Pros

  • Adults-only resort includes most meals, drinks, and activities
  • Beachfront location convenient to airport, golf, and downtown
  • Comfortable, blue-accented guest rooms with balconies
  • Plasma TVs, free minibar drinks, and coffeemakers in all rooms
  • Big infinity pool with nearby whirlpool, pool bar, and drink service
  • Comfy loungers and canopied day beds around beach and pool
  • Daily entertainment including shows, classes, and games
  • Nitro Club offers late-night dancing three days a week
  • Three on-site restaurants, including buffet and Mediterranean
  • Gym and spa with extra-fee treatments
  • 24-hour room service
  • Free Wi-Fi throughout
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Cons

  • Some parts of rooms are dated with some wear
  • Rooms are on the small side
  • Food is decent but not spectacular, especially at buffet
  • Lots of canopies, but no umbrellas for loungers
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Bottom Line

The upper-middle-range Crown Paradise Golden is an adults-only, all-inclusive beachfront resort situated between bustling downtown Puerto Vallarta and the swanky Marina Vallarta. Between Paradise Golden and its sister property next door, guests can eat at a half dozen restaurants for free, including standard buffet meals and reservations-only dinners. There’s a big pool, whirlpool, and direct beach access, plus lots of loungers and cabanas for relaxing, a beach bar, a poolside bar and grill, and a lobby bar. Entertainment on offer includes everything from morning yoga to daytime water aerobics, beach volleyball to tennis, plus nighttime DJ-ed dance parties and theatrical performances. The property’s 214 guest rooms are comfortable, if on the small-side and dated in places, but they all have balconies, minibars stocked with free drinks, and big plasma TVs. Upgrades get a whirlpool. For similar amenities with kids onboard, consider the Crown Paradise Club next door.

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Crown Paradise Golden Resort Puerto Vallarta

Scene

All-inclusive adults-only resort attracting mature couples

Crown Paradise Golden sits in a stucco building covered in salmon-and-cream hues, all topped with terra-cotta roofs. Rows of balconies holding planters add some lush greenery to the facade. Inside, its big lobby reflects a contemporary look thanks in part to extensive renovations in 2015. A dark wood reception desk topped in a slab of marble anchors the space, and blue bench seating are paired with modern wood-block coffee tables. A new open-air buffet area, installed in 2015, gives a breezy dining space with tile floors, hanging plants, and a view toward the ocean. Despite these fashionable additions, many areas have only the veneer of "new." Details betray an older property with dated tiling, slow elevators, and wear here and there. 

This Crown Paradise is an adults only spot, although guests can cross paths with families and kids while taking advantage of the amenities in the sister property next door. (Some restaurants and entertainment are shared between the two.) However, the resort's adults-only status doesn’t mean it’s a party zone. Late-night entertainment doesn’t run that late, and couples skew toward the middle-aged and senior set, though younger guests who’d rather relax than party find their way here, too.

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Location

Beachside spot between busy downtown and upscale golf community

This Crown Paradise shares its beachfront location with a number of other resorts in Puerto Vallarta’s Hotel Zone. The beach itself is busy, but still fairly wide and clean. The location is just south of the cruise ship dock and north of downtown, offering a good balance between the more secluded feel of the hotels in the upscale Marina Vallarta golf community and the more hectic scene found in the heart of the city. Each hub is about a 10-minute drive away, and both offer a range of restaurants and shops. Nightlife options can also be found downtown. Even closer is the mall (a five-minute drive), which features department stores, an air-conditioned food court, and an inexpensive movie theater with comfy seats and American movies. Licenciado Diaz Ordaz International Airport is a 10-minute drive.

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Rooms

Comfortable but smallish guest rooms with balconies, plasma TVs, and minibars

While rooms were soft-rehabbed during the resort's renovation, guest rooms still feel somewhat dated and small, especially in the bathrooms where aged tiles, faded grout, and old fashioned color schemes are most noticeable. In entry-level Deluxe Ocean View rooms, beige tiled floors are paired with stucco walls, with turquoise accent walls behind the beds and blue accent pillows and runners. The newer dark wood furnishing looks nice paired with navy accents on the headboards and desk and table countertops. Bathrooms in entry-level rooms feature an odd combination of white stucco walls, beige tiled floors, and rose-colored marbled tiling on countertops and around the shower/tubs. 

All units have balconies with pool or ocean views, too. Entry-level rooms can accommodate three guests and feature two double beds or a king size bed, While these rooms are on the small side, bathrooms are adequately sized, and balconies with patio chairs add a little extra space. Upgraded suites and Jacuzzi Rooms offer indoor or outdoor whirlpool tubs. 

Throughout, rooms are solidly equipped with AC, 42-inch plasma TVs, irons and ironing boards, safes, coffeemakers, and minibars stocked daily with free bottled water and soft drinks, plus two cans of beer. Bathrooms have free individual toiletries and hairdryers. Wi-Fi is included. 

