 Acapulco's
Best 5 Star Luxury Resorts
For
more than 50 years Acapulco has been a popular resort
for tourists taking long holiday weekends and cruises
from the United States, the Mexican interior and
countries in South America.
Most tourists are Mexican, but its balmy
subtropical climate and pleasant year round temperatures
draws in many international tourists year round,
providing the volume to support the resorts and clubs
around the bay.
Acapulco's Best Luxury Resort:
Raintrees Villa Vera Acapulco at Agoda
If
Acapulco shines, then Villa Vera dazzles. This
professionally managed luxury resort offers tasteful
amenities to discriminating travelers. The Villa Vera
Hotel and Racquet Club is nestled in the cliffs of
residential Acapulco.
Dedicated to personal service and guest comfort, staff
learn your preferences and effortlessly fulfills them to
create a truly cosmopolitan experience among
international style.
The
villas have terraces featuring dramatic views of
Acapulco Bay, and many have private swimming pools. The
resort also features two clay tennis courts with night
lighting and two lighted paddle ball courts.
Dining is offered at Villa Veras Gourmet Restaurant that
is perched upon a hilltop with views of both the resorts
main swimming pool and Acapulco Bay.
Quinta Real Acapulco at Agoda
The
Quinta Real Acapulco Hotel enjoys a splendid location
with an excellent view of the Pacific Ocean, right on
the beach at Punta Diamante. The hotel also features two
beautiful restaurants, one situated on the beach, and
both of them offering gourmet Mexican and International
cuisine. Besides two swimming pools, the Quinta Real
features a beach club, where guests can relax in the
shade of a fresh palapa. This hotel is ideal for those
who appreciate elegance and comfort.
The
Quinta Real features magnificent suites - beautifully
decorated and equipped with a host of amenities. The
Grand class suites have their own Jacuzzi. Acapulco
Quinta Real is the shelter where the Pacific Ocean finds
a rest. Its exquisite architecture in the splendor of
the tropical setting of the new Acapulco is the
appropriate choice for business and leisure, complete
with all the amenities and comfort that make your
convenience a priority.
- "J. Paul Getty's Beach Retreat" - Presidents and
celebrities have visited The Fairmont. Read on . .
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Originally J. Paul Getty's beach retreat, The Fairmont
Pierre Marques is located in Acapulco, Mexico, on a 480-
acre estate in the exclusive Acapulco Diamante area.
Tucked between the Sierra Madre mountains and the
Pacific surf, this resort stands across the street from
The Pierre Marques Golf Course.
French-Asian fusion cuisine and more than 100 varieties
of tequilas are served at the elegant Tabachin
restaurant. John F. Kennedy, Elizabeth Taylor and
Aristotle Onassis have dined within this restaurant's
sophisticated atmosphere. Bar Pierre is open daily, and
offers a sports venue, an intimate lounge section and
outdoor veranda seating.
 Three
beach-view outdoor pools, five lighted tennis courts, a
basketball court, a beach-volleyball court and a fitness
room provide on- site recreation. Complimentary shuttles
are offered to a partner property, the Acapulco
Princess, where amenities include a lavish spa and a
nightclub. Additional property amenities include a drug
store, tennis and golf shops, and a souvenir shop.
This
resort features 335 subtly luxurious accommodations with
garden, ocean or golf-course views. Rooms are located in
pristine white villas, tropical bungalows and low-rise
pavilions. Décor includes tropical hardwood furniture,
tiled floors, ceiling fans and colorful Mexican rugs.
Marble bathrooms feature oversized bathtubs.
Accommodations include in-room safes and cable
television, and offer high-speed Internet access. Select
villas include private plunge pools.
The
Fiesta Americana Villas Acapulco overlooks southern
Condesa Beach in Acapulco, Mexico. The Convention Center
hosts the Mexican Fiesta show and is located one
kilometer (0.6 miles) from this property. CICI water
park and marine-life performances is positioned two
kilometers (1.2 miles) away.
