A great Holiday Inn
The staff was extremely helpful and the rooms were perfect.We had a large balcony with patio furniture.The bathroom shower was an unexpected treat...glass surround with marble.The only complaint was the smell of the grill that permeated the air conditioning system into our room.
Eat out in town.....very inexpensive and lots of restaurants to choose from.
Can't wait to return..

Really liked this hotel. Good value for price. Rooms are nicely decorated and clean. Give big towels at pool that don't stink of detergent. Really, really nice baby pool and kid pool. Our three year old loved the pool. Never had trouble finding chairs in the shade at the pool. Nice family hotel- full of kids. If you don't want to be around kids, then go elsewhere. Nice location, but it's at least a 10 minute walk to beach. Although we took cabs to several other beaches in the area. Staff are really friendly, but it helps to speak Spanish. Nice play area for kids too.

We didn't like the food in the hotel though, and had almost all our meals outside the hotel. Luckily, we hadn't signed up for the all-inclusive option- so this wasn't a big deal. There are lots of restaruants around the hotel.

Would return to this hotel.

We stayed at the Holiday Inn Ixtapa Feb 28 - Mar 7, 2006 and had a wonderful time. Never having been to Ixtapa and not sure of what to expect from an "almost all-inclusive" off the beach three star, we were pleasantly surprised.
The hotel is only a year old and the entire place is clean and well maintained. We brought our 4 and 1 year old with us and they loved the place. The freeform pool has a large, shallow area (6"-1' deep) with a fountain that was great for our toddler and a waterslide that endlessly entertained our 4 year old. While I did see several adults try the slide, I would think it could get boring for older kids. A few blocks away we walked by Magic World, a huge water park, which looks like it would be a lot of fun but we never saw it open. We never had to wait for chairs and the swim-up bar kept us plied with snacks and drinks. There was also a swing/slide play structure.
Ixtapa was beautiful and +30 deg.C every day; they said they hadn't had rain since October! The hotel offers cab rides to the beach, which was beautiful. Ixtapa does have a dangerous undertow and for small children is not the best. For calm ocean swimming and snorkeling, we took cabs to Playas las Gatas and to Ixtapa island. You have to take a boat to each of these spots, which my girls found fun, and they both offer sandy gentle beaches with plenty of chairs and food vendors nearby. The hotels offer packages, but with a cab and boat we got there and back for about $15 total.
The only detractor was the food. There was plenty of fresh fruit for every meal and lots of selection, but times were odd for us (lunch buffet only open 2-4; and supper only available after 7 or sometimes later). There was no entertainment, except for one fiesta which was pretty nice, so eating later was OK but it was hard to get our kids onto this schedule. The food is also quite Mexican, and we sometimes had trouble finding food the kids would eat. The pool bar also offered hotdogs (with cheese and bacon) and hamburgers during the day, along with Mexican side plates.
The markets are just across the street and offer everything from standard markets to high end resteraunts and Nautica,etc.
We'd definately like to return again!

I have just spent two weeks at the Holiday Inn in Ixtapa and enjoyed my time there very much. Our room was well furnished and very clean as was the hotel on the whole. The place is very new so everything was in good working order. The pool area is beautiful and spacious and quite relaxing as there are plenty of chairs and tables surrounding it. The pool was always very clean and the temperature of the water was perfect. The food provided was plentiful but mostly Mexican. The staff were courteous and helpful. It is quiet for sleeping as there is no evening entertainment except for Friday nights and that concludes around 11 pm. It is about a 10 minute walk to the beach so I would not advise anyone who has trouble walking to stay there if they expect to go to the beach frequently. A taxi is provided once a day to go to the beach club at Carlos and Charlies and back so that helps quite a bit if you are unable to walk. I would recommend this hotel for a quiet, comfortable and relatively inexpensive holiday.