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8.7

Excellent

322 Guest Ratings

Porta Blancu

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Enjoy attractive guest units and a plethora of on-site activities. Public areas include a well-appointed boutique spa area, a Pete Dye golf course, full tennis facilities and three swimming pools. Meets AAA guest room security requirements. Smoke free premises. 350 units. 4 stories, interior/exterior corridors. Accessibility (Call).

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Amenities & Services

WiFi

Swimming Pool

Pets Allowed

Fitness Center

ECO Friendly

Electric Charging

Accessible

Business Center

Type

Resort Hotel

Location

Oceanfront. 18 mi (28.9 km) se from Curacao Hato Airport; on Santa Barbara Plantation. Porta Blancu.

Pool

outdoor.

Dining & Entertainment

restaurant, also, Medi Restaurant, Shore, see separate listings, full bar, entertainment.

Business Services

Available on premises

Room Amenities

refrigerators, safes. Fee: high-speed Internet, wireless Internet.

Sports & Recreation

self-propelled boats, marina, scuba diving, snorkeling, regulation golf, tennis, recreation programs, kids club, bicycles, lawn sports, exercise room, spa.

Guest Services

valet laundry, rental car service, luggage security pick-up, airport transportation, room service, child care, area transportation-downtown Willemstad.

Terms

check-in 4 pm, 3 day cancellation notice-fee imposed, pets (extra charge).

Guest Ratings

OVERALL GUEST SCORE

Excellent

Based on Ratings from 322 guests

Showing reviews 1 - 5 of 50

8.8

Bahareh

Excellent

review category group of friends

09-18-2016

Pros: The grounds are beautiful especially the beach!!! You can't go wrong booking any room, they are all beautiful.

Cons: The food is not great and especially when you compare it to how much it is. $166 dinner for two and it was medicore-

7.1

Eric

Good

family with young children

09-18-2016

Pros: Very nice construction

Cons: We waited for 45 minutes for the room to be clean

10.0

Wenjing

Exceptional

family with young children

09-08-2016

Pros: Love the hotel

Cons: We've waited too long to get our room

7.5

Fabulous

Good

family with young children

09-08-2016

Pros: The vieuw & Swiming pool

Cons: They could've have a microwave in every room because it would be easier for the guest. Because they do not have free breakfast or food at a regular price And your already paid so much for the room.

7.5

Casandra

Good

review category group of friends

09-07-2016

Pros: The staff in the restaurant go the extra mile to give you a 5 star rated service..

Cons: 5 star rated hotel can not have worn out upholstery and furniture or is using cups instead of glassware in the rooms.

9.2

Denise

Wonderful

family with older children

09-06-2016

Pros: Beautiful grounds, excellent rooms, quiet location.

Cons: Poorly organized staff at check in.

9.2

Samandha

Wonderful

family with older children

09-06-2016

Pros: the place is fantastic

Cons: staff could have more knowledge about facilities hours etc.

7.9

Veronica

Good

family with young children

09-05-2016

Pros: The bedrooms were comfortable. The beach and the pool perfect for my kids.

Cons: The resort is really far away from town. We picked two bedrooms, one for my mother in law and one for me and my kids and the bedrooms were too far from each other.

10.0

Sharon

Exceptional

young couple

09-04-2016

Pros: I loved the view from our bedroom. I loved the view from everywhere. It was just breathtaking.

Cons: The breakfast could have been better, i didn't like the scrambled eggs. And the grapes had seeds in them.

9.6

Andres

Exceptional

mature couple

08-22-2016

Pros: GREAT HOTEL NICE ROOMS

Cons:

7.1

Marcy

Good

family with young children

08-09-2016

Pros: The beach

Cons: The rush to check out. After asking for a late check out, (and acceptance to pay extra), they still blocked our keys to enter when we came back from the beach. Also the info for the use of wifi was very poor. The lady did not call back and the next day the lady assumed I should know what to do. Bad service.

