05/31/2026
Client Review: Iberostar Waves Paraiso Del Mar, Mexico
Lovely, spotless resort. Amazing, friendly staff with great food and drink.
Nice rooms, very clean and very well kept by staff. We were on the first floor (building 19, room 1905). Our room faced the road where the golf carts travelled to/from the beach and pools but it was very quiet.
Mini bar stocked daily with a variety of colas and 2 beer. But if you want more cervesa 😉 (or anything) slip some cash in the fridge and ask for more. We did and she supplied us with a fridge FULL of beer! (we don't drink cola) And on my birthday they surprised me with a tray of chocolate covered strawberries and a bottle of bubbly in the room. ❤️🎉
There is no bottled water in the rooms but there are 2 large glass bottles (that must stay in the rooms at all times) that you refill at a water station just outside the rooms. I think 1 fill station per floor. Our building had 3 floors, no elevator. All buildings along our section were the same (buildings 10 to 20).
Air conditioning worked great but is preset to 20° as the lowest temp upon arrival. However once you arrive and get your room number ask as you check in to lower it (lowest is 18°) and they will control that part from the front desk. You can then change the temp higher if you prefer from your room.
Amazing food and drinks with a number of restaurant choices and a couple buffets and snack bars. Wifi throughout the whole resort, beach included. Download and use the Iberostar app to check out restaurant options and events going on throughout the resort. You can check the app out ahead of time but once you get your room number you can access more via the app.
We did not attend any shows or the theatre shows nor do any excursions to comment on that.
Large resort (long from beach inland to the lobby), a lot of level walking but easy to navigate once you find your way around. And many golf carts to get you around from the lobby to as far as the beach. Our building 19 was the second building from the lobby but further from the pools and beach. But for us it was an easy walk to either (maybe 8-10 minute stroll from building to the beach/pool; a quick 2 minute walk to the lobby/lobby bar). However there are stops along the way where golf carts pick you up if you prefer or cannot do the walk. The pool we hung out at was near buildings 11 to 13. Beach was near the pools but not visible from them.
Resort is wheelchair friendly/accessible and service-dog friendly.
Beach was very nice, soft white sand, lots of chairs and palapas but loads of sargassam (volume changes daily) which is typical for Mexico so we didn't hang out there. Food (burgers, fries, nachoes, etc.) and drink bar and picnic tables on the beach too but beware of the coatis! They hang out to steal unattended food so use the garbage cans available when done.
We spent our days at one of the very large pools (4-4.5 feet deep) also with lots of palapas and shade if preferred. Pools were very warm in mid-May (bathwater kind of warm). It was an active pool during the day. The pool that backs onto it is slightly shallower (3.5 feet) and quieter but is where they had the fun foam party on Friday afternoon.
The Del Mar shares access with the resort next door, Beach. There are 5 resorts in this Iberostar complex (Del Mar, Beach, Lindo, Maya and Joia [adult only]). The Del Mar is very kid friendly and there is a water slide at the Beach side for them along with a kids club, Star Camp. There are many other options the higher up you go in the resorts (closer to Joia direction) which has a shopping center and many other exciting places. Check our the Iberostar Waves Paraiso site! Del Mar has a gift/clothing shop (very expensive) and jewelry store.
Lots of wildlife around which I truly enjoyed! Many coatis and agoutis everywhere, iguanas, a couple peacocks, 2 monkeys (mom and baby) but I only saw them once as they ran by the pool, 5 pink flamingos always roaming the resort but hang near the lobby during the day (loved seeing them every day), a white and a black swan and 2 parrots near the same lobby. It was very enjoyable to watch them each day.
All in all we absolutely loved the the Iberostar Waves Paraiso Del Mar and would absolutely return.❤️
Thanks again Traci!
