As cheap getaways go, this is Guardalavaca's bargain resort offering, but it's not for particular guests. Cleanliness is not always paramount in this 600-room village, an aging mishmash of villas, bungalows and standard rooms. An extensive kids' activities program makes it popular with families. There are more rocky inlets here than further down the beach. Inland rooms are quieter.
This hard-to-fathom resort fused the former Guardalavaca and Atlántico hotels. The latter was Guardalavaca's oldest resort, completed in 1976 and christened by Fidel Castro with a swim in the pool.