Name: Mar Y Oro
Address: Playa Cacique #50, Contadora Island, Contadora Island, Contadora Island, 000-000-0, Panama
Rating: 7

Air conditioning

24-hour reception

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No elevators

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Marcos A. Gelabert International Airport

Mar Y Oro

Contadora Island

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This is little piece of heaven on earth …. Clean , quiet and peaceful, excellent food and the service is espectacular … from the front desk to the restaurant the personnel is outstanding, the beach is beautiful… in one word : amazing!!!! Do not miss the opportunity, it is a gem The pictures I have added have no filter at all and no one ask me to rate it

Magnificent!!!

We stayed at the Mar y Oro from Dec 9-12, 2023.
It is the best hotel location on the island, a few hundred yards from the airstrip and ferry dock.
Playa Cacique is clean and beautiful.
The property was clean and well-managed. The staff went out of their way make us comfortable. The food was great.
If you book, ask for Rm #01. 2nd flr large room with great view of the Gulf, with balcony. Best room on the property. People of Contadora are friendly. Be sure to visit "Pimienta y Sal" restaurant on Playa Largo, Juan Carlos is the owner.
Playa Executiva (north side) is where the homes of the wealthy are. The beach view is beautiful, but we were very disappointed by how dirty the beach is. Lots of plastic floating up on the beach. Obviously not regularly maintained. You should opt for Playa Cacique of Playa Largo instead.

5-star experience at 4-star price

Visited Mar y Oro Hotel  from October 28 to November 5. We arrived by Ferry, picked up by the hotel.  Our room was an ocean view balcony, it was very clean, offering all amenities, well appointed with breakfast included.  The A/C is 10/10.  The staff and owner were extremely friendly.  The beach is lovely offering beach towels, lounge chairs including a beach bar.  They were just finishing the work on beautiful authentic beach umbrellas, and this was not a problem.   We had a great day laying in the sand, playing in the water and we met new friends.  We cannot say enough nice things about the staff and service who went above and beyond to make our stay wonderful. We felt like we were treated like family.   The views of the sea and islands was spectacular. The housekeepers do a great job cleaning the rooms.  The breakfast was great, coffee & tea service throughout the day, served with amazing fruit, eggs, etc., and the most delicious freshly fried Yuca (cassava). All this with a fabulous view!  Thank you Mar y Oro for making our stay a great one, we can't say enough nice things about it. Appreciated their sustainable practices too.  This hotel is a great location on Contadora Island, central to walking, the Ferry and Airport where we departed by Plane To the domestic airport.  We will be back!



LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!

We really enjoyed our stay. Perfect access to the beach, good food, great service, very clean room, beautiful view. We stayed 3 days, explored around the island and enjoyed the property beach. The beach bar was cool. We had access to the umbrellas and beach chairs . We definitely will go back.

Lovely stay

I was initially concerned reading past reviews, but I thought the resort was kept up. Happy with our room and size. The shell detail in bathroom isn't the greatest and probably a poor design decision,  but it didn't detract from stay.  Food was also good.  Golf cart rental price was high,  and we never needed 4 hours, it's a small island.  Overall I might not stay on contadora again, as there isn't much to do

Pleasantly surprised

Great location with wonderful beach. Good snorkling on rocks on left side of property, mid beach. During new year holiday, there was alot of boat traffic in area. Hotel manager, Hermes, very helpful getting local fisherman for snorkle trips ($50/hr) and carts to view island ($45 /day) which you should do. Executive Beach and Largo Beach on other side of island are worth the trip. One day with cart is plenty. Staff mostly speaks good english. All staff is helpful and polite. Only downside to trip were the sea nettles, a small jellyfish, that apparently visit these waters in January during dry season. Very irritating and cut several snorkling attempts short. Treat with vinegar. Bring a pint of it. 

Away from the City

Been in this place for the first time and have been surprised in a very positive way. Rooms very clean, service in lobby/restaurant/beach outstanding and food excellent. My favorite has been fish filet with shrimp sauce. 

Everybody in our party has been very happy. We'll come back.

excellent experience

sleeping to the sound of the waves, never thought Panama had such a Paradise. Good service and the food is great. These is the only hotel in the Island with direct access to the beach. Hotel guests feel pampered by very attentive staff.

Mar y oro

Our stay at Mar y Oro was nothing short of amazing and certainly exceeded our expectations. From the time we landed from the ferry and were met by the staff to take us to the hotel, to the arrival and greeting, the breathtaking view of the beach and ocean in front, to our room. All of the staff go out of their way to help you and advise on anything you need help with. We enjoyed the fresh fruit and juice each morning for breakfast, as well as choice of eggs or pancakes. Also the mouthwatering fish burgers at the beach-side cafe and the selection in the restaurant at night. We booked the ocean front suite which had its own terrace and view of the beach, which I would highly recommend for a couple. The bed was super comfortable, plenty of hot water and everything you need for this type of holidays. The beach has plenty of sunbeds and umbrellas for shade if you want, or you can walk up the beach and find a quiet spot under one of the trees further up.
There are a number of other restaurants to eat at on the island and they come to the hotel and pick you up and drop you back after for no charge. We went to Gerard’s one night for dinner and to Perla Real another night, both had different menus and we loved the food. Another day we hired a golf buggy and drove around the island for a few hours and stopped at Pimiento y Sal for lunch, which we also enjoyed. There is also plenty of history and intrigue about the island that the staff will be happy to tell you about. Most of the staff have great English which was also a help to us.I can see that there are a lot of poor reviews and some of the points are true with the buggys coming and going to the boats, but it did not worry us at all. Yes there was one day that we got stung with jelly fish in the water that we did not see, but the staff were quick to help with vinegar and cold water to ease the sting. I always travel with cream for this just in case. Yes the hotel is slowly being updated with the new owners, but again we did not have any issues and were just happy with the clean beach, clear water for swimming and relaxing atmosphere. Obviously some expect more, but for us it was perfect and we cannot wait to return.

Vacation in Paradise

Spent 2 days there and it was a truly beautiful area.  The hotel has wonderful views and 1 restaurants and 1 bar.  A few staff that has more than one job (ex.  Front desk will also take orders for restaurant etc).  Therefore, you can’t rush and just go with the flow.  Rooms need updating, but the king bed was comfortable.  It’s a small, laid back island.  Therefore, no night life and just relaxing on the beach, eating meals, renting golf carts, or taking excursions to see the other archipelagos are all that we did.  There are 3 other restaurants on the island and we tried pimenta y Sal.  It was really a nice casual spot on the beach with fresh food that we went often.  1-2 nights was enough for us, but if you want peace and relaxation it may be the place for you.

Mar Y Oro

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