8.5

Hugo

Excellent

mature couple

08-02-2016

Pros: The room was comfortable

Cons: the hour of cleaning (in the afternoon)

9.2

Michael

Wonderful

solo traveller

07-19-2016

Pros: This is the most beautiful resort and place on the island. The beach is just perfect and the hotel has extensive facilities to relax, be active or just enjoy a good meal.

Cons: Staff at reception should smile a bit more. Such a welcome makes all the difference.

6.3

Valerie

Pleasant

young couple

07-15-2016

Pros: The hotel is beautiful. Great pool and beach area.

Cons: Service and knowledgeability of staff was lacking.

6.7

Paola

Pleasant

family with young children

07-07-2016

Pros: Waitress was nice

Cons: Tv remote control didn't work Airconditioning didn't work Bathroom( not so handy to bath children or older people) Coffee machine at the pool didn't work Bread that we orded wasn't available

10.0

Carlos

Exceptional

mature couple

06-09-2016

Pros: premises, cleanliness and services all excelent its a great place to unwind

Cons:

7.1

Bryan

Good

young couple

05-31-2016

Pros: The rooms are nice and big

Cons: The partial water view is miss leading you will sea more palm trees than ocean. The view is 95% Palm trees 5% ocean

7.1

Charsa

Good

young couple

05-30-2016

Pros: The Breakfast en the view around the hotel

Cons: The bed in the room was not comfortable

5.0

Felipe

Fair

young couple

05-23-2016

Pros: It is a very big hotel with nice and well kept infrastructure, everything looks new. From the airport you take about 45 minutes, and USD65 (taxi). To Punda and Otrobanda (center Willemstad) it takes 25 to 30 minutes. To the beaches at the west upper side of the island it takes 1h30m. We recommend you rent a car. The hotel has a beautiful and extensive white sand beach located in a lagoon with clear water where you can see fish with no need of snorkeling kit. The beach has a long dock where is nice to walk, it also helps for the ocean not to damage the beach (I think so). Do to the tranquility of the lagoon (no big waves), we didn’t find the need to go to the pool. The room was in a first floor, excellent choice because it had direct access to the beach. It was a big room, with big bathroom. It had three restaurants, MEDI, where breakfast was served, it was opened for lunch and dinner except on Thursday. Continental breakfast for two was about USD37, and a regular dinner USD40-45, even though it was expensive the food was very good. Splash was a restaurant by the pool, but if you were at the beach you could order some snacks (nachos, tacos, drinks, etc). The best restaurant was Shore, but it was only opened on Thursday (what a shame), excellent cuisine and attention, we recommend the Grilled Smoked Prawns, and again, very expensive. It was good that they had ice making machines all over the hotel (something free finally!), and that you could drink tap water. If you want to party or have some drinks at night, this is not your hotel, everything is closed early.

Cons: The air conditioned worked very strange, not constant, and you couldn’t program it (or at least I couldn’t). We didn’t pay for all inclusive, so as you can guess, they charged for everything, even for wifi (very expensive, USD68 for 5 days) elsewhere except the lobby where it was free. We didn’t like that they forced you to eat at one restaurant per day, for resorts as big as this one, typically you can choose the restaurant you want to eat. We expected better service at a resort as Santa Barbara. When they cleaned our room, they only cared for tidying up the bed, the floor wasn’t cleaned. Elly, the concierge was very special, but she was available some days, not always as it should be.

7.5

Clifton

Good

mature couple

04-19-2016

Pros: The service

Cons: I think that the hotel needs some maintenance overall before its becomes worse

10.0

Kenberend

Exceptional

mature couple

04-19-2016

Pros: Rooms nice especially sea view Shore restaurant surprised me; expected less.

Cons: No complaints

4.2

Marcel

Disappointing

mature couple

04-04-2016

Pros: Friendly staff and hotel has a lot of potential - though by far a ***** hotel

Cons: Bad quality bed. Rooms not clean. Lot of all inclusive people- stranded KLM people where overloading facilities, not enough staff. Very American hotel ++ on all items. Breakfast $60 for two pax, seriously overcharged. Long waiting at check in and breakfast.

