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Now part of the Curio Collection by Hilton - Explore Marathon, Florida's fishing resort legacy at Faro Blanco Resort where our iconic lighthouse has welcomed adventurers and relaxation seekers for decades. Located in the heart of the Middle Keys, our resort features four pools, beach access for sunning, 125 guest rooms and suites, and four dining options, including waterfront dining at Lighthouse Kitchen + Bar and Blue Waters Bar & Grill. Relax on your waterfront getaway with guided snorkeling and fishing charters through our onsite marina partner. Our central location is the ideal base camp for day trips to Key West and Key Largo. With marina views, fishing charters, and Jeep rentals, Faro Blanco Resort is your ultimate Florida Keys destination for your next family vacation or romantic getaway.
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Faro Blanco Resort & Yacht Club Marathon, Curio By Hilton
27 reviews
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Somewhat walkable
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This resort has a lot of potential and despite its small size, I find it to be charming. Rooms feature incredibly comfortable beds, modern showers with luxurious amenities, and fantastic overall decor with impeccable attention to detail. On the negative side, the staff is poorly trained... they don't seem to understand the differences between room types, take very long times to answer basic questions about your reservation, and the restaurant staff in particular need drastically better training from the chefs to the servers (imagine being delivered an omelette with nothing else on the plate, not even a small garnish, and having to remind your servers at least four times to bring you water). Management should really consider hiring luxury consultants to train the hotel's staff as they are clueless when it comes to delivering acceptable levels of customer service, let alone high quality service. Also, the hotel is clearly still undergoing construction and this should be better communicated to the guests.
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Date of stay: December 2024
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Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Response from Kiley Platt, Guest Services / Front Office at Faro Blanco Resort & Yacht Club Marathon, Curio By Hilton
Responded 1 week ago
Thank you for your feedback. We’re glad you enjoyed the charm of the resort and found the rooms comfortable, but we’re really sorry to hear about the service issues you experienced. Your points about staff training and communication regarding construction are helpful, and we’ll make sure this is addressed right away. We appreciate your honesty and hope we can give you a much better experience if we have the opportunity to regain your trust for a future stay.
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Property is clean. Very stark beige, gray, whites with little decor. Lacks ambiance. Not many people here, off season. Dining room food & service excellent, however little pricey. Music in public areas Extremely loud, distracting, ANNOYING. . Even for working staff. This is not a Yoo Ra Ra Club Med! Seems like trying to be .. . Staff helpful, friendly, polite. Rooms nice, however if room has a large heavy glass bathroom door they are hard to slide & lock. Not sound proof. Might as well pee with door open. Hotel Good location. On marina, not beach.
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Date of stay: December 2024Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from Kiley Platt, Guest Services / Front Office at Faro Blanco Resort & Yacht Club Marathon, Curio By Hilton
Responded 13 Dec 2024
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. We’re glad to hear you found the property clean and appreciated the friendly and polite service from our team. Your feedback on the ambiance, room features, and music volume is valuable, and we’ll take it into consideration to improve the overall guest experience. If there’s anything specific we can do to make your next visit more enjoyable, we’d love to hear from you. Safe travels!
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It seems Hilton and the hotel is still working out many issues on hot water, staff training, welcoming guests. Newly renovated. “Spa” is not yet available.
Our family of 4 stayed for 6 nights in 2 rooms. Nice rooms and showers, but both rooms had barely tepid water for showers for the first 2 nights (up to New Years Eve). It got moderately warmer the next day, but never hot. We also heard other guests complain of cold showers and “not hot enough.”
We were given very little information on check-in, and when we inquired about amenities or New Years Eve events, we were told there were no amenities and nothing special going on for NYE. So we were surprised when we came back to the hotel for NYE, there was music, dancing and a party going on (open to all). *sigh* The front desk needs better information and training. We (and other guests) were not told how to get pool towels (ask at front desk). Front desk did not tell us about the complimentary cocktail (I read about it online and asked them).
We chose this resort because we thought there might be amenities and activities given that it has 4 pools. To clarify, 2 pools (the nicer pool by the restaurant and lighthouse is not heated; the pool close to the guest rooms is heated, but often taken over by kids) are at Faro Blanco Hilton. The other 2 pools are at the “Sister Resort” Faro Blanco Marriott, a 5 min walk. Your Hilton key doesn’t work there, but theoretically you are allowed to use the 2 pools at the Marriott. Faro Blanco Marriott has some activities (yoga in the AM on weekends only), movie nights, etc. (unlike Faro Blanco Hilton). Not sure if we could have participated in these. Front desk of the Hilton mentioned nothing about any of these offerings, just that we could use their pools. We did use the lounge & games at the Marriott.
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Date of stay: December 2024Trip type: Travelled with family
Room Tip:Rooms do not have a water view at all. Best you can do is a pool view. Check out amenities at...
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Response from Kiley Platt, Guest Services / Front Office at Faro Blanco Resort & Yacht Club Marathon, Curio By Hilton
Responded 2 weeks ago
Thank you for sharing your experience. We’re delighted to hear you enjoyed the comfort of our newly renovated rooms but are sorry to learn certain aspects of your visit didn’t meet expectations. We aim to provide a smooth and enjoyable stay, and it’s clear we fell short in a few areas. Challenges with hot water and communication around amenities and events during your visit are not the standard we want to deliver. Your feedback is invaluable as we work to enhance staff training and ensure every guest feels informed and cared for throughout their stay. We appreciate your input and hope you’ll give us another opportunity to welcome you back and deliver a more seamless experience.
