Traveling to the sailfish capital of mexico was not my usual winter get away. I studied berlitz spanish and was excited about upgradeing my Padi Scuba to the next level (open water). The people of Manzanillo and surrounding areas were awesome, almost always friendly and accomodating. The first day I immediately set up my dive classes with the hotel's aquatics... More

I travelled here with my inlaws and my 2 Children during hte 2010 Olympics. I realize now how important these reviews can be as I use trip advisor to research othere resorts. What I loved about this hotel was the size (felt my kids 8 and 11 could roam safely) and the kids club staff. It sure makes for a... More

We have done quite a bit of traveling to different places and this place is one of the nicest we have stayed at. The Barcelo Chain are nice resorts. Good food, 3 restaurants (Mexican (awesome), Itailian (great), Japenese (lacks on selection but still good). The rooms were very spacious. The beds are hard but nothing new for Mexico - we... More

The room was unreal. Pools, grounds, lobby - what more could you want. Coffee in lobby early a.m. was great. Buffet, Mexican, Italian and Japanese, hello can you say variety. If you like long walks on flat beach this isn't the place but the rest was stellar. Golf, fish, kayak or do nothing it's a graet place. I talk to... More

We have been to many different Mexico Resorts but the Barcelo Karmina Palace was by far the best resort we stayed at for both the rooms, service and food. The grounds are very well kept and the pools are always maintained. The nice part is that there are many pools so if you are looking for a quiet spot you... More

The resort, itself, was beautiful, the staff very efficient and hospitable. The best A La Carte, by far, was the Japanese and Gerardo our Waiter was professional, kind and the best compared to all the other Restaurants. We found the service lacking at the Mexican Restaurant, and please do not order the Crepes with Lobster, as there is NO LOBSTER,... More

we stayed at this resort during Xmas 2011. We initially were sent to a room that clearly had some water/ mold issues.... we tried to get reassigned and I had to become aggressive to get moved to another room overnight and then switched again the second day. once we settled ( with the assistance of our transat rep) we found... More

This was our first time to Mexico and I can honestly say we have no complaints. The hotel check-in process was very quick. The staff had everything ready to go and our very large group was checked in in not time at all. Some of our rooms were not ready yet but we also had arrived earlier than expected so... More

A group of 12 of us visited Karmina Dec 21 - 28. My wife and I had loved our trip several years prior, and were happy to return to what has become our favorite resort. Transat's flights out of western Canada are at poor times having you arrive and depart with little to no sleep. However, the resort is worth... More