Best Things Nearby:
Proximity to everything. Right in the middle of the strip of hotels and timeshares in Mazatlan.

Best Things About the Resort:
Great warm rooms with wonderful view of the ocean.

Resort Experience:
Older building with updated amenities. Rooms are very spacious. Private pool for members. Wonderful swim up bars. Lots of space to sunbath. Waiters are excellent about not bothering you. Great space to take families.

• Unit Type: 2 Bedroom
• Activities: Good
• Amenities: Very Good
• Unit Satisfaction: Excellent
• Family Friendliness: Very Good
• Service: Good

Best Things Nearby:
The fabulous beach (of course), where you can tan until you can't find yourself in the dark, and the golf course.

Best Things About the Resort:
I loved the spa, beautiful pools, and the daily maid service!

Resort Experience:
It's nice to be in Mazatlan - very low key as compared to Cancun or Puerto Vallarta.

The resort is a large 25 story tower width a couple of pools plus a couple of other buildings with a few pools. They provide full services including a travel and tour office, shops, a spa and a fitness center. The restaurants have both buffet and regular menu items. Prices are very reasonable. Unlike time shares in the United States, there is full maid service daily. Nice.

This is a mega resort in that they have several other facilities - one is just across the street and has a 27 hole championship golf course. Another is their newest - the Marina El Cid Hotel and Yacht Club with free shuttles going between all facilities. You can dine at any of the resorts.

It's fun to do nothing but relax poolside or walk around the beach. It's also very easy to hop on the public bus and soak up the downtown atmosphere. They stop in front of the Tower resort.

• Unit Type: 2 Bedroom
• Activities: Good
• Amenities: Excellent
• Unit Satisfaction: Excellent
• Family Friendliness: Excellent
• Service: Excellent

We rented several different cottages in Nova Scotia using the 'Doer's and Dreamer's' book available free from 1-88-565-0000. All the rates were reasonable, often the scenery was outstanding and we really got off the beaten path.

Canadian laws are very strict as to what the cottages must have: including: 4 burner stove with full size oven, frig, microwave, electric tea kettle, all manner of dishes and pots and pans etc. We had both 2 bedroom and 3 bedroom cottages. Warning: pet peeve--why only one bathroom when you often had 2 or 3 couples? We carried some of our own cookware, which was unnecessary. The beds were fully made up. The bathroom always had enough towels and toilet paper. Also a fair amount of soap, but we had our own also.

Many cottage ownsers are quite creative and add much more to their cottages. Some had a tv (once with cable) and a local telephone. The cottages were often much better than we expected for the price. The price per room in the box above really doesn't fit a cottage situation. We paid about $350-450 per couple per week CANADIAN. For every 2 US dollars you get about 3 Canadian. Or really roughly about $67 US per day for the whole cottage. More or less. A very reasonable way to travel especially if you have kids and/or like a peaceful holiday.