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All-Inclusive Resorts: Editor's Top 10

Our Editor's Top 10 list for All-Inclusive Resorts helps you decide where you want to go. Editor's Top 10 lists offer selections from our editors that help you plan your travel based on your lifestyle, entertainment, sightseeing, or recreation options.

Who doesn't want to have it all, at least on vacation? For one or two weeks of the year, wouldn't it be great to have unlimited options? New places, new foods, new experiences—that's the real value of an all-inclusive package. At the resorts listed here, you can choose from a variety of restaurants, activities and excursions. A few carry an extra charge, but most are included in the rates. You can try sailboarding, kayaking, snorkeling and Jet Skiing. You can swim with sea turtles, explore a Mayan ruin or ride in a glass-bottom boat. If you've never tried plantains, passion fruit or conche, now's your chance. And if you laze away the days in a palm-shaded hammock—well, isn't that what choice is all about?
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1. Paradisus Playa Conchal Add to eGuidebook
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$680-$1,980 
Built: 1996 
Renovated: 2008 
Playa Conchal, Bahia Brasilito, Santa Cruz, Costa Rica
After passing through the guarded gate, travelers enter this lush 2,400-acre paradise, a world unto itself, conveniently located between Flamingo Beach and the surfing city of Tamarindo. The property borders the pristine white-sand Conchal Beach. This 11-year-old Member of The Leading Hotels of the... Read Entire Review »
2. Beaches Negril Resort & Spa Add to eGuidebook
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$481-$2,744 
Built: 1997 
Norman Manley Blvd Po Box 12, Negril, Jamaica
On 8 beachfront hectares, 6 km north of town, this colorful property has the broadest appeal of any all-inclusive resort here for families, couples and singles of all ages. Beaches Negril offers plenty to talk about: five restaurants, seven bars, three freshwater pools and three whirlpools, at an al... Read Entire Review »
3. Grotto Bay Beach Resort Add to eGuidebook
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$155-$350 
Built: 1973 
Renovated: 2002 
11 Blue Hole Hill, Hamilton Parish, Hamilton, Bermuda
Perched on a landscaped hillside at the water's edge, opposite the airport and located close to St. George, this self-contained resort remains a good value. A large wood-paneled lobby furnished with wicker and tropical plants has a window-wall that overlooks sparkling blue Grotto Bay. Several seati... Read Entire Review »
4. Dreams Cancun Resort & Spa Add to eGuidebook
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$213-$630 
Built: 1975 
Renovated: 2006 
Punta Cancun S/N, Zona Hotelera, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico
On a promontory, surrounded on three sides by water in Cancun's hotel zone, this all-inclusive resort exhibits a blend of traditional Mayan and contemporary Mexican architecture. Substantial renovations refreshed the already recently remodeled resort. The point location is ideal, offering placid but... Read Entire Review »
5. Breezes Curacao Resort, Spa & Casino Add to eGuidebook
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$297-$561 
Built: 1968 
Renovated: 2001 
Dr Martin L King Blvd 78, Willemstad, Curacao
Set on one of the island's best beaches, near Lions Dive, 6 km southeast of the airport, this sprawling fun house represents its frolicking all-inclusive chain well. With a large casino and more planned activities on its roster than any other hotel on the island, this is Curacao's one-stop playgroun... Read Entire Review »
6. Vallarta Palace Add to eGuidebook
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Paseo de los Cocoteros 19, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico
Until the Grand Velas came along, this was the most upscale choice among the all-inclusives on Banderas Bay. On uncluttered beachfront next to the smaller Occidental, it is coming off the second renovation (and third name) since 2002. It succeeds with a more refined atmosphere, superior rooms, and a... Read Entire Review »
7. Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort & Spa Add to eGuidebook
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$690-$2,811 
Built: 1995 
Renovated: 2005 
Lower Bight Rd, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos
The largest resort on the island, this place overwhelmingly outperforms the Club Med despite its more family-friendly angle. It eschews the institutional feel of other all-inclusive properties and seems rather like a cruise ship on land. The Beaches brand represents the company's expansion from the... Read Entire Review »
8. Kanantik Reef & Jungle Resort Add to eGuidebook
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$325 
Built: 2002 
Mile 18 Southern Highway Stann Creek District, Dangriga, Belize
Although this resort has Dangriga as its mailing address, it is actually located 40 km south of Hopkins and 35 km north of Placencia. Situated on 300 acres of jungle at the end of a sand-covered road, it is one of the few resorts that combine a beautiful beach and jungle immersion. Opened in 2002, t... Read Entire Review »
