Hotel Caribe by Faranda Grand

The pool and location is ok but hats all.

I knew 30 seconds in it would not be good when the desk agent asked more than immigration about the stamps in my passport, then asked my girl friend in Spanish about the stay rather than to me in English. My request upon booking was ignored for a king bed in a quiet location. We got 2 queen beds in a mold ridden room we could hear the AC leaking but the sound of the staff area and their loud talking and banging drowned out most. They told my friend we could upgrade for a fee so there were king beds available but for an extra fee. When I booked I was told no fee if available. The house wine at the pool was 80 pesos the other wines are double. I assumed house might be Colombian or Chile or Argentina but to produce a horrid dark yellow Italian Chardonnay that looked like it had been sitting in the sun for a few years is nothing short of a joke. Bottom line not worth the money, this is a 2-3 start hotel at best and worth no more than $40/50 per night. I love the colonial hotels but to beat the new ones with nice pools they need to deliver in other areas and this fails in all areas. I am sitting in the Intercontinental typing this, it was cheaper per night and the pool, facilities and staff are a million times better. I will never go back here even the checkout was a nightmare just a backward thinking mentality.