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Features

Infinity pool, beach daybeds, a slew of restaurants and bars, plus daily entertainment

Like many all-inclusive resorts, Crown Paradise Golden offers entertainment, several dining facilities, a pool, beach, bars, and wellness facilities. Guests can also take advantage of amenities at the family-friendly sister property next door, Crown Paradise Club. For the most part, food and drink are included, though guests will have to pay extra for wines, specialty dishes like lobster, and room service delivery. Wi-Fi, taxes, and tips are also included, as is entertainment and activities that are “non-motorized” (i.e. shows, tennis, and volleyball). Guests will have to pay for same-day minibar refills, laundry service, spa treatments, tours, and transportation.

The huge draws, of course, are the beach and pool. Cupped inside the resort is the outdoor infinity pool, which looks like it’s disappearing into the sea beyond. Long, streamlined, and free of the water features typically found at family-friendly properties, the pool is great for swimming laps or taking a dip. It’s surrounded by big lounge chairs and roomy canopied daybeds. Another favorite spot is the whirlpool, directly connected to the pool bar. Cabanas and loungers are also lined up on the beach, where a stretch of sand and ocean give guests a chance to relax or swim. There’s drink service at both the beach and the pool. But this paradise isn't without its downsides: Complaints include persistent peddlers at the beach, no umbrellas for guests in lounge chairs, and difficulty nabbing cabanas at busy times.

Most dining takes place in the hotel's main restaurant, Bellavista, an open-air cafeteria which offers breakfast buffets, a la carte lunches, and themed dinner buffets. Guests tend to find the food decent, though not extraordinary. The other two restaurants, Paradise (Mediterranean food) and Salvador’s (International dishes), offer a la carte dinner menus and require reservations and a “resort elegant” dress code. All meals are included in the room rate, save for specialty dishes like lobster. Guests are also free to take advantage of the three restaurants at the resort next door, which specialize in Asian, French, and Italian cuisine. Room service is available 24 hours for a fee.

Other drinking and dining options are poolside: A poolside grill and bar offers casual food like burgers, while The Breeze Bar, which provides beach service, doles out drinks, continental breakfast, and snacks, like guacamole or paninis. The lobby bar is open the latest, closing at midnight.

Daily entertainment ranges from morning yoga or afternoon water aerobics to games like volleyball or bingo. The property has two clay tennis courts, and private sessions can be arranged for an extra fee. For late night dancing, guests can go to Nitro Club (three days a week) or the Sport Bar Collage across the street. The other evenings, the hotel offers karaoke or evening shows -- think Vegas- or circus-themed performances -- which are also sometimes at the beach.

The property also has meeting, event, and wedding space that can host over 400 guests. The on-site gym is satisfactory, with a big weight-lifting machine, a full rack of dumbbells, and rows of spinning bikes, but there are only a handful of other cardio machines. The spa, which was under renovation during our review writeup in late 2017, offers a range of treatments for extra fees, including manicures, pedicures, massages, scrubs, and facials. 

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Things You Should Know About Crown Paradise Golden Resort Puerto Vallarta

Also Known As

  • Golden Crown Paradise All-Inclusive Resort

Room Types

  • Deluxe Ocean Front Room
  • Standard Ocean View Room

Address

Av. de las Garzas S/N, Zona Hotelera Norte, Puerto Vallarta 48333, Mexico

Phone

(562) 904-7050

Website

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Crown Paradise Golden Resort Puerto Vallarta

Scene

All-inclusive adults-only resort attracting mature couples

Crown Paradise Golden sits in a stucco building covered in salmon-and-cream hues, all topped with terra-cotta roofs. Rows of balconies holding planters add some lush greenery to the facade. Inside, its big lobby reflects a contemporary look thanks in part to extensive renovations in 2015. A dark wood reception desk topped in a slab of marble anchors the space, and blue bench seating are paired with modern wood-block coffee tables. A new open-air buffet area, installed in 2015, gives a breezy dining space with tile floors, hanging plants, and a view toward the ocean. Despite these fashionable additions, many areas have only the veneer of "new." Details betray an older property with dated tiling, slow elevators, and wear here and there. 

This Crown Paradise is an adults only spot, although guests can cross paths with families and kids while taking advantage of the amenities in the sister property next door. (Some restaurants and entertainment are shared between the two.) However, the resort's adults-only status doesn’t mean it’s a party zone. Late-night entertainment doesn’t run that late, and couples skew toward the middle-aged and senior set, though younger guests who’d rather relax than party find their way here, too.

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Location

Beachside spot between busy downtown and upscale golf community

This Crown Paradise shares its beachfront location with a number of other resorts in Puerto Vallarta’s Hotel Zone. The beach itself is busy, but still fairly wide and clean. The location is just south of the cruise ship dock and north of downtown, offering a good balance between the more secluded feel of the hotels in the upscale Marina Vallarta golf community and the more hectic scene found in the heart of the city. Each hub is about a 10-minute drive away, and both offer a range of restaurants and shops. Nightlife options can also be found downtown. Even closer is the mall (a five-minute drive), which features department stores, an air-conditioned food court, and an inexpensive movie theater with comfy seats and American movies. Licenciado Diaz Ordaz International Airport is a 10-minute drive.

