Cobano Hotels

Part of going to a new place is the expectation. I believe with the right information in advanced you will LOVE this hotel. The rooms are normal hotel rooms, the grounds are absolutely beautiful. The pool is huge and they have a massive pool for children which never got old on our 5 day stay. The food was very good, breakfast was exceptional. The other meals were good, but nothing spectacular. For every three nights you stay you get 1 night at the steak or seafood restaurant which is amazing. They have LOTS of activities during the day ad a beautiful nature park with horses, birds, alligators, a butterfly farm and sometimes people see monkey's o the property, however we did not. Their are activities for kids which are wonderful, but here is what you need to know. If you just want something fun for your children to do for a change of pace so you can take a swim or go to lunch on the property this would be okay. This is not the kind of program I would be comfortable leavin if your children are older, possibly, but their kids program is more of an activities program. Meet at mini golf at 1pm or pool party at 3pm. Lots of fun, but not for babies or long periods of time. they do have a room for young kids to color, paint watch tv, but again you wouldn't want to do this for long period of time. THE BEACH... the view is beautiful, however the beach is a bit rocky at high tide. During low tide your kids can run and play on the soft dark sand beach. when it is high tide, your feet are fine in the water, but you couldn't play on the beach. Fun!! Fun!!

The staff at Barcelo are wonderful! Had a great time. Yes, the food is not the best but everything else made up for it. Edwin is wonderful as is Gerald. Would recommend Barcelo. If you go look for Steven on the beach to book your outings. He is great!

Barcelo Tambor Beach is all you need to be in contact with wildlife, beach and the best comfort. You can enjoy Costa Rica's best of bests by having dinner at the restaurant, or watching the popular night shows. The resort is very clean, food is great, and the location is very appealing to those who appreciate nature and the best of Costa Rica. Long beaches, lots of palm trees, jungle and bird sanctuary and horse stables right on resort. Many iguanas and beautiful birds to see, and howler monkeys live in the trees of the area. Service was outstanding.

My family has traveled extensively with our children and this was one of the best trips we've ever taken. I traveled to the Barcelo Tambor Hotel with my 3 teenage children (oldest daughter and husband couldn't travel), and was concerned that there wouldn't be enough to entertain them for 2 weeks. WOW was I wrong, not only does this hotel have plenty to do right on site from the pools, nature trails, horse riding, sea kayaking, exercising room, game area, miniature golf, and so much more but all the adventures that are a short distance away kept us all entertained during the entire trip. There is so much available that there is no way one could be bored, and if you wanted to do absolutely nothing you can stay by the pool or go down to the beach and lay around. There are two people we hired that were both fantastic; Octvio Montero of Tavo Tours ph# 011-506-2845-3180 or crtabo@yahoo.com he took us snorkeling on his boat to Tortuga Island and cooked us a private bar-b-q at the beach - AWESOME time and Gerrardo Zuniga at mzm162000@yahoo.com he drove us for an entire day to Montezuma, Mal Peis, St. Teresa very patient and showed us lots of areas of interest. Both of these guys speak wonderful english and are a joy to be around. The hotel staff, the food, the facility was terrific. I wouldn't ask for anything different. I have read other reviews and for those that did not have a good time, I believe that these people went there with an attitude that resulted in a poor trip. If you travel here or anywhere with a positive, helpful, respectful attitude you will have a terrific time. The staff at Barcelo wants your trip to me FANTASTIC

For the money, It was a great value. Food at the buffet was good, nicely prepared, and quite tasty. The omlette station for breakfast was great. However, the restaurants left something to be desired. The rooms were adequate, comfortable and clean. The first room we got was in a far corner of the hotel, so we asked for our room to be changed. Being the weekend it was extremely busy with locals who come for a day trip, or for a night or so. They did put us up in a far better room for five of the seven days we were there. The staff was pleasant, and very cooperative. One suggestion: Definately arrange to fly from San Jose airport to Tambor Airport (which is adjacent to the hotel), and back. There are many local airlines, and charters flying to and from. We learned the hard way. We took a taxi from the airport to the hotel, appx $200 each way. However when we got to the Puntarenas, there was only one ferry operating, and it delayed us for 3 additional hours. the whole trip took us 7 hours. Needless to say we took a flight back to San Jose which was arranged by the travel agency office in the hotel. It was only $ 80.00 per person (we were three of us), so it was only $ 40.00 more than a taxi. Flight time - 20 minutes. Heaven.

Nice place, very clean ,nice beach....great place to kick back. or kick back or relax.