4 Star Hotel

Barcelo Tambor- All Inclusive

Bahia Ballena, Playa Tambor, Puntarenas, Costa Rica View Map

$243 nightly

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Barcelo Tambor- All Inclusive

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This all-inclusive resort with outdoor swimming pool is located on Playa Tambor volcanic sand beach. It offers spectacular views of Bahía Ballena Bay on one side and lush hills on the other. Barceló Tambor’s rooms feature tiled floors and an elegant décor. Each room has a balcony or terrace with sea or garden views. The private bathroom includes a hairdryer. Barceló Tambor has 4 restaurants, including El Tucan serving buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner, and Miyako Japanese restaurant. There is also a poolside bar and nightly entertainment and live music. Guests can enjoy a wide variety of outdoor activities, including golf at Los Delfines Golf & Country Club, just 1.2 mi away. There is also an on-site ecological park. The hotel offers a variety of excursions to nearby sights and attractions, including a day trip to Tortuga Island, a horse riding tour or a day at a fun park. Airport shuttle services are also available.

229 Reviews

6.8Pleasant

What Guests Say

  • “It was beautiful and clean Staff very attentive except in dining”
  • “ROOM AND FOOD BUT THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS NOT WORKING PROPER 377 AND 378 THE REST WAS OK”
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Top Amenities

  • Swimming Pool
  • Restaurant
  • Free Internet Access
  • Free Parking
  • Spa
  • Fitness Center
  • Accessible Rooms / Facilities
  • Airport Shuttle
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Premium Level Room1/4

Premium Level Room

399 sqft • 2 Double

  • Air conditioning
  • Alarm clock
  • Bath or Shower
  • Bidet
Superior1/3

Superior

410 sqft • 1 King, 2 Queen

  • Air conditioning
  • Alarm clock
  • Baby Cot
  • Balcony
Premium Level Superior Room1/3

Premium Level Superior Room

410 sqft • 1 King, 2 Queen

  • Air conditioning
  • Alarm clock
  • Balcony
  • Bath or Shower
Superior Double Room1/4

Superior Double Room

399 sqft • 2 Double

  • Air conditioning
  • Bath or Shower
  • Bidet
  • Body soap

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    What Guests Loved

    6.8
    Pleasant

    Based on 229 reviews

    Pros +

    • It was beautiful and clean Staff very attentive except in dining
    • The beach was clean.
    • ROOM AND FOOD BUT THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS NOT WORKING PROPER 377 AND 378 THE REST WAS OK

    Cons -

    • We had booked a room with 2 beds and they were unable to accommodate that. During the buffet meals, the tables were not cleared off quickly or stocked with required supplies (utensils/ glasses) and we were left standing with our plates looking for space
    • Room dirty with cockroaches and cigarette butt . Shower head fell out of wall, hit Daughter while showering. Staff friendly with the exception of receptionist who charged daughter $100 to replace her lost plastic key card. Steak restaurant terrible.
    • LICOR WAS WORSE BRAND I EVER DRINK IN MY LIFE I END BRING MY VODKA AND MY WISKEY THE BARTENDER JOSEPH AT THE POOL HAVE PREFERENCE WITH HIS FRIEND AND NOT POLITE WITH OTHERS AND LET OTHERS PLAY DISRESPECFULL MUSIC NOT FOR KIDS BUT I THINK NEVER CHANGE
    8MarionPosted on: 1-29-2024

    It was beautiful and clean Staff very attentive except in dining

    We had booked a room with 2 beds and they were unable to accommodate that. During the buffet meals, the tables were not cleared off quickly or stocked with required supplies (utensils/ glasses) and we were left standing with our plates looking for space

    2Verified Hotel GuestPosted on: 4-3-2023

    The beach was clean.

    Room dirty with cockroaches and cigarette butt . Shower head fell out of wall, hit Daughter while showering. Staff friendly with the exception of receptionist who charged daughter $100 to replace her lost plastic key card. Steak restaurant terrible.

