I spent two weeks at the resort. Jan 31 - Feb 14, 2004. The grounds are beautiful and I loved the flamingos, peacocks and iguanas. The staff at the facility are wonderful. Hi Alberto, Victor, Manuel, and Eduardo. I loved the food but I ate too much. The paths around the cottages are all circular and I kept getting lost. My room had a thatched roof which I though was great. The guests were terrific and I made many new aquaintances. Hi Ryan and Russell, Patricia and Eric, Kathy and Doug and Debbie and Larry. You all helped to make my visit to Iberostar special. Thank you!!

Amazing Time!! The Iberostar is a great resort, with great people, great food, and great drinks. The weather was amazing and we couldn't have been happier. We are definatly planning on returning to resort...don't listen to the people who say its not good....its great and you won't be disapointed with it one bit..I promise!! Make sure to get a dirty monkey and visit senor frogs in town, that was a lot of fun. Beautiful..beautiful resort and we are already planning our next visit!!!

4 of us went down Feb.16-22. Weather was sunny and hot minus 2 rainy days. Overall the resort is beautiful and the staff are so wonderful, especially Antonio & Victor. Gorgeous grounds!We knew the beachfront wasn't going to be a place we hung out at because of the rocky coral. We stuck to the pool. It was full capacity the week we went which meant you had to take your towels and snag pool chairs as early as 6-7 a.m. each morning or be stuck without. Highly recommend placing personal items (books, t-shirts, magazines etc.) on your chairs in addition to the towels because people will steal your seats otherwise. Weird but true as it happened to us. Better yet, bring your own beach towel so you can find it easily among the hotel blue ones.The food was good not exceptional. The mexican restaurant is not worth dining at. Its practically the same food you can get at the buffets. The steak restaurant was better. For awesome drinking order a Sombrero (like a white russian but with tequila) or get the Dirty Monkey and sip them at the pool bar.The rooms are really nice. The walls are a bit thin but turn your tv on to one of the music-only channels to drown your neighbours out if you must. Those complaining about the musty smell in the rooms need to chill out. This is the tropics not Canada or the U.S. We brought a scented candle & room spray but never felt the need to use them. The A/C works great. On 1-2 of the days the sewage could be smelled at times around the area our building was located in which wasn't nice but we survived.DO NOT dive with the Black Shark Dive operation (based in the town of San Miguel). It was so unprofessional. I guess that's why they are so cheap. If anyone wants details email me and I'll tell you why. The Dressel Diver operation at the resort is so much better. Great boats, briefings, equipment and instructors. It is very expensive but we decided that we'd rather pay more to have a good and safe experience than the one we had earlier in the week.We don't care for tours so we did our own thing. We highly recommend renting a Jeep for the day ($90 US incl. rental, insurance & taxes). Drive down to Punta Sur for shrimp quesadillas, nachos, guacamola (way better than the version at the resort) & corona and watch the waves crash onto the beach. Then move on to Playa Bonita where you can get into the water and walk out 100 feet in sand. It was heavenly. Continue up the coast to Coconuts. The view is spectacular while sipping on a Pina Colada. The place is so busy that service is ridiculously slow. The food wasn't worth the 45 mins. wait.Overall, we liked the resort but think we'll do an Adults Only next time or try the Occidental ones next door as they looked a lot nicer.

Iberostar Cozumel was a unique experience with the four unit quarters in a beautiful garden path with birds and lizards roaming freely. It was very clean with the the most freindly staff I have experienced. All of the entertainment staff was great (favorites were Eduardo and Miss Billy). They didn't force you on stage but asked with some humour and geniune interest. No I did not go on stage. The food was good to excellent but more excellent than good. Drinks were great and the bartenders are fast and freindly. It isn't a swinging night spot. More of a great relax spot. Very quiet usually. There is a disco we would go to and they played what you asked for or if there were no requests, tried to feel out the group. Snorkelling in front is O.K. by Cozumel standards but very good to excellent compared to most resorts I have been to. There are world class reefs on the island that are hard to compete with. I would like to have seen an outdoor bar at night and or a bar by the beach. The beach is beautiful on a bright day but is difficult to get in the water with the rocky coral. Take water shoes, to even walk the beach. I wore the soles of my feet in the wonderfully rough coral sand. The jungle jeep tour was fantastic. It allowed you to visit the natural rough, uninhabited side of the island were we snorkelled some beautiful reefs. The cabs are expensive and can not negotiable. There is no bus service. To go to town for two people was $34.00 US plus a tip. The town is beautiful but the cab cost made it a one trip affair. It is too bad because I think it hurts some of the Island business. I hope to return to Iberostar as it was a most memorable vacation and I highly recommend it based on this review.