Descripción del hotel Casa Velas All Inclusive
Este acogedor hotel solo para adultos, restaurado en el 2005, tiene cuatro plantas en las que se reparten un total de 80 suites. En él podrá encontrar una peluquería, un bar, un restaurante con zona para no fumadores y una terminal de Internet. Dispone también de aparcamiento y un garaje. Los servicios de habitaciones y lavandería completan todas estas prestaciones.
Habitaciones
Para su mejor descanso y confort, las habitaciones disponen de baño con secador de pelo, teléfono de línea directa, conexión a Internet, minibar, aire acondicionado, caja fuerte digital, cafetera, menu de almohadas de pecho de ganso antialergenica, amenidades de lujo inglesa, bata y pantunflas.
Actividades deportivas
En la parte exterior del hotel hay una piscina y una terraza para tomar el sol. El huésped tendrá la posibilidad de jugar al tenis, de usar el gimnasio o relajarse en la sauna. Junto al hotel hay un campo de golf. El Hotel ofrece numerosos tratamientos de SPA.
Servicio de comidas
Este hermoso Hotel ofrece servicio de Todo Incluido de Lujo. Cuenta con un restaurante que ofrece comida gourmet mexicana con vista al campo de Golf, un Pool Bar en el área de la piscina con menú de cocina alternativa, un Deli deleite especialidades orientales, y sushi y deliciosos cocteles serán servidos en el Club de Playa & lounge. También cuenta con 24 horas de Servicio a Suite.
Ubicación Casa Velas All Inclusive
Este atractivo hotel está situado en la zona de ocio de Puerto Vallarta la Marina Vallarta, esta rodeado por un bello campo de Golf. La playa está a unos 1000 metros del hotel y a 15 minutos en auto se encuentra el centro de la ciudad. Podrá llegar a pie sin ningún problema a una parada de transporte público, situada a 500 metros. El Hotel cuenta con un Club de Playa Privado, a unos 5 minutos. Se ofrece para sus huéspedes trasportación continua en un horario limitado al club de playa y al Hotel Velas Vallarta.
Características del hotel Casa Velas All Inclusive
- » Año de construcción: 1979
- » Suites: 80
- » Número de pisos (edificio principal): 4
- » Año de última reforma: 2005
- » Número total de habitaciones: 80
Tipo de hotel
- » Hotel golf
- » Hotel romántico
- » Hotel de ciudad
- » Hotel de diseño
- » Hotel SPA
- » Hotel temático
Tarjetas aceptadas
- » Visa
- » MasterCard
Equipamiento de habitaciones (habitación estándar)
- » Aire acondicionado central
- » Estéreo
- » Ducha
- » TV vía satélite / TV por cable
- » TV
- » Secador
- » Baño
- » Caja de seguridad
- » Cafetera / Tetera
- » Acceso a internet (*)
- » Teléfono de línea directa
- » Minibar
- » Cama king size
- » Cama doble
Instalaciones y servicios
- » Tumbonas
- » Servicio médico (*)
- » Servicio de habitaciones
- » Guardarropa
- » Cambio de moneda
- » Servicio de lavandería (*)
- » Servicio de recepción 24 horas
- » Acceso a Internet (*)
- » Servicio de facturación 24h
- » Ascensor-es
- » Disponibilidad de cobertura para teléfonos móviles
- » Zona no fumador en restaurante
- » Internet inalámbrico (*)
- » Sauna
- » Chiringuito de piscina
- » Piscina de agua dulce
- » Número de piscinas
- » Sombrillas
- » Piscina al aire libre
- » Baño de vapor
- » Aparcamiento
- » Masaje (*)
- » Ofertas especiales de SPA (*)
- » Gimnasio
- » Bañera de hidromasaje
- » Bar-es
- » Peluquería
- » Sala de conferencias
- » Vestíbulo recepción
- » Restaurante -s
- » Tienda-s
Restaurante
- » Paquetes especiales
- » Todo incluido
Actividades
- » Tenis
- » Golf (*)
- » Aerobic
Puntos de interés
- » El Faro Bar: 500m
- » Centro de la Ciudad: 6km
- » Malecon de la Marina Vallarta: 500m
Distancia (en metros)
- » Bar/ Pub / Marina Vallarta: 500m
- » Mar: 1km
- » Centro población: 6km
- » Centros comerciales / Plaza Marina: 800m
- » Playa: 1km
- » Restaurantes / Marina Vallarta: 500m
- » Gran Ciudad más próxima: 335km
- » Estación de autobuses: 3km
- » Transporte público: 500m
- » Campo de golf / Marina Vallarta: 300m
- » PVR Airport - Puerto Vallarta: 3km
- » Discoteca / Club / Christine: 3km
Before describing this hotel it?s worth talking about actually getting there. Assuming that you are arriving by air then the
hotel brief you to go to the VIP service room on entering the arrivals concourse. From there they will provide a free taxi
for you. Sadly between customs and that desk you will be accosted by an army of time share touts and their feeders who will
ask you which hotel you are staying at. The pitch is that the hotel intend to charge you $30 for your ?free? taxi at the end
of your stay, whilst for $13 (pay now) and a promise to attend a time share pitch (throw in two free massages at the spar
for good luck) and you are all set to save money. Except it?s a lie! (Welcome to Mexico)
The hotel do provide free transport from the VIP desk on the right as you enter the terminal arrivals area and they are fully
aware of the time share scam but because the touts work for the same hotel group they can?t stop it.
