We stayed June 16-20. This resort is great. We have stayed at several Iberostar resort before, but liked this even more..
The pool and beach was great, never crowded and always a chair available.
The rooms are clean and housekeeping came by twice a day to keep it tidy..
The food was good, no complaints. Room service was a nice touch, ordered coffee and sweet rolls every morning then later went for breakfast.
They have Wifi in the rooms along with Free international call back to the states, if calling from your rooms. We were told this was a new all-inclusive feature they started about a month ago.
This was great for my husband who kept in touch with clients during our trip.
We stayed in Room 3051/3052 great views of pool and beach, could leave our patio doors open and hear the ocean. Very relaxing.
If you choose this resort I don't think you would be disappointed.
Go and relax!!!!

Just came home from a week here. Booked two rooms, adjoining. Wife and I were in one, teen son and his best friend in other. One plus: there was little sound bleeding between the two rooms.

This is one of the best run hotels I've ever visited. For example, if you make a maintenance request for a stopped up toilet or somesuch, you will have that attended to within 10 minutes, and then the front desk calls to make sure the request was handled. Same thing with room service orders. Breakfast room service arrived at time ordered, with a follow up phone call 10 minutes later. Very impressive.

The hotel was allegedly at 80 percent occupancy, but felt less full. Always plenty of room at pool, on beach, at restaurant of your choice, and there's no need to make restaurant reservations. Just show up. There's a dress code for dinner which some try to stretch. Please. It ain't so tough to put on a shirt with a collar and long trousers if you're a guy, and eschew the T-shirt for an hour.

All alcohol was top shelf if requested. Don Julio tequila became a favorite.

Only drawback -- it's minor -- was that the food ranged from average to good, instead of good to excellent. The Italian restaurant was by far the best. Asian so-so, Brazilian okay. By week's end, lunch buffets started to feel similar.

Best off-campus highlight: a tuna fishing day on the TUNATIME. You can find it by googling TUNATIME. The website says Punta de Mita but you'll be picked up by the hotel. There's an American captain, a bilingual mate, and I took my son and his friend offshore for the experience of his life. We landed three tuna, as well as a number of other fish, and the smallest of these tuna was thirty-five pounds! Just a fantastic day with a hard-working captain, and the boat leaves from the yacht club that's just a five minute walk from the hotel. Not cheap, but well worth every penny. My fifteen year old son is now hooked on fishing, and that means he's hooked for life.

Go. You'll have fun.

This is a beautiful resort -- we were very impressed. A couple of years ago we stayed at the Adventura Spa Palace. We were not sure that the Vallarta Palace could live up to our expectations. Fortunately, we were wrong.

If you do your research on Puerta Vallarta, you know that the ocean isn't clear, blue or very easy to swim in. Having said that, the beach at the Vallarta Palace was beautiful. It's a great beach to walk on (you can walk for miles along the shore) or stretch out on a lounge chair get a beautiful tan.

The food and service are excellent. The rooms are clean and spacious. It is true that the walls could be a bit thicker. . . knowing that in advance, I used earplugs and slept just fine (the noise is from the outside -- not the next room).

I've read a couple of times that drinks aren't strong enough. This doesn't make much sense to me -- simply ask for a double (or triple?) Also, specify your brand or you'll get the house brand.

Like most visitors, we did the horsebacking riding excursion. The horses were in great shape -- it was a very enjoyable ride!

Our preference was to go when school was in session so there were very few children.

The next time we visit Mexico, we'll definitely stay at Vallarta Palace!!

We just returned from our 10 night stay and loved the hotel. The hotel and grounds were clean and very well kept and the staff was AMAZING! They try very hard to please and, during our stay, they didn't miss!!
We've stayed at many other all inclusives and I would rate the food as very good. Much better tasting and a broader variety than other AI hotels.
Shopping tip: The small town of Bucerias is about a 15-20 minute taxi ride north. I would recommend doing some shopping there. Less chaotic then downtown PV and better prices.
I am ready to go back to the Vallarta Palace anytime and would highly recommend it!! It's a great relaxing time.