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Barcelo Maya Beach Resort Traveler Review :: "Beautiful property"

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Summary of All Property Reviews Ratings based on answers from a total of 18 reviews (All Reviews) 10 is best 1 is worst
Feature	Ranking	Feature	Ranking
Cleanliness of Property	9.17	Quality of Property	9.33
Privacy & Quietness	5.28	Quality of Service	8.11
Courtesy & Hospitality of Staff	8.67	Accuracy of Website (marketing hype) VS. Actual Experience	8.17
Food and Dining Experience	7.78	Price/Value of Property	8.22
Safety Factor (Did you feel safe at property)	9.22	Quality of Beach (ranked closest beach if property is located off the beach)	9.33
Total Property Score: 8.33 | Average Star Rating: 4.39 out of 5

• 83% (15 visitors of 18) said they would go back to Barcelo Maya Beach Resort again.
• 83% (15 visitors of 18) said they would recommend Barcelo Maya Beach Resort to friends.

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I just stayed at the Barcelo Maya from July 10, 2003 to July 14,2003. I have been to the Riviera Maya before, but just for a day from a cruise. This resort is large, but beautifully kept up (workers everywhere, gardeners to maids, cleaning beach and pool at nite). Very friendly staff, adequate size rooms, beautiful pools & clean, and for such a large resort, you wouldn't guess it.

The beach was heavenly, almost a mile of powdery, white, cool sand and clear blue/green water with a tiny bit of snorkeling off the pier. Lush grounds, big theater for entertainment (which was good) every nite.

The only reason I didn't give it a 5 star was that the buffets had some foods that looked like they needed further refrigeration (all buffets were in open air areas) and the a la carte restaurants (I dined at what I heard was the better-the Spanish), was terrible. You only get to dine at 1 a la carte in a 4 nite stay, and I guess 2 in a 7 nite stay (the other a la carte restaurant was Mexican and I heard it was worse than the Spanish, but for the coffee). Don't get me wrong, I gained weight at this resort, the desserts at the buffets were great and some of the fish was very good. But in this HOT climate, some dishes like I saw like sushi, shouldn't be just sitting on top of ice in the open air and people were just using 1 common scooper in running tap water to scoop out the ice cream (there's an ice cream dispenser at 1 beach grill.

Also, stay on the beach side, as Captain Morgan's restaurant turns into a disco after 10PM and it's LOUD!!!. I was 3 buildings away and could hear the music (about 2 blocks away), so stay on the beach side (building 1 & 2) or away from the pools and more facing the gardens for less noise. The garden views are lovely also.

I viewed 2 other Palace resorts while staying (one was the Xpu-Ha, which is just south of the Barcelo, you can see it's roofs from the beach) and the Barcelo was nicer and less money!

Property Review
10 is best 1 is worst

Would you stay at this property again?: ... Yes
Would you recommend this property to your friends?: ... No
In your opinion, how would you classify the "style" of this property: ... Family Oriented
Possible Anwswers: Family Oriented, Couples Oriented, Mixed/Diverse in a Good Way, Mixed/Diverse in a Bad Way

• Cleanliness of Property: ... 10
• Quality of Property: ... 10
• Privacy and Quietness: ... 8
• Quality of Service: ... 10
• Courtesy and Hospitality of Staff: ... 10
• Accuracy of Website VS. Actual Experience: ... 6
  
• Food and Dining Experience: ... 7
• Price/Value of Property: ... 10
  
• Safety Factor (Did you feel safe at property): ... 10
• Quality of Beach (ranked closest beach if property is located off the beach): ... 10

Destination/Island Review
10 is best 1 is worst

Would you visit this destination/island again?: ... Yes
Would you recommend this destination/island to your friends?: ... Yes

• Cleanliness of Destination/Island: ... 9
• Options of Activities in the Area: ... 10
• Ease of Transportation (air, taxi, bus, shuttle): ... 10
• Quality of Beaches in the Area: ... 9
• Courtesy & Hospitality of Locals: ... 9
• Safety Factor (Did you feel safe in the Area): ... 10
  
• Local Restaurant Experience/Options: ... 9
• Price/Value of Destination (Does your dollar stretch?): ... 9
  

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