8/10 Good
Trisha
Traveled with family
Jan 2, 2026
This was trip #4 for us, and as we’ve found in the past, it was another wonderful stay at the Barceló resort. This was our first stay in the Palace section, and we are still having discussions about which section we like the best. (we’ve stayed Beach, Caribe and Colonial on prior trips)
The Palace was lovely, but we all really enjoyed the central location on the resort of the Caribe & the Colonial sections & our kids loved the large balcony of our room at the Caribe, they voted Caribe as their favourite section. The extra dinner locations, the Palace pool, & additional theatre to chose your evening entertainment from, were all added advantages for the Palace, but in the end I think we agreed that unless we were getting the Palace as the best price, we would choose Caribe as our favourite section.
We always stay premium and enjoy the premium room locations, the staff in the premium lounges, & never have issues with dinner reservations.
The pool at the Palace was an amazing draw for our family & it did not disappoint! It was a fun space.
We rode the red double decker buses more on this trip then any other. The Palace is further away from things (& we had grandparents with us). The bus is fun so we didn’t mind.
Ember Shores was at the resort during our trip. It made us thankful that we were at the Palace and far away from the thumping (of the music). We would not have been happy at the Caribe while this event was happening.




Trisha
Stayed 14 nights in Dec 2025

































