El Conquistador Resort

I was worried about the boat lines to Palomino Island during Easter Week/Spring Break. I shouldn't have, as they has boats every 30 minutes. Arrive by 11am to get a lounge chair on the island. Otherwise, lounge chairs free back up around 1:30pm or 2pm. Island was great. Hotel was at full capacity. Up top pools were packed, but the water park had space. Great place for families, as evidenced by how many there were. Lots of traveling up and down and up and down. I found the hotel restaurants outrageously expensive - even more than Hawaii. We never ate at the hotel. However, we walked 5 minutes outside the ferry launched and found 5 local restaurants that were more local, including one really local called El Ricar (I think). Definitely try to stay in the Marina area, compared to La Brisas (upper level). There's an unsightly construction going on over the mid-level section. Overall, there's lots to do and the hotel is huge. Kids will love it. But you definitely pay, which adds up via taxes, resort fees and parking ($20US inc taxes). That said, there aren't too many resorts around, so would recommend, but know going in the place is on par with US / California type prices.

We’ve been coming to El Conquistador long before there was a TripAdvisor. It was “our Paradise”, and we would have rated 5 stars for each of our first three visits. Sadly, this is our fourth (and final) stay at El Conquistador. We believed that booking directly (no 3rd party commission) with plenty of time was a formula for best results…wrong. We thought we booked three rooms directly with the property, and requested to be near each other. We were told the request was not guaranteed but would be put into guest notes. Upon arrival there were no notes and we were placed on different floors with awful views. Continuing our frustration, when we booked we were told the daily rate included the resort fee. When we arrived, we were told the resort fees were not included. Our final frustration….we thought we booked directly with the hotel but the front desk manager told us that the hotel’s own reservation line is a “third party”, and we should have spoken to and booked through the front desk directly for better room availability…..really?? The property is still beautiful, but the lack of coordination and customer service can de summarized in one word….disappointing. Next time we’ll be looking elsewhere for “our Paradise”.

After several months of cold and boring weather we arrived to this gorgeous place. Our experience so far is 10 out of 10. We felt so welcome from day one. The place is out of this world and the staff are so friendly, and professional. One person that stands out is Yjaira at the entrance of the water park. She was so welcoming, helpful, kind and friendly. She went out of her way to show us what this resort has to offer. Not just that but provided us information about the restaurant waiting the resort as well of the amazing food we should try there. She definitely is an asset to this resort. Thank you Yajaira for your help and for being the way you are. Another person was Luis while taking us to the room Luis was also super kind and helpful informing us not just the amazing things this resort has to offer but around the area. So far the experience is unforgettable!

Beautiful Hotel!! It has everything your family needs.

We loved our trip to El Conauistador! On our son’s 13th birthday we celebrated at the Coqui water park. We had a cabana and our server, Hector, was absolutely wonderful! He was so attentive and super sweet. He helped make the day extra special for us and our birthday boy!