Barcelo Montelimar Beach, Managua, Nicaragua - Reviews and Hotel Information

We stayed for 2 weeks in February 2003. Although the resort is rather large, it's very well laid out so that the majority of the rooms are only a short distance to the beach and at least one of the pools. However, some of the facilities (like the a la carte restaurant) are up a hill from the beach so the resort is not designed for anyone with a disability. The resort offers a good range of facilities including four wheelers (sorry, but I can't remember the hourly rate) and the usual beach equipment. For those that enjoy reading on the beach, there is even a book trade. The buffet restaurant was very good; they kept the meals fairly varied even over a two week span. The a al carte restaurant was disappointing to the point that we only used two of our four allocated meals there. The rooms all had a mini bar that was stocked daily with beer, water and soda. Staff were generally friendly and although few spoke good English they tried very hard to understand and be understood.

Two things stand out in my mind about the resort. First is that our rooms was a in a bungalow. Each bungalow contained 4 rooms. It was like living in a quiet little tourst village for the two weeks. (We did feel badly for the people who ended up in the main building). Secondly, the tour company offered a great selection of tours. But what made them really great was that if you had 6 or 8 people they would organize the tour to your specifications. We met up with a few other couples there and that's what we did. The tour company was most accomodating and their rates for the personalized tours were in line with the standard ones. The tour company staff were very well versed in the history and geography of the area. The canopy tour through the coffee plantation was unbelievable!!!!!

Barcelo Montelimar Beach, Managua

Barcelo Montelimar Beach

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