One&Only Mandarina

Beautiful Resort with a lot of activities, beautiful pools and beaches and very family friendly. Rooms are spacious, new and clean with beautiful views and lots of privacy. Drawbacks: You have to take a golf cart everywhere you go and it can take time to get one so you spend a lot of time waiting for rides. In the end, we packed to be away from the room for the whole day so we did not have to worry about travel time back to our room. Bottles/Glasses of wine are unreasonably expensive. Food was excellent with a lot of variety...Carao was our favorite restaurant...open for dinner. Breakfast is good and included in the room rate. Be careful if you have traveling in the rainy season...a lot of the hotel amenities close when it rains. It takes almost 2 hours to get to/from the airport but this should get better once the highway is completed. The horseback riding and zip lining are great and worth the cost.