Could have been better.
By marie f, 04/14/09
This place is in a lovely area, very natural and beautiful. But there are actually other places to stay there. It's a decent hotel. Clean and all, but not the friendliest place on the planet.
I was in Puerto Rico to look at real estate, and my cell phone just wouldn't function down there. It wasn't easy. They don't have phones in the room, or even a pay phone in the reception area. They offer to let you use their cell phone for like $2.00 a minute, but it doesn't even have a strong signal. They really should have made it very clear about phones, because had I known it would be virtually impossible to stay in contact with people, I never would have gone there. If they had phones in the room, I wouldn't mind paying to use the phone. But complete inaccessablity was not acceptable. It caused me a lot of problems.
They want you to eat every meal there... they try to make to make a reservation for dinner at breakfast. They act like there are no other places around. But actually there are some small places. There is a great place on the lake called Rancho Marina, it's open on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am to 6 pm. Good food. Friendly service. Great view. Try to go there.
The food was adequate, but nothing to write home about. And they don't want to give you enough coffee in the morning and they charge for every cup. It's ironic, they make it out to be this wonderful new age, peaceful happy looking place, but it's all about sqeezing money from you.
OH, and watch out for parking. If the place is busy, there isn't enough room in the parking lot for all the cars. We had to park on the street one night, way down the hill.
Speaking of hills. If you want to stay there, you should be strong. There are lots of hills and steps.. which is no problem if you are young and healthy. But there is no one to help you with luggage or anything, so if you have a hard time with steps and hills and carrying things.. or if you travel heavy, you know, big suitcases, FORGET IT. You could have a heart attack on the steps. And they would probably charge extra for calling an ambulance.