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I stayed at the Barcelo when it first open 2 years ago. It is very nice, typical of a 5-star resort. It's about 20 minutes south of PDC just past Puerto Adventuras. The Barcelo is actually two resorts (or at the time was) the "Beach" and "Garden"(which don't be fooled into believing that this side is in a garden, it is identical to the Beach side). The resort is an extremely large, probably one of the largest properties I've seen. Two extremely large pools with fountains swim up at one of them. The beach is expansive with lots of room, no crowding.
There were two resturants near the beach, one on the "Beach" side, one on the "Garden" side of the resort. During the day they served pretty much the same thing, pizza, chicken, burgers, salads, fruit etc. In the evening, each became a differnt type of resturant, I believe, one was a Steak and Seafood and the other (can't recall). In the evening the restaurant on the Garden side became the disco, and they had pizza, hotdogs and burgers late at night.
In the hotel itself, there are two buffet restuarants, each identical, one for the Garden side, one for Beach side. The guest rooms were quite tastefully decorated, I recall bathroom scales being in the room. (YIKES!)
There is also a Spanish resturant that you can make reservations at in the main building. The theatre, where the nightly entertainment was held was in the middle of the two resorts so both could share...and it was large as well. The one thing about this resort that stands out most, was the size, everything seemed large, everything was quite a walk, so if you are travelling with anyone who may have difficulites walking any distances, this resort is not for them. The Barcelo overall I would keep it's rating at a 5-star in my opinion. It was very very nice, the kids program was great (I had my 6-year old with me and she loved it). There were always activites going on, and the mini-putt (if still there) was a great break late in the afternoon, when you had enough sun and beach. The only draw back (and this is more personal than enything else) is you had to take a taxi anywhere you wanted to go. Not like being in Playacar, where you can walk into PDC either by beach or the road. The Barcelo was remote from anything, and there didn't seem to be too much around. You felt like you were stuck there...but again that's my personal feeling and others may not agree and prefer the seclusion.
Anyway, you will enjoy the amenties of the resort, food was excellent, place was impeccably clean and well maintained. - Enjoy!
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