15 Things I Liked About SANDOS CARACOL ECO RESORT | Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ค. 2024
- We visited Sandos Caracol Eco Resort for a week of all inclusive fun. The resort was getting mixed reviews and a lot of negative comments in groups and reviews I was reading, so I wanted to share what I thought were 15 awesome things that I liked about the resort. And there are so many other great things - like friendly staff, great service at the pools, great service at the restaurants, and more!
Let me know if you have any questions in the comments below!
15 Things I Liked About Sandos Caracol Eco Resort
0:00 Intro
0:46 ✔️ 1. Size of the Resort
1:13 ✔️ 2. Foliate & Nature
1:38 ✔️ 3. Wildlife
3:04 ✔️ 4. Pools
2:37 ✔️ 5. Adult Only Restaurant
3:00 ✔️ 6. Adult Only Section & Pool
4:11 ✔️ 7. Waterpark
4:43 ✔️ 8. Entertainment
5:40 ✔️ 9. Variety of Activities
6:08 ✔️ 10. Effort to be Green
6:53 ✔️ 11. Beach Area
7:37 ✔️ 12. Bug Spray Throughout Resort
7:57 ✔️ 13. Designated Smoking Areas
8:12 ✔️ 14. Variety of Restaurants
8:32 ✔️15. Pool Floats Are Allowed
9:05 Closing
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Sandos Caracol Eco Resort Overview (from: www.sandos.com/sandos-caracol...)
Immerse yourself in nature and ancient Maya history at our truly unique all inclusive resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Here at Sandos Caracol Eco Resort, you can swim in the crystal-clear waters of a ancient jungle cenote, lounge on the beach surrounded by palm trees, or spend an adrenaline-filled day at the full-size water park. When you have the best water park in Mexico, multiple swimming pools, non-stop fun and entertainment, along with a white sand beach what more do you need.
My favourite parts were that the bars were always well stocked, and there was lots of shade!
Also great things 👌
wow! This looks amazing! it's like it's own little city! I like that it has an adults only pool and restaurant and at the beach too! Those are great features!
Love this eco resort. It looks so great with the greenery surroundings plus the animals. Great to have that swimming pool inside. Thanks you for showing around.
I just watched the negative things and now I’m learning about the positives. The resort looks very beautiful with the jungles,landscaping and wildlife and since it’s so big it looks like you got your excersie as you walked to the pools and restaurants. Thanks for posting your thoughts
Hi Sarah, another video full of helpful and interesting facts, so many positive and the adult-only pools looked lovely, sounds like the adult bands was a good idea.
This resort looked amazing 😍 This is making me so excited to go to Mexico again soon 🇲🇽 It’s so cool how many walking paths, nature, and animals there are. Look at the peacock! Wow, I didn’t realize they were in Mexico. All the pools and the water park looked fab! Great find ☺️
Wow! That place was huge! Loved the pools and that food looked delicious! The adult only areas are key! It’s so cool that the nature is part of the grounds. Seems Like you would never have to leave! Did they have golf carts and transportation offered? Seemed like a cruise on the land!
Really like how big this resort is, it will definitely keep things interesting on your holiday.
We’d also enjoy all the adults only areas!
The water park looks like a lot of fun!
The entertainment seems really amazing.
So nice that they have bug spray all around 😅
Yay for pool floats 😁 you looked so relaxed on that float ☺️
I think this is a resort we would really enjoy ☺️ we love the larger resorts that really have the jungle feel. The cenotes and walking paths looked soo beautiful here.
The beach area also looked wonderful, and I think it is pretty common for the resorts to have to battle the seaweed throughout the year. Glad to hear the staff were working to stay on top of it!
I'm a fan of the larger resorts too - especially for the variety and amenities. The jungle feel and natural elements was a definite bonus too! Yes - seaweed is often a problem in this area especially during the time we went.
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The Eco Resort looks fantastic, a must go to place. Thanks for sharing
Happy to share!
looks like a complete resort with everything you would want - looks like the entertainment went all out - Mark 5:11 the guys looking like Mayans looked fantastic
Absolutely fantastic resort, like the scenery and the natural beauty, would love to spend time on that pool, not to mention the incredible food😍
It was a very beautiful resort! Lots of positive things about it for sure.
