as good as in European hotels. People staying at the hotel included Americans, Canadians, Brits, Dutch, Germans and Latin Americans.

We stayed by the pool, went to town often(5 minute cab ride, 25 minute walk), took the ferry to Cozumel to snorkle. Service was friendly and good. [...] a good hotel we would recommend to others.

Need a car here. Nice facilities and secure. The Jacuzzi was broken and there were charges for the SPA so the only facility to use was the pool. Breakfast was repetitive and cold often. There were added charges for most things which is annoying, especially for late check outs. Had to ask for more towels and sheets a few times. Room was nice but small, dark and facing the hallway. This is not a 4 star hotel.

This Hotel was very hard to find,we were fortunate to speak Spanish and local, told us were the Hotel entrance was located,the entrance to the hotel is tikal, which is a condo complex, then you have to drive to the end of the condos and at the left side you will see a piramide shape building, which is the Spa, there was not one single sign with the hotel name at the street entrance.We almost gave up,after driving in circles a good 30 minutes.

We enjoyed the beautiful location next to the golf course, the nice decor, and the quiet and relaxing atmosphere. Unfortunately the hotel no longer offers free entry to the adjoining spa nor the shuttle to the beach. The water in the pool is freezing. The walk to the beach takes 20 minutes but is pleasant.

The staff was extremely frendly and helpful. The decor of the hotel was a tradtional Mexican Hacienda,very warm and comfortable. We spent 14 nights there and it soon grew to feel like our home away from home. A short cab ride to 5th Ave and all of the fine restaurants of downtown Playa Del Carmen. A short walk to the golf course club house to play 18 holes on one of most beautiful courses you'll ever see. We recommend it highly.

This is a very difficult location to get to. You do need to rent a car and even then, you need proper directions which are hard to find. Once you are there, you will find that you'll need other options for food as this place does not offer variety. Hacienda does have a beautiful spa that is free of charge for all the "wet" areas, which includes an outdoor pool on the roof of the building and another on the lower floor with jets.(We had to discover this on our own) They don't advertise this, but should, as it may appeal to others.