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Rooms

Comfortable but smallish guest rooms with balconies, plasma TVs, and minibars

While rooms were soft-rehabbed during the resort's renovation, guest rooms still feel somewhat dated and small, especially in the bathrooms where aged tiles, faded grout, and old fashioned color schemes are most noticeable. In entry-level Deluxe Ocean View rooms, beige tiled floors are paired with stucco walls, with turquoise accent walls behind the beds and blue accent pillows and runners. The newer dark wood furnishing looks nice paired with navy accents on the headboards and desk and table countertops. Bathrooms in entry-level rooms feature an odd combination of white stucco walls, beige tiled floors, and rose-colored marbled tiling on countertops and around the shower/tubs. 

All units have balconies with pool or ocean views, too. Entry-level rooms can accommodate three guests and feature two double beds or a king size bed, While these rooms are on the small side, bathrooms are adequately sized, and balconies with patio chairs add a little extra space. Upgraded suites and Jacuzzi Rooms offer indoor or outdoor whirlpool tubs. 

Throughout, rooms are solidly equipped with AC, 42-inch plasma TVs, irons and ironing boards, safes, coffeemakers, and minibars stocked daily with free bottled water and soft drinks, plus two cans of beer. Bathrooms have free individual toiletries and hairdryers. Wi-Fi is included. 

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Features

Infinity pool, beach daybeds, a slew of restaurants and bars, plus daily entertainment

Like many all-inclusive resorts, Crown Paradise Golden offers entertainment, several dining facilities, a pool, beach, bars, and wellness facilities. Guests can also take advantage of amenities at the family-friendly sister property next door, Crown Paradise Club. For the most part, food and drink are included, though guests will have to pay extra for wines, specialty dishes like lobster, and room service delivery. Wi-Fi, taxes, and tips are also included, as is entertainment and activities that are “non-motorized” (i.e. shows, tennis, and volleyball). Guests will have to pay for same-day minibar refills, laundry service, spa treatments, tours, and transportation.

The huge draws, of course, are the beach and pool. Cupped inside the resort is the outdoor infinity pool, which looks like it’s disappearing into the sea beyond. Long, streamlined, and free of the water features typically found at family-friendly properties, the pool is great for swimming laps or taking a dip. It’s surrounded by big lounge chairs and roomy canopied daybeds. Another favorite spot is the whirlpool, directly connected to the pool bar. Cabanas and loungers are also lined up on the beach, where a stretch of sand and ocean give guests a chance to relax or swim. There’s drink service at both the beach and the pool. But this paradise isn't without its downsides: Complaints include persistent peddlers at the beach, no umbrellas for guests in lounge chairs, and difficulty nabbing cabanas at busy times.

Most dining takes place in the hotel's main restaurant, Bellavista, an open-air cafeteria which offers breakfast buffets, a la carte lunches, and themed dinner buffets. Guests tend to find the food decent, though not extraordinary. The other two restaurants, Paradise (Mediterranean food) and Salvador’s (International dishes), offer a la carte dinner menus and require reservations and a “resort elegant” dress code. All meals are included in the room rate, save for specialty dishes like lobster. Guests are also free to take advantage of the three restaurants at the resort next door, which specialize in Asian, French, and Italian cuisine. Room service is available 24 hours for a fee.

Other drinking and dining options are poolside: A poolside grill and bar offers casual food like burgers, while The Breeze Bar, which provides beach service, doles out drinks, continental breakfast, and snacks, like guacamole or paninis. The lobby bar is open the latest, closing at midnight.

Daily entertainment ranges from morning yoga or afternoon water aerobics to games like volleyball or bingo. The property has two clay tennis courts, and private sessions can be arranged for an extra fee. For late night dancing, guests can go to Nitro Club (three days a week) or the Sport Bar Collage across the street. The other evenings, the hotel offers karaoke or evening shows -- think Vegas- or circus-themed performances -- which are also sometimes at the beach.

The property also has meeting, event, and wedding space that can host over 400 guests. The on-site gym is satisfactory, with a big weight-lifting machine, a full rack of dumbbells, and rows of spinning bikes, but there are only a handful of other cardio machines. The spa, which was under renovation during our review writeup in late 2017, offers a range of treatments for extra fees, including manicures, pedicures, massages, scrubs, and facials. 

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Amenities

  • Air Conditioner

  • Airport Transportation

  • Balcony / Terrace / Patio

  • Basic Television

  • Beach

  • Business Center

  • Cable

  • Concierge

  • Dry Cleaning

  • Fitness Center

  • Free Breakfast

  • Internet

  • Jacuzzi

  • Laundry

  • Meeting / Conference Rooms

  • Mini Bar (with liquor)

  • Pool

  • Rental Car Service Desk Onsite

  • Room Service

  • Separate Bedroom / Living Room Space

  • Smoking Rooms Available

  • Spa

  • Swim-Up Bar

  • Tennis Court

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