Search Hotels by Independent in Punta de Mita from £85

"Excellent resort!! E has an amazing time but would stay at the Secrets side next time. Absolutely amazing vacation destination. "

"Nice property. Nice beach. Far from any outside activities. They need more chairs at the pool but a great vacation. Try to get a room that backs to one of the smaller pools. It's like your own private pool. Food was good. Lots of options. "

"Absolutely perfection in every way. "

"Property is designed by an A architect. It's spacious; room design is thoughtful; staff is so, so helpful; staff responded to items that needed fixing (patio fan, safe cabinet door) in a timely manner. I'd recommend it to anyone. I love that there is a family area, although we didn't use it. Food was very good. "

"This property is about 34 Kms from the airport and they do not provide bus transportation. We were a group of 6 adults and 4 children and the van cost us 2300 pesos (200 CAD) from airport to the resort. The resort is the oldest in the Palladium group and does require upgrades specially in the washrooms. They are quite dated. The cleanliness of the rooms was very good and the staff excellent. There is a buffet restaurant which is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The meals are good not gourmet. There are 4 A-la-carte restaurants and they are quite good, make sure you book them in advance. If the concierge informs you that you can book only one restaurant at a time ask for his supervisor and get the booking done through him. Do not waste time trying to book on their website. Be prepared to walk quite a bit as the resort is on a sprawling area. Another important thing to note is that none of the buildings have elevators hence, if you have difficulty climbing stairs ensure you book the first floor. If you want to go to downtown area be prepared to pay to pay hefty taxi charges. Most important, make sure you have medical insurance as it is extremely expensive if you have to visit a medical clinic or hospital. They have a doctor on the resort during the day. Do not fall for the Membership plan which they market aggressively. Overall we had a wonderful time at this resort, specially the kids as there was a kids club for them to enjoy."

"Staff was terrific - will stay there again "

"Excellent staff, always nice and will help you also tons of activities threw out the day and always lots of food and drinks "

"We stayed in several different hotels between Puerto Vallarta- Punta de Mita and this was our favourite! The others were Riu Vallarta, Marivel Emotions, Delta Marriott La Cruz, & Velas Vallarta The food here was fab & we felt it was the best & it was the only place we were able to get blueberries, blackberries, strawberries & raspberries for the baby (though we skipped the raspberries as they were covered in flies as the food was uncovered which is 1 improvement that could easily be made) the service brilliant, the staff very helpful & even cooked a plateful of asparagus for the baby. The Nest restaurant food & service was great. (Though they did somehow forget to bring kids breakfast but there was plenty of other stuff to eat whilst waiting so no big deal) We did a night in the main hotel in an ocean view room which was nice (but couldn’t see the ocean from the bed which we had been able to in other hotels that used glass screen/metal railings etc on the balcony instead of a wall) and a night in the family selection side. It was nice to get some little gifts in the family selection like bucket/spade, top etc. The beach was better on the main side with some soft sand areas (also some rocks & lots of beautiful shells) the food in the main restaurant was really good too. We were just disappointed we couldn’t get a space in the Japanese restaurant. The pools were warm except the kids pool with the slides (would have thought the kids pool more important to be warm) baby "

"The staff was amazing! Lots of pools to pick from. Loved the cabana’s. "