Pas de coffret de sûreté dans la chambre...faut aller à la réception et faire nos affaires devant tout le monde. Pas de frigidaire dans la chambre. Une petite bouteille d'eau pour la semaine.

We have been going to this Hotel for 14 years, that should say it all.

Food is fine, beds are still nice and hard. Staff is always friendly and helpfull

Very clean close to everything, had a great time

The Fontan is clean, tidy etc. the staff are hard workers, efficient and polite. Some have good English, they do try hard to give you what you need.

Poolside palapa restaurant is the best, the garlic shrimp is awesome, I had it about 5 times in a week :-) Buffet food is boring and bland, omelets are good. Tea is never hot. Lots of watermelon, papaya, pineapple, some oranges. BBQ ribs for breakfast was strange tho! Snack bar has good burgers and fries.

Evening shows in the convention centre are great, the ones in the buffet restaurant are good too. Kareoke night is awful.

I found Ixtapa itself to be boring, nothing to do other than go across the road to stores and restaurants and pesky vendors and beggars selling junk.

Get on the bus for 9 pesos and go down to Zihua and go to the beach there, see the market, admire the view. Go north to Playa Linda and see the crocs, take the boat to Ixtapa Island for $3.00. No need to take an expensive tour there, the bus goes right there.

I wont go to Ixtapa again, it's a manufactured town, doesnt look like Mexico, rather it looks like Florida. If you want the beach and ocean, then it's great, but there's nothing else to see.

If you can get it for about $300. plus tax as we did, then go, but it's not worth anymore money than that.

It offers more than what we expected for a 3 star (been to quite a few), but the hotel is targeting Mexican families especially on weekends and is very busy then. While courteous to English rarely use it. Very little to offer after the brief evening show.

Would recommend for the price. Good food. Older hotel but very well maintained. Beds and pillows could be improved. Bedspreads were changed during our stay. Safe at front desk. One speciality dinner per week. Shows amazing. Mexican Fiesta was in the Convention Centre attached to the hotel.
Combo Tour we took too expensive and would recommend going into Zihuatanejo by bus yourself.

Positive overall impression but overcrowded for a few days. Probably some deal - kids stay free.Daycare atmosphere, noisy and busy all days. Evidently lack of beach-chars and umbrellas.

Bravo à l'organisation géniale du personnel de nolitour qui dès notre arrivé, a su faire de ce voyage un voyage parfait!

great for the price

je donnerai un quatre ,c`est la cinqieme fois et non la derniere

We have been staying at this hotel for 13 years (16 times in 13 years),needless to say, we love it. It is Mexican owned and staffed, spotlessly clean, service is excellent, people are wonderful, food is good, something for everyone. Internet access free plug in, using your own lap top only. Beach is beautiful!

overall good vacation, weather is allways perfect there, the location is great beutiful scenary, you can find all your shopping across the street in the plaza or the fleemarket there is also lots of restaurants in the plaza if you get tired of the hotel food. Visit the nabouring town lots to see there too. The hotel is aging and could get a facelift but everything is clean and well kept, swiming pools are good, bar for the pool and beach is good with good service, the restaurants open according how many guests thay have at the time,if the crowd is small only the smaller buffet restaurant opens, both are open air. for lunch you have a choice of alacart, buffet or burgers and fries from the coffee bar. The food could use some improvement but there is alwys something to choose from, coffee and deserts are excelent. Hotel was half empty through the week but Fri to Sunday gets bussy with Mexican families, thay are not pushy or get preferential treatment like some reviws say. For nightlife you have to go off resort.People are friendly. Don't get discuraged by bad press, I felt safe everywhere I went. Good relaxing vacation I'd go again.

Had a lovely time. Not one complaint comes to mind. Will definitely return...

We had a great time at this hotel. It was amazingly clean. There are 4 pools, and the walkpaths around the pools get bleached. Every day they clean the pool. There are deckchairs at the pools and at the beach. There are showers for you to rinse the sand off at every entrance from the beach area to the pool area. The food was good. It was a little repetative....you sort of knew most days what would be on the menu, but there is enough variety that you have no problem having enough food. You really feel like you live in Mexico at this resort. The folks at the front desk have perfect English, and the waiters have a limited amount of English, but the cleaning staff speak almost no English. The beds are comfortable, the room is cleaned very well every day, and they leave little personal touches like a towel figurine with flower petals draped over it on your bed, and little flower petals in the bathroom. I would highly recommend this hotel for either a family or for a couple. There are activities every evening. Shopping is just across the street - everything from high end clothes to your tourist purchases.

it was great. I definitely will go back there again.