We really enjoy having a bigger resort to get around as well as a large variety of food options. Also really cool to have all those animals just walking around naturally within the resort.
Yes definitely a fan of the larger resorts and variety to keep us busy during our stay.
Great videos, love taking pool floats for tanning!
Thanks! Same here, so relaxing to float.
Wow, this resort really does have a lot to offer. Looks like such a relaxing place for a vacation and we would take full advantage of those adult only spots! Great tips!
It was a very relaxing place - but also had some great activities too. Yes - definitely recommend the adult only areas for some quiet.
The nature and wildlife running through the resort looks so nice, Craig would absolutely love having those lizards running around, he got so excited when we had a huge Iguana sitting under our car in Florida 😂
The evening entertainment looked pretty fun too, but they amount of cool activities in this resort looks so awesome. Love hearing that the resort is actively taking care of the environment, no straws and no sun cream in the cenotes is great to hear!
We really loved the grounds and scenery at the resort. Didn't feel like a typical resort because there was so much nature and activities to do. We had fun :)
I got so many flash backs from this video when I saw the Images I did not go here in 2 years
It's a beautiful property
Hi! Thank you so much for the wonderfully detailed and objective reviews of the hotel. It is certainly a resort we're considering for April / May 2022 vacation with kids and your review of the grounds really helped as well. However, I'm a bit concerned with the beach even though you mentioned it was one of the things you liked about the resort. I know that seaweed has been an issue overall in this area, but I was wondering specifically about this resort - how would you rate the beach itself notwithstanding the seaweed (that that is a roll of the dice I'm guessing)? Did you feel more could be done to clean up the beach? Also, you mentioned there were some clear areas for swimming? Have you visited other resorts in the area for comparison (specifically considering the beach)? We're considering Riu Yucatan or some other family friendly resorts... Thank you and please continue the great work!
well made video... I think staying adults only or RE is a must for the a la carte restaurant option for breakfast/lunch day. I love chilaquiles, and they are on the menu :)
Thank you! I agree, Select Club or RE I'd definitely only going to add to the experience at the resort.
I'm going there next year and I'm so excited! I also heard that there are monkeys that you can feed 😃😃!
Great video. I am deciding on this resort. Your video is very informative.
Questions: are there many young adults (aged 19 years range) as I'm planning to go with my son. Any evening activities like pool tables and a club for dancing? Is there a fee to take the river boat? Is the beach too rocky to swim in? I heard you can walk further and find a clearer area.
Wonderful job on all your videos. I am taking a group of 14 in June/July 2022 to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary. Perhaps I won't walk as much as you did,,,but we will wait and see, Thanks for you videos.
Happy to share. Hope you have a fantastic trip and congrats on your 50th anniversary!
How beautiful this location is, I'm excited to drop something like that, I hope you have the opportunity to get there too, thanks for this video
It was a great spot.
Our lizards pet will love this place 😆 lol
Haha yes total lizard paradise
I will be there in 2month ❤
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I’m liking this resort more and more because of your videos. :) Will definitely book our next vacation here next month. Did you do any excursion outside the resort?
Oh awesome! I will say that our room was not the greatest (needed an update) and the food was just ok. But the photos and videos I've seen of the food lately look improved compared to when we were there - so it might have been pandemic related. We did! We went to Tulum and it was really good. Booked through Seek n' Go at the resort.
Thank you! 🥰
Thanks for the great videos. We're the a la cart places free/included in the all inclusive?
Thanks! Yes they were all included.
I can see the perpective of this tourist posting this video represent a different time of mine and it looks like some stuff are different in feb 2022 . This hotel is good overall but the rocky beach is not mentionned in this video and you need definitly to have water shoes cause your experience won't be the same.
7 0ut of 10 of us got ecoli there. 300 people in a pool with a bar ... , kids with their hands in the buffet dishes, chipped dishes every meal, room cleaned 3 of 10 days, fridge that didnt work.
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Great video thanks...seaweed in december?
