Intercontinental Presidente Cancun Resort, An Ihg Hotel

“A week in paradise”

This was an exceptional stay for us as a group of friends celebrating a 50th birthday. The hotel functions brilliantly as a resort with no actual need to leave the premises at all. It is NOT a budget friendly option, but the staff are friendly and very helpful, the food is delicious - especially … more

This was an exceptional stay for us as a group of friends celebrating a 50th birthday. The hotel functions brilliantly as a resort with no actual need to leave the premises at all. It is NOT a budget friendly option, but the staff are friendly and very helpful, the food is delicious - especially the local dishes - the cocktails are really good, and the rooms have insanely beautiful views of the oceans (assuming you’re on the sea-facing side!). The hotel includes 2 pools and its own private beach with a swimming area monitored by a lifeguard between 9am and 6pm. There are 3 restaurants and 2 bars, all of which can serve food. Room service is also an option but the prices nearly double. In your room there is a nespresso machine with caff and decaf pods topped up daily. The housekeeping staff clean your room every day and turn down your bed every evening. The bathroom facilities in the room are a little odd. Firstly the sink is in the closet/wardobe area and there is no door between that and the main bedroom - so if you need to wash your face or brush your teeth before your roommate wakes up, it isn’t really very easy to do so without disturbing them. There is a sliding door to offer privacy between the bathroom area and the main bedroom, but cannot hide both the shower and the washbasin at the same time. On the plus side, if privacy within the room is not a concern, you can have your shower looking out over the ocean! There is a mini fridge in the 2xqueen rooms that is not stocked; we used this to store our own snacks and drinks bought from a nearby supermercado. Prices for food vary but we generally paid £10-£15 for a cocktail, £3-4 for mineral water, £15-20 for a simple main course etc. One thing I would highly recommend if you can cover the cost - on the beach there are sheltered beds you can rent for the day. The only condition is that your bar/food bill come to a minimum of c.US$200. We arranged for this between 6 of us, and with 1-2 drinks and a snack/meal each, we easily covered the cost. The beds are huge with a beautiful thatched roof (which also keeps the rain off if you happen to get any!) and fit 3 large adults easily. We took it in turns to enjoy the bed and added sun loungers alongside for when we weren’t busy swimming. Even without hiring the beds, the private beach is staffed by servers who will bring you drinks and food regularly without you having to move from your lounger. The swimming options are all good. If you swim in the sea, it’s shallow enough to touch the bottom to about 2/3 out. The sand is very fine underfoot, and there are no rocks. There is a fair bit of seaweed, but it is more of a grass/rushes type of plant, and very soft to tread on. The buoys clearly mark the limit of the supervised area, and you wouldn’t want to swim outside that as boats, catamarans and jetskis (all hireable from the hotel) are plentiful in the area just beyond this. Our week here was incredible. The staff were great. Not perfect, but really helpful and if something did get forgotten, they would be very quick to make amends. It feels like nothing would be too much trouble - you only have to ask.

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