Hotel Palma Real - All Inclusive, La Ceiba

If you like adventures go, if you are fu-fu stick around in some place you already know. It is interesting, especially because you can know and understand other cultures and if you know a bit Honduras' History you will know what is coming. By the way, remember there are not especialtyies (tile workers, plumbers, live green is expensive for a community that have not to much). The water is like other waters from undevelop countries. There are huts where a poor people live and there are also a beatiful houses that you can see since those are protected for fence forts. Remember Honduras is not Cancun or La Habana, Cuba or ... any country that are running long ago in turism, so you should be more afraid to go to Mexico than Honduras of course if you read the news.

My family and me went to Honduras and stayed at La Palma Real from Feb. 13 to Feb. 20. I must say that our vacation on this hotel was not what we were expecting or at least what conquest was offering costumers on its website. I will describe in little words why. We paid for a deluxe room finding it as a very standard room. They require more maintenance; perhaps some paint, installation of bulbs, and fix toilet leaks. One day my daughters next door woke up with their room completely flooded of water coming from the toilet. Rooms do not have a clock and you will not find one in the hotel very easy so you have to bring one if you want to know the time. Dining room is full of tables…there are so many tables in there that you need to wrestle with some of the people already seated to carry your food to your table and then move your chair once on while to allow some others to find their table. It is a very crowded dining room and we found ourselves lining up to get our food most of the time. Buffet is very simple with not many choices. You will find pretty much the same food everyday. Dinning “a la carte” in the other two restaurants is a different choice however you will not find anything very special there. They have a schedule to book these restaurants however you have to be lucky to classify. When we were there some people got sick; they commented that it was caused by some food from the hotel and had to spend a few days in their rooms. My wife had some stomach problems with some food but in general we were very lucky not to get sick perhaps because we were very cautious selecting what we ate. Grounds are very clean. Beaches are very nice you will not find blue water but you will enjoy it. Pool and bars are good…In general installations need more maintenance. One day I got up early and when I got out off the room I was inside of a smoke cloud… two gardeners were fumigating the grounds to control mosquito; I had to run far away from the area to escape from contamination. From the distance, I could see a big cloud over the hotel it was the combination of smoke from the machines and chemical to kill insects, not a very pleasant experience in a morning vacation day. The hotel allows local people to access the facilities that makes the hotel more crowded everywhere you go. My family and I travel a lot probably once or twice a year and found this hotel difficult to compare to a four stars in Mexico, Cuba or Dominican Republic. Conquest offered this place as 4 stars hotel making customers pay more money for a hotel that classifies in the category of 2 or really hard 3 stars only. I must say people is very friendly even thought it is what we should expect from a hotel service… that is what they get paid for; that is there business! Honduras is still very new to tourism and they are trying hard to please guests. All in all, we had a good time. Once you find yourself there and expecting something better you do not have a choice just relax and enjoy what you have. If you are someone used to visit a four stars hotel or above this is not the place for you to stay you will be feeling not very comfortable and you will be better off looking for something else.