Surrounded by massive boulders, the hotel grounds are
threaded with staircases that lead down to a
palm-studded beach. An open-air lobby features
marble-and-brick floors and a fountain pool.
 This
seaside resort offers dining at Chulavista, an open-air
restaurant that features panoramic views of the bay. The
lobby lounge hosts live music on weekends and offers
pool and air hockey tables. La Trattoria serves buffet-
and à la carte-style dinners while the Barbecue serves
meat and seafood specialties.
Recreational amenities include two outdoor pools and
complimentary use of a health club located at a partner
property. Independent operators located at the beach
rent snorkeling gear, personal watercraft and motor
boats. The resort can arrange aquatic tours, including
glass-bottom boat rides and parasailing adventures.
The
Fiesta Americana Villas Acapulco offers 500
air-conditioned guestrooms housed within a 20-story
building. Acapulco Bay-view balconies are furnished with
chairs and cocktail tables. Accommodations feature
marble bathrooms. Guestrooms include cable television
and CD players. Select rooms include kitchenettes and/or
provide coffeemakers, toasters and minibars. Rooms are
offered under the European Plan.
The Grand Mayan Wyndham Acapulco is
located along a one-kilometer stretch of white-sand
beach on Playa Diamante. This property stands 13
kilometers (7.8 miles) from Puerto Marques and 24
kilometers (14.4 miles) from downtown Acapulco.
 The Grand Mayan Wyndham Acapulco
presents live music and nightclub entertainment at the
Mondo Acapulco Restaurant. This stylish eatery serves
sushi and Italian fare, and houses a taco bar. Café del
Lago affords scenic lake and garden views, and offers
breakfast, lunch and dinner buffets. Bakal prepares
international and local dishes, while Balche Snack and
Pool Bar tempts palates with quick bites, refreshments
and cocktails. The resort offers an 18-hole golf course
and 12 lighted courts at Clerc-Mayan Tennis Academy. A
jogging track encircles the property, and waterfalls,
slides, toboggans and hanging bridges span the resort's
grounds.
This 10-story resort offers 354
guestrooms with furnished ocean-, garden- or
golf-course-view balconies. Living rooms are furnished
with sofa beds, and accommodations feature separate
sitting and sleeping areas. Select bedrooms contain
jetted tubs. Modern bathrooms contain telephones, makeup
mirrors and separate bathtubs and showers.
Set
on 40 acres of hibiscus gardens on a hillside high above
Acapulco Bay, Las Brisas Acapulco welcomes guests to one
of the most exclusive and idyllic meeting and vacation
destinations in the world. Sophisticated travelers have
flocked to this resort since 1957 for its panoramic
views, secluded guestrooms, spa services and private
beach club.
A
fleet of pink-and-white Jeeps transports guests around
the resort grounds and to its private beach club on
Acapulco Bay. The beach club features two large rock-and
fieldstone-lined saltwater pools, a freeform freshwater
pool and sundecks with cushioned lounge chairs,
umbrellas and shade tents. Guests can pamper themselves
with a massage or body treatment in the spa and work out
in the air-conditioned fitness center. Guests who need
to keep up with things back home can get connected via
wireless Internet access in the lobby.
 Panoramic
views of the ocean, Acapulco Bay and the Sierra Madre
Mountains grace the Bellavista Restaurant, where guests
can enjoy fine dining with Mexican and American cuisine.
At the beach, guests can rent personal watercraft and
motor boats, book parasailing flights and banana-boat
rides and go horseback riding and surfing. Four
championship 18-hole golf courses are within five miles
of Las Brisas.
Las
Brisas features 263 air-conditioned casitas set in the
steep hill, some rising 1,000 feet above the Pacific
Ocean. Hibiscus blooms grace the private or semi-private
outdoor pools and private terraces are furnished with
lounge chairs and dining tables. Complimentary Brisas
Breakfast is delivered to guestrooms each morning. Pink
and white décor in the casitas also feature fieldstone
accent walls and marble- brick floors. Furnishings
include cushioned chairs, marble-topped tables, desks
and makeup areas. Marble bathrooms include stall
showers.
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