HotelChatter - Tag: Acapulco Hotel Guide

Acapulco: Acapulco Beach Hotel Rundown: Looking at Your Options

Tim L. — 2007-11-02T10:29:26-05:00

This is the last of the Mexico Hotel stories from HotelChatter Contributor Editor Tim Leffel. In case you missed one, check out his Acapulco Hotel Guide or his Zihuatanejo Hotel Guide.

For those in their 40s or older, the word "Acapulco" conjures up images of The Love Boat pulling into the dramatic bay and cliff divers just over the ridge. Decades before that it was a place where the Hollywood stars went to when they didn't want to be bothered. Despite the standard press lines about a comeback and "the return of glamour," Acapulco still feels a bit like a place struggling to regain its lost youth.

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Acapulco: Acapulco Hotel Rundown: Quinta Real Acapulco

Tim L. — 2007-10-25T09:00:01-05:00

<![CDATA[HotelChatter contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/Tim%20L.">Tim Leffel</a> left <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hungary%20Hotel%20Guide">Hungary</a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Czech%20Hotel%20Guide">Czech Republic</a> and headed for warmer climates in Acapulco, Mexico. For the next few days, we'll be running his hotel reports. If you have a question about where to stay in Acapulco, <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">hit us on the tipline</a>, or just comment below, and we will do our best to get you some sort of answer. Enjoy.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/quinta_real_aca.jpg" class="imgborder"> The Quinta Real chain is one of the luxury leaders in Mexico. (See a review of their <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/10/20/123056/01/hotels/Quinta_Real_Keeps_It_Real">Guadalajara hotel here</a>.) <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Quinta+Real+Acapulco/ian/145453">The Quinta Real Acapulco</a> opened ten years ago on a prime spot between the hubbub of the bay and the construction hubbub at the newer beach near the

Acapulco: Acapulco Hotel Rundown: Camino Real Diamante

Tim L. — 2007-10-24T09:00:01-05:00

<![CDATA[HotelChatter contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/Tim%20L.">Tim Leffel</a> left <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hungary%20Hotel%20Guide">Hungary</a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Czech%20Hotel%20Guide">Czech Republic</a> and headed for warmer climates in Acapulco, Mexico. For the next few days, we'll be running his hotel reports. If you have a question about where to stay in Acapulco, <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">hit us on the tipline</a>, or just comment below, and we will do our best to get you some sort of answer. Enjoy.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/camino_real_aca.jpg" class="imgborder"> If you head to the heart of Acapulco, you won't be in for a mellow, relaxing vacation. Over a million people cram onto limited roads, with the one going along the beach and all the way out to the airport carrying the bulk of the traffic. Between the honking horns

Acapulco: Acapulco Hotel Rundown: Crowne Plaza Acapulco

Tim L. — 2007-10-23T09:00:01-05:00

<![CDATA[HotelChatter contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/Tim%20L.">Tim Leffel</a> left <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hungary%20Hotel%20Guide">Hungary</a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Czech%20Hotel%20Guide">Czech Republic</a> and headed for warmer climates in Acapulco, Mexico. For the next few days, we'll be running his hotel reports. If you have a question about where to stay in Acapulco, <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">hit us on the tipline</a>, or just comment below, and we will do our best to get you some sort of answer. Enjoy.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/crowneplaza_aca.jpg" class="imgborder"> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Crowne+Plaza+Acapulco/local/920">The Crowne Plaza Acapulco</a> may be a typical chain hotel without a lot of personality, but when you can score an off-season rate of $79 a night as we did, who cares?! It's got killer views of the bay (like this one pictured, from room 2703), there's ample terrace

Acapulco: Acapulco Hotel Rundown: Las Brisas

Tim L. — 2007-10-22T09:00:01-05:00

<![CDATA[HotelChatter contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/Tim%20L.">Tim Leffel</a> left <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hungary%20Hotel%20Guide">Hungary</a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Czech%20Hotel%20Guide">Czech Republic</a> and headed for warmer climates in Acapulco, Mexico. For the next few days, we'll be running his hotel reports. If you have a question about where to stay in Acapulco, <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">hit us on the tipline</a>, or just comment below, and we will do our best to get you some sort of answer. Enjoy. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/las_brisas.jpg" class="imgborder"> If a killer ocean view is at the top of your priority list and you fantasize about having your own hillside pool with a view outside your bedroom, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Las+Brisas+Acapulco/ian/105341">Las Brisas Acapulco</a> is your place. Billed as a hotel "where children are seldom seen but often made," it has