9. Barcelo Montelimar Beach Add to eGuidebook
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$91-$130 
Built: 1989 
Renovated: 2003 
Playa de Montelimar Km 67, road to Masachapa, Montelimar, Nicaragua
One hour from Managua on the Pacific Coast, this property was once a ranch owned by the dictator Somoza. These days, guests will recognize Montelimar as an all-inclusive resort, complete with welcome drink and ubiquitous wristband. Having opened in 1993, the hotel was expanded and upgraded in 2003.... Read Entire Review »
10. Excellence Riviera Cancun Add to eGuidebook
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$440-$2,736 
Built: 2004 
Carr Federal 307, Manzana 7, Lote 1, S.M. 11, Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Just 15 minutes north of Playa del Carmen, this adult-only all-inclusive offers good quality and reliable service in an area not as crowded with hotels yet as, say, Playacar to the south. Fountains and cacti line the walk from the carport to the lobby, and guests enter through two large wooden doors... Read Entire Review »
11. Sandals Whitehouse European Village/Spa Add to eGuidebook
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$380-$1,092 
Built: 2005 
PO Box 5000, Whitehouse, Jamaica
The latest and arguably the greatest of the Sandals offerings, this 50-acre resort is like a small town on Jamaica's coast, far from the madding crowd of Negril and the like. The main building with its spired copper dome and immense lobby is the first indication of the grandeur of this project. Beyo... Read Entire Review »
12. Sandals Grande St Lucian Spa & Beach Rst Add to eGuidebook
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$400-$2,550 
Built: 2000 
Rodney Bay, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Situated on an isthmus between Rodney Bay and Pigeon Island National Park on the island's northwest tip, this all-inclusive resort is located 15 minutes from Castries airport. It operated briefly as a Hyatt Regency before Sandals acquired the property, its third hotel on the island. As with most San... Read Entire Review »
13. Sandals Royal Hicacos Resort & Spa Add to eGuidebook
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$208-$332 
Built: 2002 
Autopista Las Americas, km 15, Varadero, Cuba
Cinderella to its ugly sister, Sandals Princesa del Mar, this aesthetically pleasing, adults-only all-inclusive holds its own against all rivals, including the newer Tryp Peninsula Varadero and Barcelo Marina Palace. About five miles from "downtown" Varadero, on a lovely section of beach near the ea... Read Entire Review »
14. Couples Ocho Rios Add to eGuidebook
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$507-$909 
Built: 1949 
Renovated: 2008 
Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Note: The all-inclusive Couples Ocho Rios is re-emerging as Couples Tower Isle when its $22 million renovation project is completed in December 2008. The new name is a historical reference to the resort's beginnings as a private island retreat and hangout for Hollywood celebrities in the 1950s and '... Read Entire Review »
15. Couples Swept Away Add to eGuidebook
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$578-$780 
Built: 1984 
Renovated: 2006 
Norman Manley Blvd, Negril, Jamaica
Ranked among Jamaica's more elegant all-inclusive adults-only properties, this place competes locally with its sibling Couples and Grand Lido, with a high-minded, low-calorie approach to resort living. Airport shuttles whisk guests down the winding road nearly an hour and a half from Montego Bay's a... Read Entire Review »
16. Dreams Tulum Resort & Spa Add to eGuidebook
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$348-$812 
Built: 2000 
Renovated: 2006 
Carr Chetumal-Puerto Juarez KM 234, Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Formerly Sunscape Tulum Riviera Maya, this colonial-style resort is located just six kilometers north of Tulum. Excellent service, a beautiful location and the attractive grounds do much to compensate for the hour-plus drive from Cancun. Eighteen two-story buildings painted in colonial yellow and wh... Read Entire Review »
17. Grand Palladium Punta Cana Resort & Spa Add to eGuidebook
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$142-$227 
1 Playas de Bavaro, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
This recently renovated hotel is flanked on each side by sister properties-the Grand Palladium Bavaro Grand Resort & Spa to the north and the Palladium Palace Resort & Spa to the south-with which it shares its facilities; guests at each hotel have exchange privileges with the others. Together the th... Read Entire Review »
18. Moevenpick Resort & Thalasso Crete Add to eGuidebook
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$200-$830 
Built: 1995 
Renovated: 2004 
Gazi, Amoudara, Crete Island, Greece
In the Gazi suburb west of Heraklion, situated on Amoudara beach, is this urban resort offering a wide array of facilities and services. All sights and attractions of Heraklion can be easily reached within minutes. The complex consisting of several low-rise buildings launched an all-inclusive plan i... Read Entire Review »