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Hotel Information: This resort features expansive grounds with flowering gardens, lawns, tall palm trees, a supermarket/liquor store, and a complimentary barbecue/picnic area with gas grills. The hotel’s tranquility attracts both families and couples seeking relaxed vacations and the convenience of their own cooking facilities.
Amenity highlights: A freeform activities pool contains a rock-garden waterfall with a water slide. Nearby are a 12-person spa tub and an oblong pool flanked by two children's pools. A freeform "quiet pool" features a sunbathing island. Adjacent are a 12-person spa tub and a picnic area with complimentary gas barbecue grills. For the first hour, use of boogie boards, kayaks, snorkeling gear, windsurfers, and pedal boats is complimentary.
Insider tip: An undeveloped section of the hotel zone's beach begins 100 meters (109 yds) north of the resort. Extending to a river, this section offers beach walking and is a good place to observe local fishers with poles and nets in the morning and birds in a narrow delta at the river's mouth.
Rooms
Villa del Palmar Beach Resort and Spa offers 560 guest studios and suites in 10 buildings ranging from 4-8 stories.
All units include fully equipped kitchens or kitchenettes. Balconies or patios furnished with dining sets provide garden, pool, or partial-ocean views. Tile floors, bright fabrics, and tan-marble bathrooms create a tropical ambience.
Rooms can be booked with either the All-inclusive plan or Room only.
All-inclusive plan includes the following:
- Unlimited food (surcharges apply on lobster, jumbo shrimp and prime cuts of meat)
- Unlimited local and house-brand drinks
- Room-service food and drinks
- All resort fitness and recreation facilities
- All resort activities and entertainment
- Non-motorized water-sports equipment
- Supervised children's program (ages 4-12)
- Gratuities
Not included:
- Room-service delivery charges
- Premium brand drinks
- Wine by the bottle
- Gift-shop snack foods and beverages
- Motorized water sports
- Scuba-diving instruction and excursions
- Spa/salon services and facilities
- Hair braiding
- Ceramics painting
- Laundry and dry cleaning
- Photo services
- Telephone calls, faxes, and Internet access
- Incidental purchases
- Outside tours
- Airport transfers
Room Amenities
- Cable/satellite TV
- Premium TV channel(s)
- Climate control
- Ceiling fan
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Voice mail
- Coffee/tea maker
- Wake-up calls
- Housekeeping (daily)
- Turndown service
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Child care (in room, surcharge)
- Television - Cable service
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Television
- Clock radio
- Window opens
- Cribs (infant beds) available
- Smoking rooms
Recreation
Measuring 40 meters long (130 feet), a freeform activities pool contains a rock-garden waterfall with a 5-meter (16-foot) water slide. Nearby are a 12-person spa tub and a 17-meter long (56-foot) oblong pool flanked by two 3.5-meter-diameter (11-foot) children's pools. In another section of the resort, a 29-meter-long (95-foot) freeform "quiet pool" features a sunbathing island. Adjacent are a 12-person spa tub and a picnic area with complimentary gas barbecue grills.
The resort's frontage on the hotel zone's beach measures 61 meters (200 feet) and includes an offshore trampoline raft. Thatched roof palapas and umbrellas supply shade, and a roped-off section protects sunbathers from being solicited by beach vendors.
For the first hour, use of boogie boards, kayaks, snorkeling gear, windsurfers, and pedal boats is complimentary. Independent operators offer rentals for personal watercraft, parasailing, and banana boating on the beach. An independent scuba diving instructor offers basic lessons in one of the resort's pools and advanced lessons and certification classes in the ocean (surcharges). The resort includes three tennis courts, two of which are lighted. Daytime play is complimentary, with a surcharge for night play.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the resort; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Snorkeling on site
- Surfing/boogie boarding on site
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving on site
- Windsurfing on site
- Whale-watching nearby
- Swimming on site
- Personal watercraft on site
- Volleyball on site
- Aerobics on site
- Basketball on site
- Tennis on site
- Horse riding/rental nearby
- Parasailing on site
- Fishing nearby
Property Amenities
A health spa offers massage, hydrotherapy, body scrubs and wraps, facials, waxing, and hair and nail care. Oceanfront massage is offered on a lawn-covered point. A complimentary fitness center features women's and men's saunas and nine-person spa tubs; it also provides weight machines, cardio machines, and free weights. A shopping arcade includes a grocery store and a laundry center with coin-operated machines. Complimentary activities include pool aerobics, cooking/cocktail lessons, and dancing classes. For surcharges, supervised indoor and outdoor activities are available for children ages 4-12.
Ground transportation:
Shuttle vans and private cars of varying prices are available. They can be reserved during the process of booking a reservation for this hotel, via this Web site, and added to the total trip cost.
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Poolside bar
- Swimming pool - children's
- Spa tub
- Full-service health spa
- Sauna
- Concierge desk
- Health club
- Fitness equipment
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Bar/lounge
- Room service (24 hours)
- Parking (free)
- Self parking
- Event catering
- Business services
- Internet access in public areas - surcharge
- Internet access in public areas - high speed
- Number of rooms: 560
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Doorman/doorwoman
- Security guard
- Number of floors: 4 to 8
- Hair salon
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Shopping on site
- Tour assistance
- Medical assistance available
- Currency exchange
- Beauty services
- Laundry facilities
- Dry cleaning service
- Picnic area
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Grocery
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Elevator/lift
- Supervised child care/activities
- Wedding services
Policies
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Pets not allowed
- Check-in time is 4 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
Know Before You Go
European (room only) and all-inclusive plans are available.
Dining
Cucina - Open-air restaurant and pool bar serving buffet breakfast and à la carte lunch and dinner. Dinner choices such as sandwiches, pasta, lobster, shrimp, fish, paella, chicken, and grilled meats. Italian buffet Friday nights. Bar open mid-morning to after dinner.
Dinner Shows - Mexican and Caribbean poolside buffets and music/dance performances weekly.
Jalisco - Dinner restaurant with seating under thatched-roof palapa and in air-conditioned lobby. Mexican specialties and seafood. Bar open mid-afternoon to after dinner.
Deli/Internet Café - Open early morning to late night for coffee drinks, sandwiches, salads, ice cream, and desserts. Adjacent room with eight computers offering high-speed Internet connections (surcharges).
Equilpales - Casual, open-air bar with pool and hockey tables. Open late morning to late night.
Hours subject to change.
Address
Blvd Francisco Medina Ascencio Km 2.5
Zona Hotelera Norte
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco 48300
Mexico
Nearest major airport:
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico (PVR-Licenciado Gustavo Diaz Ordaz Intl.)
Area:
North Hotel Zone, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
