San Marino Hotel Category 4 stars

This hotel is in a perfect location to the cafes on Olas Altas, right on the beach, all the gay clubs, and the Malecon. There are two pools, one where the kids are, and the other for adults only. It's clean and comfortable with very friendly staff. If you take a standard room, ask for Street view (they have balconies). Otherwise you look into a courtyard and have no balcony. Upgrade at check-in (or book it ahead) to Ocean view (something like $20.00 per night more), it's worth it!

this was my first trip to puerto vallarta at san marinos,, one thing i could tell it was very clean, inside and outside resort the only issue i have was very noisy motel from wich taxi driver beeping horn night and day,, the hotel itseld his located on a very buisy street so if u are planning on having agood night sleep good luck,, also the beach is for everyone in the resort and outside the resort so if u wanth a spot on beach,, get up early around 9h00 am or else sorry no place for you to sit,, also food wasnt too bad somedays very good and some other days very salty,, also one thing i would like to adivse you is when you bood at san marinos and it is all inclusif,, well only at meal time wich means if between meals you are hungry,, nothing to eat you will have to walk to corner store,, when i mean nothing in between meals i mean nothing no fruit, no salad only beverage at bar and this is when bartender is there wich often he close the bar if not enough buisy,, it is not a place i would go back since like i sd no activity at all except for bingo every second day, and volley ball if you wanth activities you have got to go out of resort from wich it will coset you at least 100$ per activity per person,, so believe me i am not a person who complains, this comes from a 37 year old woman from wich it was my first vacation with boyfriend and like i sd make sure if you reserve a all inclusive make sure they are food between all meals especially if u are going with children,,,,

We just returned from the San Marino Hotel in Puerto Vallarta. We had an exceptionally good time, staff was WONDERFUL! Very hard working, will bend over backwards for you, honestly. Very clean rooms with nice maids. Good beach, lots to do, great bartenders and servers!! Lots of drinks, and not watered down! If you are nice to the staff, they will be nice to you, guaranteed! I would definately reccomend this hotel, especially for young couples and older ones too as long as they come with an open mind and take into consideration that it is Mexico and just their lifestyle in general is different than ours. I have no complaints. Not too busy, which is nice, but certainly not dead either. Close to anything you need in town, no taxies required. Come and see for yourself how wonderful the staff and the hotel is!

Hey. Okay well the san marino hotel is like the best! The rooms were old, but pretty clean and you can upgrade if you dont like your room (you have to do it there). The location is awesome!
All the people are extremely friendly and they always smile at me and compliment my looks :P The food was alright, and there was always a lot of things to choose from. The hotel is in a great spot and you can do a lot of shopping because its close to a lot of stores and like boutiques. When you go to the beach a lot of people try to sell you things, and it can get a little annoying if you're just trying to relax for a little while. The staff works really hard at making your stay the most enjoyable it can be, and they deserve wayy more than they get. All in all, the san marino hotel is worth staying at and its a great place to be :]
(oh and the pool staff (pool boys) work really hard at making it fun and relaxing, they always have something for us to do and always try to play some music (sometimes though the people didnt let them i guess) its a great place! i was actually sad when we were leaving, i didnt want to go)

Would recommend for everything except the food. Great location, Great price, Great service. Rooms were simple but clean (all I want). The omelet's at breakfast were the only thing I would recommend. Lunch and supper were simply awful, tried them twice. Save your $120-150/wk for all inclusive upgrade, and eat at some of Vallarta's best restaurant's a block or two, walk from the San Marino. Will be back, with out the All Inclusive.

Our room was dark, dirty and uncomfortable. We were woken up by super loud crappy music every morning at 9am which played until about 9pm. Forget about sleeping in or a luxurious, well deserved vacation nap!

I can't stress enough what a terrible hotel this is. My friend and I had hotel envy with just about every other hotel we saw. San Marino was absolutely the worst in town!!!! For the price you can do much, much better.

Just got back from The San Marino. Its was a blast. The rooms are very clean. The Cleaning staff are honest. The servers in the kitchen worked 6 to 7 days a week 10 hours a day, alway with a smile. Yah the food was hit&miss, but usually something on there worth while. Cafes in the area were generally really affordable, we ate out quite a bit. The location is A++ tons to do all around.

Watch out for time shares, they are everywhere. Even in the hotel lobby. If you do take in a time share, make it worth your while. Collect the cash and passes they can give you for going.

The only problem we had is the hotel was apx 50% gay when we were there. We have a few gay friends, so thought it would be no problem when we read about it being in a gay area....WELLL wrong my husband is quite good looking and caught the attention of more than enough of the fellas haha. They don't seem to care if your with your wife, and or if your married. Unfortunally this mad it quite uncomfortable for him. we seen a few x rated acts in the pool. Not a place to come if you have small kids or a hot husband haha. Other than that we loved the staff, location even the increadibly hard beds.

My husband and I just returned from 2 weeks at the San Marino and loved it.This was our eight year going to PVR. but first at the San Marino.

The location is fantastic, the service from everyone is supburb.We had a nice room with balcony on the fourth floor and faced the street and could see the ocean from balcony which we loved.

The hotel is very clean, the maids do a great job cleaning and washing every day. we tipped them 20 pecesos per day and thought maybe we should have tipped them more as they did such a good job.The beds are extremely hard, one mattress on a cement block, but after a few nights your back gets use to it.

We felt very safe as there are security people at the doors day and night. The only short falls was the bar, sitting on the beach it was quite a walk to the bar and sometimes no one was there to serve you, only one bartender and when he had to go for supplies,or bathroom break etc. no one was there to take his place. Also the bar was not open in the evening a lot of the time although they advertise with all inclusive drinks till 10pm but this is not the case. The one outside beach front padio area was closed the whole time we were there and it would have been a lovely ocean view to eat and relax had it been used.

We ate bfst. and lunch at hotel and ate out for dinner. The food is ok but could stand some improvement especially the dinner menu. All in all we had a great vacation and will return to the San Marino again next January.

I will return somedays I wish to travel at Puerto Vallarta and take a room at San Marino Hotel again

great location, close to everything. food was average, price was good......within walking distance to downtown, bars, restaurants