    8AngelPosted on: 4-26-2022

    ROOM AND FOOD BUT THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS NOT WORKING PROPER 377 AND 378 THE REST WAS OK

    LICOR WAS WORSE BRAND I EVER DRINK IN MY LIFE I END BRING MY VODKA AND MY WISKEY THE BARTENDER JOSEPH AT THE POOL HAVE PREFERENCE WITH HIS FRIEND AND NOT POLITE WITH OTHERS AND LET OTHERS PLAY DISRESPECFULL MUSIC NOT FOR KIDS BUT I THINK NEVER CHANGE

    7DavidPosted on: 12-24-2021

    easy to get too

    food was ok nothing special,no bar to speak of and close early

    9FernandoPosted on: 11-24-2021

    Good food , great super star Staff in the restaurant area super friendly staff and safe

    Only one step with no mark by the bar near the pool very dangerous l got pictures but is no place to download here

    6FrankPosted on: 7-29-2025

    Location

    Cleanliness/food

    1HenryPosted on: 12-13-2025

    Very bad music load only boom boom till 1am in the morning when is quiet time we where in 344 music still loadOcean view and pool were very nice

    Bad experience they need to have a group check encounter. We were the third in line at 11:15 didn’t get checked in until 1215 didn’t get room till 4 o’clock. Need more employees got to room smell like septic room 344 no ventilation in room curtains, brown sheets were stained. Wife got up to get a second plate at dinner and left. Her sunglasses woman came tried to clean the table and luckily my wife came back to tell her. They were saving the table for her and she got nasty with my wife. no enthusiasm with the employees nobody supervising outside garbage all over the place. Nobody picking up Bathrooms soaking wet not enough umbrellas or stay was December 8 to the 11th our real channel restaurant only had three main courses no lobster no shrimp they have shows at night we were in room 344 at 1 o’clock in the morning you could still hear boom boom boom My wife wasn’t feeling well. Our first day waiting for the room. She went to complain about the music in the boom boom boom. They answered that it was the music was to make people happy.Nobody said anything about quiet time when are you supposed to relax?

    1GabrielaPosted on: 7-23-2025

    The view of the beach.

    Water was dripping on the bed from AC. Safe wasn’t working.For restaurant have to wake up for a line and wait until the person en charged come to work at 8 am. You can see a 100 meters line. I went to the inexistent costumer service that was never on his desk. I called and let at least 8 messages in the what’s app number they gave me but nobody help me. I have to sleep 3 days on a bed with dripping water. Unacceptable. Getting out the hotel somebody just called me and said SORRY and good bye.NEVER EVER GO TO THIS PLACE.

    6Francine N.Posted on: 7-22-2025

    Nice location

    The bathroom are always dirty, mostly the shower. It always has mold

    5YerynPosted on: 7-2-2025

    Food was good but there was lack of it in the buffet, lots of time had to eat without any protein available

    Licor was a cheap quality and bad tasting Lack of protein on every mealThere was roaches in our room we killed a coupleBathtube wasn't working Tedious process to get a dinner reservation in the restaurants AC was freezing We had an issue on our last night we were woken up by the fire alarm past 12 pm wr called the front desk several times with no response to see what was the emercy, agter walking to the front desk there was no one there and a security guard told us they didn't even know the alarm was on, we waited 10 minutes for someone to arrive from the front desk and they told us they didn't know after waiting some more they said someone accidentally activated it.

    8AmaliaPosted on: 5-1-2025

    Property is very big with beautiful gardens.

    Resort doesn’t have happy employees especially in the buffet area!!Its doesn’t have water fountain or coffee in the buffet drinks area, every time you asked waiters for water they give you a bad look, it’s same thing with the coffee .I ask to a waitress why they don’t have a pitcher of water or coffee in the table and she told me that it’s that way to give a better service to a customer but in the meantime it’s not a good service.My recommendation is to put water in the beverage area and regular coffee too,like this we all don’t mind to take our drinks instead of ask to get a unpleasant service .Also to get a dinner reservations which is included in the package to a fancy restaurant you have to wake up at 5 am to do a line!!! I didn’t believe when the guy at check in told me, so I went before 7 am to do the line when this guy told us no more room to any of the restaurants!!!!