7.5

Nini_701

Good

review category group of friends

04-01-2016

Pros: The environment.... The room and bed...

Cons: I did ask for a special. Cuz it was my friend's birthday, I ask them in advance so, if they couldn't do it, they could haf tell me... But they didn't..

9.2

Daniel

Wonderful

family with young children

03-27-2016

Pros: Very nice place. Far from downtown or the beaches. you must have a car. But anyways you need a car if you want to visit the island.

Cons: Food is expensive on site.

9.2

Maarten

Wonderful

family with young children

03-25-2016

Pros: beautiful view over the water to enjoy the boats and activity on the water

Cons:

9.6

Jacqueline

Exceptional

family with young children

03-15-2016

Pros: I LIKE THE SERVICE/STAFF

Cons: THE BREAKFAST CAN BE BETTER

9.6

John

Exceptional

mature couple

03-07-2016

Pros: The Santa Barbara resort is very nice. It is clean with large rooms. It is about 40 minutes from the airport at the eastern end of the island. With the remote location it is very quiet and relaxing.

Cons: The food prices on the resort are very high and the quality is low. The cost to add all-inclusive is $150 / day per person. We had a rental car so we ate out of the resort.

8.8

Eleonore

Excellent

solo traveller

02-27-2016

Pros: The staff was very friendly and helpful. The different restaurants were nice. The room was spacious and very clean.

Cons: The place is a bit isolated. So you need a car if you want to see more of the island or you need to book trips with the tour operator on site. However I booked one and the evening before I was informed it would not go.

8.3

Macarena

Very Good

mature couple

02-24-2016

Pros: The beach and all the facilities at the resort are really good.

Cons: The cleaning of the room was made quite late, in the afternoon

7.9

Roel

Good

young couple

02-21-2016

Pros: Good facilities, good location, great view, clean rooms.

Cons: Very slow service both at reception and the restaurants. We had to wait for more than an hour after check-in before we were able to go to our room as it was still being cleaned.

7.1

Uwe

Good

young couple

02-17-2016

Pros: facilities, rooms and beach are very nice

Cons: - food and beverages are really expensive (7$ for a self-service beer at the beach or at the shop) - since the hotel is quite remote (you can't walk to any place outside) guests are forced to eat and drink at the hotel and pay extremely high prices - lots of all-inclusive guests, so quality of food and service is quite mediocre since most guests have already payed for everything in advance - air conditioning does not work well, you always have to call the frontdesk to turn on or off the AC in the room

9.2

Marcia

Wonderful

family with young children

02-16-2016

Pros: Hotel facilities are excellent. Nice private beach. friendly people. Clear hotel. Easy to park. Located in a very nice area. Rooms are good and quite new. Excellent view from the room if you choose a sea view appartment. Gym center is fantastics with a lot of new lifefitness equipment. Golf court is amazing....with a lot of paradisiac views. People attention is great specially mr Rudolf who made all efforts for our nice stay.

Cons: Food is quite expensive. Quality is good but overpriced. There are limited restaurant options to choose in this area as hotel is located far from the turistic area. Breakfast is good but also overpriced. Double bed is to smaill for 2 people. I found pool too small for so nice hotel.

8.3

Pedro

Very Good

mature couple

02-11-2016

Pros: Golf Course

Cons: We have some problem with the air condition control in the night hours.

10.0

Ann

Exceptional

solo traveller

02-11-2016

Pros: Loved the food , service, location, tranquility.

Cons: The taxi that was arranged to take me to the airport had no aircon and the journey was very unpleasant. The taxi was not a hotel car but arranged by the hotel so I'd recommend that they check the standard of cars they arrange for guests.

10.0

Anonymous

Exceptional

mature couple

02-11-2016

Pros: Excellent value for money

Cons: Breakfast variety. Maybe cheaper dinner/breakfast ?

