This is a very nice hotel with a beautiful restaurant that overlooks a lovely pool. The morning breakfast was superb (except the orange juice that was like tang). There was a really nice gift shop inside the hotel that was really good too - I am sorry I did not buy one of the walking sticks they were selling!

The rooms were very comfie, the bathroom was a little small, but we managed.

Here is a hint for you - NEVER take one of the white cabs that lurk around outside. They do not use a meter and you can get really ripped off. Always call for a yellow cab, and if you are not Spanish speaking - have the hotel write the address on a piece of paper for you.

Take a cab to the Artisans Village over near the airport. It is a little touristy, but very secure and there must be 25 shops in there with all sorts of local goods. We took a yellow cab over there and then called for one to take us back. It was great.

Value for money, really like the room. Nice breakfast buffet selection as well. Not everyone though can speak or understand English so you would have to be patient. Also, their process for laundry delivery does not make sense!

this hotel is just superb. Very high class and felt very safe. I was nervous going to Guatemala with the current warnings and risk factors. To use the lift to your room in the evenings you had to swipe your room card. This just gave an extra feeling of safety. I then went to Tikal for two nights and they stored my luggage. I walked into the hotel on my return to hear a pianist playing As Time goes By from Casablance (-: Great hotel I wish I could have stayed longer. I did not have time to explore the city and not sure whether I would have felt comfortable doing so. Clark Tours, whom you can access through the hotel, were great in ensuring I got transfers to and from airports on arrivals and for travel to Tikal.

We were booked on a Caravan tour last Feb/March (which was fabulous, by the way). As travel from our neck of the woods at that time of the year is often subject to delays due to storms, we chose to arrive a day before the tour began. To keep things simple, we elected to stay at the same hotel our tour began at - the Barcelo. Unfortunately, because we arrived "pre-tour", Caravan had no input as to room assignment, and we ended up in one of the noisiest rooms in the hotel. On a Friday or Saturday night, at anything below the 7th or 8th floor, you do not want to be on the airport side of the hotel. There is a nightclub down below that keeps things thumping long into the evening. I don't think its part of the hotel, I think its across the street, but whatever, it is very noisey!. First time ever my husband has asked for earplugs. Our Caravan tour director said he never puts his clients on this side of the hotel. Also, our room was a little tired (but on our return stay at the end of the tour, our room on the courtyard side was much nicer and very much quieter). In all other respects, this was a very nice hotel, great buffet breakfast and dinners, pleasant pool (but not enough chairs/loungers - I went down for a swim three times, there were perhaps six people swimming, no one in the chairs/loungers but all of them "reserved" with clothes, towels, etc. Arghh!) All this said, my husband really enjoyed sitting on our balcony watching the VERY low lying planes fly in...