Villas Vallarta By Canto del Sol

Staff including Miguel and Bryan was excellent.

On the plus side, the staff were unfailingly friendly and helpful. The breakfast was pretty good and although the same most days it had a tasty spread of mostly Mexican dishes (excellent chilaquiles and fabulous fruit!) and the restaurant had a wonderful view of the mountains. However, although sparkling clean, the property is rather dated and our rooms in particular were dark and dingy - even though they kindly moved us from Room 534 to 538 which was better, do note that these studios have windows that look out onto the corridor of the half empty shopping mall complex that the hotel/apartments are built around and lack natural light. If you have a room on a higher floor I think you will be happier! For us the location was not great as most of the action is downtown about 30 mins walk away but cabs are pretty cheap. There a couple of good local tacquerias, Oxxo's etc nearby. Can't beat the price though as most of the hotels in town were super expensive over New Year.

Staff is very friendly and helpful. The property is located about one block away from the beach and one block away from the boulevard. It's a convenient location. The room has a furnished kitchen with refrigerator, microwave, and basic utensils. It works fine if looking for an affordable place and basic conveniences. The BAD part is that the swimming pool is small and COLD. We spent five days here and only spent 20 minutes total in the pool. Not very enjoyable to come and relax after spending the day in the beach. Also, the breakfast is "included" but it's very basic and only one person does all the cooking behind the service line. My partner got sick as the rushed cooking doesn't allow for proper handling and cooking. If you're sensitive or have pre-conditions, I'd suggest you skip scrambled egg dish or just have breakfast elsewhere.

The hotel and pool was nice and clean. Right across from the beach, with easy access to get to the beach. A couple issue I had were, 1. no bottle opener in the room and 2. our room was across from the resturant so at 3-4am we had VERY VERY loud staff talking and laughing right outside the door. The positive was we arrived on the red eye and they let us check in to hangout by the pool till our room was available.

Seemed run down.