    9VigiPosted on: 4-14-2025

    Splendid location, large property with nice gardens, lots of animals and birds, swimming pools had very good water temperature, kids club was well supplied with lots of games and activities to do, entertainment team very active with fun activities, restaurants provided good variety of of food and tasty food

    some minor issues concerning cleaning in the room, there were some dead insects that stayed with us for the duration of our stay though we have signalled this issue. apart from that, our room was always tidied up and clean, but I guest there is a cleaning pattern that just left some corners untouched

    4AquinoPosted on: 4-5-2025

    The lush green plants and many open areas

    There was one night did not have water for one full day , no air conditioning for the same amount of time. The food buffet did not have the variety expected from a five star hotel.

    9stevePosted on: 3-30-2025

    The servers at the restaurant did not look happy. The supply of dishes was not smooth. There were communication issues due to the language barrier. Making a restaurant reservation was difficult. It would be great if there were an easier way to make reservations. The room’s air conditioning did not seem adjustable. The water in the shower did not drain well.

    7VladyslavPosted on: 3-30-2025

    Location is great, clean comfortable room, food wasn't much of the selection unless you ready to queue up at 6:30am to book in to restaurant which is not guaranteed, friendly and helpful staff

    8AndrewPosted on: 3-24-2025

    Loved the setting, the pool, the walkways

    4DanaPosted on: 2-8-2025

    The view was fabulous and the bird sanctuary was amazing.

    The bed looked to be over 10 yrs old. The food was ok. We opted to leave the resort to eat in the town of Tambor. So much better.

    4ChristianPosted on: 1-17-2025

    The steak and seafood restaurant was good

    Dirty and old place! The rooms look disgusting, dirty, old, it looked like I was in a hotel from the 80s. I had to ask to change rooms because I found a cockroach in the shower, I also found two bugs in the bed. My family woke up with skin allergies from the bed sheets. The food was not good, only some things tasted good, but mostly of very poor quality.

    9DianePosted on: 1-13-2025

    We have stayed so many times at Barcelo Tambor and we love our rooms, always 321 to 327. The quietude is lovely.

    On Saturday night there was a disco which ran very late and was very loud. Also, the children’s show each evening is deafeningly loud. Not good for the children’s ears either.

    1NathaliePosted on: 12-20-2024

    Nothing, only the view.

    A lot of things: no one spoke english, the food was HORRIFIC, they give one bottle of water per room even though we were 2 people in the room, the rooms are old looking, the beach was dirty (full with plastic on the sand), we had to wait a while for the reception to answer our questions.

    Amenities & Policies

    Amenities

    Swimming & Soaking

    • Swimming Pool
    • Kids' pool
    • Outdoor pool

    Fitness & Spa

    • Fitness Center
    • Spa

    Food & Drinks

    • Restaurant

    Media & Technology

    • Free Internet Access

    Transportation

    • Free Parking
    • Airport Shuttle

    Health & Safety

    • Health Services
    • Daily disinfection
    • Hygiene certification
    • Professional cleaning services

    Accessibility

    • Handicapped Rooms/Facilities
    • Facilities for disabled guests available
    • Wheelchair accessible

    Kid Friendly

    • Family Friendly
    • Kid Friendly
    • Kids facilities

    General

    • All inclusive
    • No Smoking Rooms/Facilities

    Guest policies

    Check-inAfter 3:00 PM
    Check-outBefore 12:00 PM
    InternetFree Wi-Fi is available.
    ParkingFree parking is available.
    Children & Extra BedsTo see correct prices and occupancy info, add the number and ages of children in your group to your search.
    PetsPets are not allowed.
    Room RatesAll rates displayed are for two guests unless otherwise noted.

    Important info

    Please note that guests booking 11 or more rooms may be contacted by the property to make the payment within the next 72 hours to guarantee the reservation. Please note that the property will consider guests from 2 to 11 years old as children. 12 year old and older guests will pay adult rates. All beauty services are for paid - please check more details on the front desk. Once you have checked in at the hotel and made the full payment of the reservation, there will be no refund of any kind, in case you want to leave before the hotelPayment before arrival by bank transfer is required. The property will contact you after you book to provide instructions.

    Location

    Barcelo Tambor- All Inclusive

    Bahia Ballena, Playa Tambor, Puntarenas

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