Barcelo Tambor
Written: Feb 21 '05
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Pros: Great beach, amazing setting, clean hotel, friendly staff, lots of things to do
Cons: terrible food, ferry transfer 6-8hrs
The Bottom Line: I would go back to the Barcelo Tambor because of the location, the people and the local restaurants. There is alot to see and do.
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| leanne70's Full Review: Barcelo Playa Tambor Resort Casino |
We just got back from the Barcelo Tambor. The hotel it's self is great but there were a few things that we didn't like. The food was terrible at the buffett. We ate at the a la carte twice because it was much better than the buffett (not much) but the rest of the time we ate off the resort which was amazing. I would highly recommend eating in Tambor at Christina's and at Tambor Tropical (the chef is an Irishman..Jon). We had lunch and dinner at both and were not disappointed. We also ate at Estrella de la Playa(683-01-69) in Pochote Town and that was fabulous. The chef, Darrin is from England, We ate there twice, even enjoyed a Superbowl party there. There are also rooms at Estrella and tours run by Camareno. He does alot of sport fishing. It's about $5 each way for a taxi to these restaurants and at Estrella Camareno will sometimes pick up or drop off at the hotel.
The Barcelo was very clean and the staff was very friendly, we had alot of help from Hugo at the front desk. The beds are fairly uncomfortable and the water temperature and pressure change alot in the shower. If you want a lounge chair on the beach or at the pool go early..7am
We went on a few tours..not through the hotel. We walked down the beach to Tambor and found Claber in the local gift shop (his sister owns it). He runs Dorado Tours and is great (683-05-95 or cell 845-64-78). He took us to Montezuma and the waterfall, Tortuga Island snorkeling with a BBQ lunch on the beach..yummy lobster and Curu National Park(go really early to see the best animals). He will customize a tour for you. The hotel offers caymen feeding at night for $15, we just followed the group into the small park on the property, the caymens are in a fenced pit in the back, there are also howler monkeys there.
One thing I really did not like..we had to take our bags down to the desk the night before we left because we took the air transfer. Somebody went through our bags, thankfully nothing was taken. We couldn't understand why the bags didn't go with the bus like they did coming to the resort. That is the only draw back of the air transfer. We arrived at the hotel at 2pm and the land/ferry people arrived 7 hours later.
I would recommend the Barcelo Tambor but not the food.
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