Iberostar Selection Paraiso Maya

The resort is starting to show signs of aging (cracks in tile, sink tops, etc. However, since it was off season, they had a lot of crews there doing renovations, many that had been done since I was last there. The beach facility and palapa area was very nicely improved. The tiles in the resort are very slippery, and one of our guests slipped in the pool restroom, and ended up with 4 stitches on her chin. The showers are also very slippery, and one of our other guests always put a towel on the shower floor. before showering.

Hotel staff was very friendly, excellent time of year to go (if you can avoid hurricanes) as the resort was maybe 1/2 full. Pools were nice, never had to wait for a chair. However, the music at the pools was always loud and lots of activities, no place in the pool area for quiet. Beach was much quieter, but not much of a beach for playing in the water, lots of seaweed and not very long for walking. The beach was only 0.5 mile long for the Iberostar property. Room was good, we ended up having to change rooms after the 3rd night as our room had some mechanical problem with the air conditioner that it would whine and make loud popping sounds all evening. However, the staff was quick to put us in another room as the hotel was only 1/2 full, not a major deal. Food was great as always, we ate mostly the buffet each night as there were always lots of options, you don't end up eating the same food over and over again, but you can if you want! The trip was nice, no rain at all during our 6 days there, the new workout facility is great, I used it 3 times. Also, I played golf at the Playa Paraiso golf course for $57US dollars (I had a hotel coupon that I used twice), highly recommend the golf course if you're a golfer, I brought my own clubs but they had nice sets available for rent. Also, thanks to cheapcaribbean for providing the transport to and from the hotel, AMSTAR staff was quick and we had private shuttles to and from the airport. Overall, I would highly recommend traveling this time of year if you can dodge the weather, very little crowds and discount pricing compared to other times of the year.

Just spent a week at the resort. Overall, the place is really nice. Plenty for kids and adults to do, but there are a couple of things that would make me not recommend it. Below are the good and bad: Good: Big Resort - if you don’t want to walk much, this is not the place for you. From the restaurants to the beach is a good 5 minute walk. We didn’t mind as there was plenty to see along the way, but if you cannot get around easy, then this is not a good place. Good: Lots of stuff to see and do. We spent a lot of time at the lazy river and wave pool. There are several other larger pools that are nice too with activities daily. The nightly entertainment was just OK, but we still enjoyed it. Good: French fries at the beach and the steakhouse. OK: lunches were OK, nothing special. The Japanese restaurant was OK too. Not the best one I have had but not the worst. Bad: they really need to do something about the mosquitoes. They are horrible. They are even bad in the rooms, so you get bit all night long. Make sure you load up on bug spray. Bad: breakfasts and all the other restaurants were not good. If you come for a week, you run out of good dining really fast. Overall, if they could improve the food and control the mosquitoes, this place would be very nice. Very few resorts though have really good food. Seems like someone would get that right. I hope this helps.

I loved this resort because it's a good different if compare with the one I went two year before which is beach resort. Maya is little more expensive, but I like about that on the restaurants, I can requested any dinner that I like during my stay if compare with beach resort which I only allow to book 2 dinner for my 5 nights or maybe they change the policies and you have to check on the beach resort. It was hot but all their facilities are in AC and we loved it.