Iberostar Selection Coral Bávaro

The short version

If you like the idea of a resort complex but want a part of it kept for you, look at Iberostar Selection Coral Bávaro. Once the Coral Level of Iberostar Selection Bávaro, it is now sold as its own five-star hotel, with suite-style rooms, reserved beach and pool areas, its own show-cooking buffet and a 24-hour concierge. You can still use the restaurants and facilities of the complex's other hotels, including the spa, gym and golf course.

Best for Couples Families with young kids Big-resort variety

Good to know

• This is the former Coral Level at Iberostar Selection Bávaro, which Iberostar now markets as a separate five-star hotel.
• Rooms are suite-style, beach and pool areas are reserved for Coral Level guests, and concierge service runs 24 hours.
• The stay includes a buffet of its own with show cooking, priority restaurant reservations, and complimentary appetizers at the beach club and lounge.
• You can use the restaurants and facilities of the complex's other hotels, among them a spa with 21 massage booths, a two-story gym and an 18-hole P.B. Dye golf course.

Before you book

• Iberostar's page title calls this a couples resort, yet the services list includes the Star Camp kids' program and a Two Bedroom Family Junior Suite is offered. Tell me who is travelling and I'll confirm it fits.
• Golf and the spa cost extra.