Seaweed most of the time from what I've seen/heard.
What time of year did you visit?
I love your videos! My fiancé and I are about to spend some time at this resort. Our first ever! How is tipping and do you have any advice on tipping etiquette? US dollars or pesos?
Thanks so much!! We tipped in USD for everything. For drinks we went up to the bar to order we would do a few dollars here and there throughout the stay - and if we ordered something a bit fancier and got great service we would do more. And when we had service around the pool we would tip the server $1 or 2 for every drink we ordered. For serving staff at the buffets we did a few dollars per meal for the servers that took our drink orders and cleared the plates, and for the a la cartes if we had great service we would do more because it is usually a 3 course meal. We also tipped our cleaning lady for our room well on the second day and a few dollars each day and always had extra towels, toilet paper and kleenex and we left a tip in the mini fridge a few times with a note on what we wanted more of and got our mini frodge restocked well each time. It's totally up to you and your tipping style. And we saw most people tipping in USD.
Was there somewhere to purchase affordable sunscreen there? Trying to figure out packing now
I can't remember the specific prices but I remember there being sunscreen in the resort shop. I also remember saying "wow, expensive" but from a Canadian perspective because it was overpriced and in USD.
I heard this resort no longer has a good swimming beach, is that correct?
Did you take your own float? Or do they provide?
I always bring my own, they don't provide them but you can buy some in the gift shop
I have 10 days booked here in March. Would you recommend your favorite A La Carte restaurants for me to book once I get there and which to maybe avoid? I will be with a 12 year old so Adult only options dont work for me.
Also, I had thought there was NO beach area at this resort when I booked, so your video surprised me HAHA
The beach area is actually pretty big here!
Also, for a la cartes, we really liked Los Lobos, LA Riviera, and the Italian restaurant was pretty good. I heard some people liked the Brazilian restaurant but it wasn't open when we were there. We actually ate twice as Los Lobos so go there for sure.
Does the hotel charge extra for using the water park?
Nope it's included!
Gluten-Free question - How do you think a person with Gluten allergy (Coeliac) will manage at Sandos? Great Review BTW.
Thank you! There were actually items on the a la carte menus that indicated gluten free. And the buffet definitely had options too, depending on what you like. If you're not already in the Facebook fan groups for this resort they are a good place to also ask as there were quite a few chat threads about visiting with a gluten allergy. Hope that helps
@@TheAverageTourist It does help. thanks. We've been to Cuba a few time and we manage for the th Gluten Free so I guess Mexico is even easier. . Only have to watchout for the tacos and tortilla, they are sometime made of wheat flour. But any resort would have the original packaging specifying the ingredients. Thanks
Yes definitely and we didn't even find there to be a lot of taco options when we were there. But the food changes often
Interesting!
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Thanks very much, appreciate the support 😊
What are the cons??
This resort is amazing but no air conditioning in dining area never stopped sweating was a big turn off ,beach is to rocky to go in to other then that it was great
Yes we noticed that too about the no ac in the buffet 😅
Hi, in my opinion the resort lacks a few things like better food quality,room amendments and hospitality. For $250+ a night I think you can surly find a better option. The beach has a very rocky shore line not the best for a relaxing swim. Reservation are a pain in the behind for specialty dinner well you have to scan the app wait 24hrs, next day be patient and wait until midnight to check availability for the next day . For other activities you have to wake up early 7:30am to wait in line for activities you can do the next day it’s truly a disappointing experience if you plan to get stuff doing the first day. Pool area was full with critter’s on top of the table inside trash cans. Stealing your food. I gave it to them the snack bar is disappointing. see for yourself but your better of staying at another resort. The check in was slow and employees are not friendly at all.
imagine visiting an entire COUNTRY, then keeping yourself confined to a "resort" within that country, because the country is so dangerous. Ridiculous. What's the point?
May as well just visit another part of the USA. ... Oh, and drink out of someone else's used plastic cup. Unreal.
I'm from Canada. And we left the resort many times that week. 👍
@@TheAverageTourist So? Playing russian roulette and surviving doesn't mean that playing RR is a good idea.