Iberostar Paraiso Maya

By Happy | Trip to Riviera Maya, Mexico

“Fun holiday at Maya”

We really enjoyed this resort, as we have stayed at several Iberostars and found all of them equally quality resorts. We would recommend staying at the higher level Iberostar if financially feasible as the extras are well worth it. The check in was very easy and fast. Nice to get to our room quickly after a long day of travelling. We were in building 61 which is closer to the beach and the pool with the beach bar. We mostly went to the beach as we enjoy the waves, sand and walks on the beach. A couple days it was really windy so later in the afternoon we moved up to the pools. There are many choices of where to go, but we chose the quiet pool outside building 63 as some of our party was here as well. The beach volleyball, zumba classes, yoga, archery etc were going on everyday if you are looking for activities. Unfortunately, you have to do the towel game if you want a palapa and lounges for your group. We often went around 7:30 to reserve our spot and have coffee on the beach before going for breakfast. I should mention there are vendors on the beach during the day, but they leave you alone if you say "no thanks". We ate at the Lindo buffer, Maya buffet, and a la cartes Steakhouse, French, and Seafood. We really enjoyed the buffet shared by the Steakhouse and Seafood restaurants. The food on the main buffets was average but we always found the vegetables and grilled selections were good. We did not go to the shows at night, as a couple times we attempted but were not impressed. The big snake lobby bar was a good meeting place but was fairly echoing and hard to visit in the evenings. We enjoyed the coffee bar and loved the lattes etc. We often sat at the little outdoor patio outside the coffee shop. One of our party golfed three times and was impressed by the course. It is good value esp if you bring your clubs. We walked to the shopping mall and browsed around for something to do. It is a quaint little place that some go for tacos and ice cream in the specialty shops. Our rooms were lovely, we lucked out with adjoining rooms for our party of five. The rooms were spacious and fine for our group. The first couple nights we had fresh towels, and extra bar service with our turn down, but this was not consistent throughout the week. We found all the staff very pleasant, helpful, and committed to their work. It made our stay very nice. This is a spread out resort, but easy to get the layout with the other adjoining Iberostars. The staff was very consistent about watching for appropriate wristbands and often turned individuals away if they were wanting services in the wrong resorts. This resort is located close to the airport so it is a short 30 min transfer there and back. We liked that. Overall, we were glad we made this resort choice and would recommend it to others.

The strong pointsLocation, layout of resort, beach, staff were all good points. The weak pointsBeds were a little hard. Food was probably more average than excellent....not bad but not exceptional.