Pros: The property is beautiful and very well maintained, rooms were clean and staff was very attentive and kind. The food was very good and so were the drinks, bartenders were amazing and service in the restaurants was excellent. The views on the beach and from the infinity pool are spectacular. Can’t beat the sunsets in Ixtapa. It’s a short walk to the pier where there are shops and water taxis over to Isla Ixtapa. The coffee bar was a nice treat and the lady working there was always so kind.
Cons: I will preface this by saying; We went during Holy Week and it was very crowded. You had to get a chair by 7am or there was nowhere to sit. However I feel this would be the situation at any resort during such a busy week. You also had to get in a line by 8am to get a reservation for dinner. All of the hot tubs on the property are adult only and they never opened the swim up bar while we were there - those were two amenities that I specifically looked for when I booked the trip. We went over to the sister resort a few times to use the swim up bar but the chair situation existed there as well. It also is less Americanized than other resorts I’ve been to and this isn’t necessarily a con, my kids got to experience a lot of Spanish and understand what it feels like to actually be in a foreign country. However none of the activities were translated to English which made it hard for them to participate.