Our own Tim Leffel hit up the Tides back in the Fall of 2007 and had this overall impression of the resort:

There are only 70 rooms and suites, but they are sprawled out along Playa La Ropa: a long stretch of picture-perfect crescent beach with a view of the hills on each side. Three pools, a spa, a well-equipped gym, and tennis courts are on site, while on the beach you can indulge in para-sailing or catamaran sailing.

As for accommodations, we say you really cannot go wrong with either the Lagoon Suite or the Beach Suite. It just comes down to how much you would be willing to pay.

Both suites have their own private infinity-pools, but the beach suites start at 700-sq.ft and go up to 1,100-sq.ft. All have to-die-for ocean views of Playa La Ropa and an extra-large hammock to veg out in.

Still, the lagoon suite's one-bedroom suite which starts at 700-sq.ft. is nothing to sneer at. The two-bedroom lagoon suites can go up to 900-sq.ft.(Keep it in perspective: our apt. is barely 900 sq.-ft.)

As for pricing the beach suite starts at $780 and the lagoon suite at $570.

The hotel has a ton of activities that you can do if you strangely feel the need to remove yourself from the comfort of your hammock or your private terrace, but they do not (thankfully) have any sort of Kids Camp on the premises. This leads us to believe that children are not typical guests here, although the hotel does not have any sort of "Adults-Only" policy.

The Tides also has two restaurants and one bar, but that's the extent of the nightlife at the hotel. Going outside the resort you will find the resort town of Ixtapa about four miles away which has tons of nightlife there. However, we think you'd be crazy to leave The Tides for that.

Have you stayed at The Tides? Got any suggestions for future guests? Drop 'em here.