"Been to this resort 8 times over the past 14 years, for a reason. The service is great, the food is good, very good at the a la cartes. THIS time however, and this is the reason I will not go back again - the hotel allows mexican bands on the beach to play if someone hires them. Which in the past was fine - they would play a few songs and move on. What has changed is they now have amplifiers and speakers, which DRAMATICALLY increases the volume. As well, they basically played for 4-5 hours straight, ALL AFTERNOON (from 1-5 pm), EVERY DAY!! It was beyond annoying! You could hear it CLEARLY from our room on the fourth floor, to the point we could not have a siesta if we wanted to, and the trumpets and tuba was SO loud.
Every Day.
4-5 hours.
Other hotels have signs on the beach prohibiting guests from hiring these bands. The El Cid should seriously consider this, because if they don't, I will never book there again."