10.0

Anonymous

Exceptional

review category group of friends

02-11-2016

Pros: Fantastic food, great atmosphere, very friendly staff

Cons:

6.7

Rachel

Pleasant

review category group of friends

01-29-2016

Pros: The bed, nice staff

Cons: Really expensive food and breakfast, not worth it. Location was way too far. Many old people, or people with children

6.7

Alberto

Pleasant

family with older children

01-28-2016

Pros: a vista do hotel

Cons:

9.6

Theo

Exceptional

mature couple

01-17-2016

Pros: Facilities on the resort, the beach

Cons: Isolated far from city live

8.8

Anita

Excellent

review category group of friends

01-12-2016

Pros: I came to curaçao to do wedding scouting. I knew very little about the island before getting on a plane and I must say I loved it! The Santa Barbara is an excellent choice for a hotel but it is a little far removed from hotspots in the city.

Cons:

10.0

Exceptional

family with young children

01-11-2016

Pros: Amazing resort feeling, short stroll to beach, pool, shops and several restaurants. very friendly staff.

Cons:

9.2

Daynalisa

Wonderful

young couple

01-07-2016

Pros: Friendlyness of staff , relaxing area.. peacefull and quiet. Not too crowded!

Cons: Resort is tooo far away, lunch buffet restaurants needs more items..

7.9

Lee

Good

family with older children

01-07-2016

Pros: Beautiful Property.Beach , pool and resort are stunning. Italian coffee shop and Pizzaria was great.Location is gorgeous.

Cons: The beds are terrible. They should have been replaced years ago.Both had huge sags in them.It is sad because this is a beautiful resort with very friendly staff.Food was overpriced and service was mediocre most of the time.The Shore restaurant is terrible for the $. Beautiful restaurant with great service and lousy overpriced food.It looks pretty but wait till you try it. Fire the "Chef" and hire someone that can cook.What a waste .

9.2

Carolina

Wonderful

family with young children

01-05-2016

Pros: It's a paradise to rest, the beach is awesome, and the rooms are fabulous

Cons: They lack of facilities where baby's and children can play

9.6

Daniel

Exceptional

young couple

01-04-2016

Pros: The resort is great, the beach is fantastic and the pool is very nice as well. The food is amazing and reasonably priced considering hotel restaurants tend to be a bit more expensive. The staff where very friendly and helpful, always with a smile on their faces. Would highly recommend this property.

Cons: Location isn't great as it's far from everything on the island, however if you rent a car it's not an issue at all as you can be in willemstad in 25 minutes. The only thing I can criticize from the property is the mattress, it's way too soft and the springs make a screeching noise with any minor movement which kept waking me up.

7.9

Yannick

Good

review category group of friends

12-28-2015

Pros: Beach, pier/harbour, canoee, music and golfcourse.

Cons: For a topclass hotel the service must be at least one level higher (frontdesk, restaurants, roomservice, etc.). Wifi should be included on the room.

8.8

Fons

Excellent

review category group of friends

12-23-2015

Pros: clean and nice beach also for children very safe

Cons: to much payment for internet in own room

9.6

Alfons

Exceptional

review category group of friends

12-03-2015

Pros: clean and very nice location

Cons: price of internet use

7.5

Anne

Good

review category group of friends

11-19-2015

Pros: Staff

Cons: Poor food offer Empty and big with little action

9.6

Di1811

Exceptional

solo traveller

11-10-2015

Pros: Everything about this place is the best one will find on the island. The resort itself, the food, the beach, the accommodation, and above all the staff -- all made this vacation simply perfect. If you're looking for a carefree, comfortable, and relaxing vacation with a bit more than just a hint of pampering and luxury, here is where you want to spend your time in Curacao. Thank you, Santa Barbara, for an amazing vacation!

Cons: ATM on the resort only accepts MasterCard, so bring cash. (Though the staff said they're working on fixing this). Also, plan to rent a car during your stay. It'll pay off; taxi is outrageously expensive.

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