Banana Palms Hotel, Resort & Marina

Secure parking. Best bathroom layout and shower out of 20 places I have stayed at in Guatemala. Breakfast was good. AC was fully operational. A lot of children noise but whose fault is that?

Excellent restaurant viewed a few rooms.
Beautiful setting on Rio Dulce, pools, meals were excellent.
For Americans great value for the dollar.
Hopeful to return again soon.

We really enjoyed our stay. Beautiful property on the lake with an amazing view. The food was very good but service was slow but we did enjoy that the restaurant was open very late. We really enjoyed a cold drink in the restaurant watching the lightning over the lake. The air conditioning in the rooms worked very well. We had an issue with our room flooding due to heavy rain but the staff was very helpful in getting us another room and helped us pack all our items and move them to the new room. Highly recommend.

Beautiful clean resort. Had to fight for hot water at times and the pillow was rather hard but overall this place was pleasant. Two clean pools made it easy to avoid large crowds. Big dining area and delicious menu is a plus but watch the prices as they can quickly stack up. The price per room is on the high side but it’s compensated with the free, tasty breakfast. Highly recommended, I can see myself coming back to this place.

P.S. did I mentioned the poolside service?

Absolutely AMAZING!! Holiday Vacation never looked so good. After a wrong turn and being stuck in mud for over 2hrs and several hotels with denial of help later; we got a hold of Banana Palms Hotel, Resort & Marina’s guest attendant which went above and beyond to not only help us with accommodations but helped us getting our car tow at no cost!! I was in tears after we were finally safe and sound in villa with my family. A big shout out to their outstanding staff, food, amenities and more. Price is unbelievable cheap for a Resort.
So if you’re in the area looking to have a great time in a luxurious place at a decent price? This is the place to be. Muchísimas gracias al Personal de este Resort y su Gerente!!

The room was clean, bathroom was clean, nicely maintained grounds, lovely views, and the service was very kind and professional. The only improvement I would make is to reduce the intensity of the perfume smell that smacked us in the face when we walked in the room. Reminded me of that lady in church that you knew was there 50 meters before you saw her.

Wonderful little spot! Will be back!

Wow.. just wow... pulling up into the little town, you would have no idea this little gem existed here. Its right on the lake, breathtaking views and tons of activities to do. We took a boat ride to Livingston and made multiple stops on the way. Rooms were spacious, restrooms clean, great for larger groups and so much to offer. They even gave us a parting gift! Would highly recommend staying here!

Pro's:
- the amazing setting of the hotel: nice garden in front of the lake. Great sunrise on the morning
- the facilities: two large swimming pools and one jacuzzi. They are cleaned every day. We used them all the time, was really relaxing after a long trip in Guatemala.
- the rooms are big and very clean. Cleaning of the room every day and new free bottles of water at disposition.
- good breakfast
- you can also swim in the lake and use the kayaks for free.
You can ask the water taxi drivers from Livingston to drop you at the hotel, they will do it for free.

Con's:
- the high prices of the restaurant for the food. There are not a lot of restaurants nearby so they take advantage of it.
- the personnel is very nice but the majority do not speak English.

My Family and I had a great experience, from the moment we stepped in til we got out. The location is perfect, it's in town and almost next door to El Castillo de San Felipe Nice hotel with beautiful views and really wonderful amenities, A/C, hot tubs, chill spots, the place is clean and quite. I had a free trip in Kayak courtesy of Banana Palms Hotel beacause I booked 2 rooms, I hope I'll visit again soon.

Whole family loved this place!! Beautiful property. Well maintained. Rooms good size. We had 2 bedroom suite. Pool nice. Kayaks available for guests.

We had a triple room it had a jacuzzi, beds are soft, two pools in front of Izabal lake spectacular view , restaurant has really good food, big parking place includes breakfast, great for families with games swings for the kids.

The hotel was very nice. It is in good location to the Castle. The people were very friendly and helpful. The food was excellent and the restaurant people work very hard and went out of their way to help us. We had a wonderful time there.

Great place to bring family and have a great time. It is the best hotel arround by far. Boat trips from USD 50.00 up to 300. Jet Ski's for rent from USD40.00. Food os very good, specially Tapado a local sea food soup with coconut and plantine. Very close to San Felipe's Castle.

Lovely view of lake. Arrived too late to go to pool. Clean and comfortable room with good ac. Breakfast included and very good. Service excellent

Great comfy place to stay at Rio dulce. There is everything you need in this resort and the people working there are very nice and helpful. I would recommend it.

Nice and beautiful place with Wonderful views and good service. The food is quite expensive but worth the money 👍

Awesome place and view at Rio Dulce area. Rooms are decent.! Jacuzzi of the room has hot water.! :D you can rent wave runners and water toys.!

This is a very nice resort/ hotel. Clean grounds, friendly staff, two pools, rentals, etc. Rooms are clean (with good a/c) and a pleasant walk to the castillo

Very professional establishment with bar, restaurant and attentive staff.
Apparently, a great choice for a stay as well.

The place is beautiful and the service is good really nice place to bring the kids too the food is good too 👍