I had such an interesting vacation at Hotel Fontan in Ixtapa.
I've spent the same week in San Jose del Cabo and loved it, but, found that Ixtapa has nicer evening temperatures. Cabo gets chilly this time of year.
The Hotel Fontan was a study in opposites. On one hand you have amazing views of the ocean and the beach is fantastic. There is a real sense of safety when you walk the beach along the hotel zone and up to the marina. The sunsets are amazing. My room had a beautiful view of the ocean, I enjoyed sitting on my small balcony and watching the evening sun melt into the ocean.
One web site mentioned that internet was available in the room for a fee, but when I got there, I found out that wi fi was only available in the lobby...I adjusted.
Front desk, bell boys etc everyone was fantastic, and very friendly. While I do speak spanish, I did note that the staff speak excellent english.
The pools and pool area were fine, I did sort of wish for one pool set aside for adults and quiet, but...there just isn't space for that at this resort.
Definitely a family resort.
Food...probably one of the weakest points about the hotel. I just found the food rather lack luster and boring. At the end of the week I found I was heading off resort to eat for the most part. There were bright moments with the food, one night there was an amazing turkey dish and the New Years Eve dinner and festivities were quite spectacular.
Now, just the room to review...
The room I had, while it had an amazing view, was rather spartan. The bed, while a king size bed was very hard. I also had issues with my pillows but, that's all personal preference stuff.
The room also smelled quite musty. My chamber maid kept me very well entertained with her animal creations made from towels and flowers. On my last full day she created the most amazing design. I was very grateful to her for always making the room look and feel so clean.

This was THE BEST holiday to date -- I cannot stress enough what a lovely place Ixtapa is -- no wonder they have a 40% return-rate of visitors!! I will never travel anywhere else in Mexico again. And I highly recommend the Fontan Beach Resort -- it had phenomenal food, staff and amenities. If it was not to others' liking, I don't know what they are looking for in a trip!! Fantastic beach, wonderful pools and great variety of restaurants within the hotel -- we only ate there as a result -- and were never disappointed. I am booking another trip to the Fontan for February now!!

We were not expecting more than a three-star hotel so we were prepared for the Fontan. We choose our destinations for the beach and weather more than the resort. Overall, we were satisfied with the Fontan considering the price we paid. Location was excellent, service was fantastic. However the buffet restaurant was one of the poorest we have seen in Mexico (very poor selection, food was cold). Daily use of the a la carte restaurant (Miramar) near the beach allowed a great selection of food for lunch. The garlic shrimp was our favorite and the club house was fantastic. The Hacienda Restaurant (a la carte dinner) just opened for the season and guests are only allowed to dine there once a week. That was unfortunate as the food there was very good. However, with the many stores and restaurants available across the street, finding good food was not a problem.

The hotel was what i expected for the price but it was so clean and the house keeping was amazing!

Endroit calme et bien entretenu.
Atmosphère relaxe et détendu

with all the surrounding huge beach hotels the Fontan Hotel was a small gem in disguise. no wonder many locals frequent this place. we liked it too!

tres bien situé pret de tout,belle plage tres propre ,par contre a partir du vendredi le bordel les mexicains arrivent comme des mouches pas drole du tout vol mes serviettes et chaise envahissent la place pas respect pour personne alors c etait ma derniere fois a cette hotel

Had a wonderful stay in Ixtapa. Met many great people & thoroughly enjoyed their company. This was our first trip to the Pacific side of Mexico & we found it to be quite different from the Carribean side. Temperature was VERY HOT & EXTREMELY humid. Ocean water was warmer & the waves were amazing. We found the Resort to be defintely a 3 Star however all of the things that really mattered were covered. The grounds are beautiful & meticulously cared for. Pools are clean as are all of the shared facilities. The food in the Buffet is good yet somewhat boring. We thoroughly enjoyed "lunching" daily at the Restaurant by the Beach. (The Garlic Shrimp is to die for!!!) Would definitely like to see better Bar Service offered at this Resort. Lots of Mexicans seem to frequent this Resort (or perhaps that is just Ixtapa in general) Don't see much of this on the Carribean side. In general, we found the Staff on the Carribean side to be friendlier & seem to have a better knowledge of both Englich & French.

I have been here before and did not have any high expectations.
I believe it is one of the oldest, if not the oldest on the beach and it shows. There were repairs being done throughout the week. The hairdryers were installed in my room on the third day in, I guess some had dryers and some did not.
It seems the hotel caters to Mexicans on the weekends as the hotel had maybe 20 people(tourists) around the pool Tue- Thurs.
The food was literally the same every day, certainly not the variety like the Park Royal, but than when the hotel is not even half full, why cook too much food.
My brother tried to call via the front desk 3 or 4 times and was either cut off or the phone was not answered.
The staff do not know what supplies belong to the hotel as my washcloth was taken by the cleaning staff. There were no numbers written on it to identify it as hotel property so explain that.
My only reason for going to the Fontan is because it is the most reasonable priced as I usually travel "single" and I think the extra charges incurred are ridiculous. Not only do I not eat alot of food ( I went to dinner once during the week) or make the work of 2 people yet I have to pay approximately $500 extra for a hotel that is not even half full.

The hotel was older & the food was ok but predictable, staff were awesome, as was the beach. We really enjoyed ourselves, just understand that it is a 3 star hotel, so expect that type of room. The grounds are very well kept, hotel is clean. We would come again for the beach, friendly staff & quiet pace.

Every day is a beautiful one. Each night a dream. Will go back again,as this was our 6th time.

Very nice hotel. Staff, food etc. very good.

nous sommes à notre troisieme année à ixtapa en autre deux au fontan,c'est un 3étoiles pas plus..pour la nourriture!!!! pour ce qui est du reste ca vaut 4 étoiles!

3 imes fois toujour excellent pour le prix