OK, so you are taking in the sumptuous surroundings of the reception area and are impressed by the friendliness of the staff
and their greetings. As many posts suggest these are indeed genuine. However by the end of my stay I had to wonder if the
men were being administered hourly doses of laughing gas and if the women had been extra?s in the supermarket scene of the
Stepford Wives. That said, I would agree that in some areas the service is superb, whilst in others it?s still got a way to
go. On one hand I have never had an unserviceable light bulb changed so quickly but also not waited so long for a pot of coffee
that took two attempts at getting the order right. ?Coffee for two? is not that complicated to get right in over one hour!
I used to stay at this hotel years ago as the Quinta Real and it has always been an oasis of calm and the rooms are still
unique and superb. My only comment would be that for two people the clothes hanging space is very limited and is located in
the bathroom area. This makes for nuisance congestion between one dressing and one washing. Also the free WiFi is only located
in the lobby and pool area. At over $400 a night I want it in my room! I would hope that the redecoration that is planned
over the coming year (2009) will cure both these problems.
The Emiliano restaurant is excellent and the quality of the food is very good both at breakfast and dinner. However, the service
and delivery need a lot of polish to call this a true gourmet dining experience. A trend that seemed to emerge is that the
chef places completed dishes under hot lamps and by the time it gets to the table the top of the food was either crisp, dried
out or burnt. This included a cold dish of shrimp and crab wrapped in Salmon rolls!! Having delivered a nice meal the whole
thing was spoilt for me by delivering both my dessert and coffee and liquors at the same time! No, you are not supposed to
do that! This is not an Irish Bar or Ruby Tuesday?s. The coffee comes after and there is no rush for us to leave! Also, please
provide a small fork along with the dessert spoon so as not to have to chase that strawberry or last piece of chocolate around
the plate.
Various knives and forks were omitted and had to be requested several times along with a rather curious system of administering
wine by the glass and charging this to your bill rather than just allowing you to order a bottle of what you wanted. As we
were all inclusive this only served to show that the suggested tip should be larger. (Once again, Welcome to Mexico!)
On the subject of tipping you can expect a false bill to be presented after all transactions with a 100% discount applied.
You then just fill in what tip you want to add. Frankly I thought this was a good idea and certainly solved the problem of
endlessly carrying cash around all day. You can pay cash as you go and the bills are then not needed.
The hotel offers a tourist agent desk. Expect to pay $60 a head for a $25 dollar whale watching trip! In our case we had to
pay cash again at the harbour as they would not accept the hotels reservation ticket. This was resolved quickly and our cash
refunded without question. However, it might be better to just do your own thing down at the harbour.
All in all I loved returning to the hotel and I hope that the above points are taken by them as constructive criticism. If
you are used to staying in vacation hotels that have guests with more tattoos than bare skin then the Casa Vellas will transport
you to another galaxy, but if you are European with experience of four and five star hotels worldwide then expect a little
roughness around a brave attempt to be a cut above the rest. Give it a try though. It is a lovely hotel.