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WOW!!! This renovated property in Marathon is amazing as a Hilton Curio and 100 % worth a visit. The rooms are modern, clean and luxurious. The new lobby and restaurant area could not be prettier! The food at the restaurant was delicious and so was the service of the very friendly staff. The view from pool area overlooking the lighthouse are beautiful. New gym and upcoming spa are great addition.
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Date of stay: July 2024
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from Kiley Platt, Guest Services / Front Office at Faro Blanco Resort & Yacht Club Marathon, Curio By Hilton
Responded 20 Aug 2024
Thank you for your enthusiastic review! We're thrilled to hear that you loved our newly renovated property and enjoyed the modern, luxurious rooms, beautiful lobby, and delicious food. It's wonderful to know that our friendly staff and the stunning views added to your experience. We're excited about the new gym and upcoming spa, and we can't wait to welcome you back for another memorable stay!
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I cannot believe I redeemed 80K points per night to stay at this "Resort". Where to begin? 1. How about the inability to get a hold of anyone? I tried calling the operator, front desk, you name it from my room, and nobody ever answered.
2. Room issues...The reason I had to keep calling is because my air conditioning wasn't working and my hot water wasn't working. I also went up to the front desk at least 3 times to ask them to send someone to assist and nobody ever came.
3. I had to request cleaning for my room even though I didn't have the do not disturb sign on. I also relayed this to the front desk, but ended up having to find the cleaning ladies every morning to ask them to clean my room. When they did, they did not take my towels that were on the floor and instead hung them back up, they did not leave toilet paper or replace the tissues even though both were clearly at the end.
4. Food: The restaurant food that I had except for on NYE was terrible, including their bread pudding dessert which was rock hard when I got it. I also woke up the next day sick with some sort of stomach bug that I can only relate to what I ate the night before at the restaurant.
5. I was told by the HILTON desk when booking this reservation that all fees were included, but I was hit with room taxes and resort fees. What on earth were the resort fees for anyway? There is literally NOTHING at this resort, and if there was, not one person gave me a pamphlet, or even told me about what was included in the resort fee. But I digress...I tried reaching the hotel multiple times after I left to review the charges on my bill and again, nobody answered! You call Hilton direct and they say to call the resort, but since that's not working, I had to resort to writing a review, which I would have never done, even through overall this place was NOT worth the money. I could have redeemed points for a lot less down the road at the Hampton Inn and likely would have received better service.
All in all, I'm grateful I had things planned ever day, otherwise I would be using the one towel they provided in the one heated pool and ordered DoorDash for meals, which I would have done, except I needed to use the food and beverage credits.
TERRIBLE experience...I should have booked at the sister property which is a Marriott hotel, but thought this hotel was a little more upscale.
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Date of stay: December 2024
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Trip type: Travelled solo
Room Tip:Make sure you ask for all the amenities when you check in. We booked a lot of excursions that...
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Response from Kiley Platt, Guest Services / Front Office at Faro Blanco Resort & Yacht Club Marathon, Curio By Hilton
Responded 2 weeks ago
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We are deeply disappointed to learn about the challenges you faced during your stay, from the lack of responsiveness to the room and dining issues you described. This is far from the level of service and comfort we aim to provide, and we sincerely apologize for the frustrations you encountered. The concerns regarding the air conditioning, housekeeping, and miscommunication about fees are especially troubling, and we take them very seriously. We value your feedback and will be addressing these matters with our team to ensure improvements are made. Your experience does not reflect our standards, and we hope you’ll consider giving us another chance in the future to provide the exceptional stay you deserve.
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I am right now staying in your hotel. It is a very disappointing experience so far. I booked through booking.com a room with breakfast included. So far it was pretty bad, waiting for 40 minutes to start, a half of the things on the menu was not available, etc. It’s also very irritating and annoying that even I booked 1 King Room with Sofa Bed - Non-Smoking 7.50% Tax is included. US$45 resort fee per night is included. 5% tourist tax is included. Your hotel still each night withholds again all taxes + resort fees. As I understood it will take some time before I will get my money back. This is very disappointing experience for me and gives me a lot of stress. I will never again come back here or book through booking.com
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Date of stay: October 2024Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from Kiley Platt, Guest Services / Front Office at Faro Blanco Resort & Yacht Club Marathon, Curio By Hilton
Responded 2 Nov 2024
Thank you for reaching out and sharing your experience with us. I'm truly sorry to hear about the frustrations you’re encountering during your stay, especially regarding breakfast service delays and the billing concerns with your reservation. Please know I’ll personally address these issues with our team to ensure they are handled more smoothly in the future. Please let us know if there’s anything further we can do during your stay to make things right. Thank you for your feedback; it’s invaluable as we work to improve.
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Lovely hotel, in a beautiful setting. We only stayed for two nights in July 2023, but would have loved to have stayed more. We had a family room, which was easily big enough, the location is stunning, particulate sunset, and there was a great pool for the children to use in the restaurant.
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Date of stay: September 2023
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Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from Kiley Platt, Guest Services / Front Office at Faro Blanco Resort & Yacht Club Marathon, Curio By Hilton
Responded 2 Sept 2024
Thank you so much for staying with us! We are delighted to hear that you and your family had a fantastic stay. We look forward to hosting you again in the future!
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Our yearly holiday lunch was recently held at Faro Blanco Resort. The food and service were excellent, and the event was a big success. Lauren from sales went above and above to assist with setting up items prior to the event, and she was a pleasure to work with during the planning phase! We appreciate the team for making our celebration one to remember! Without a doubt, we'll return next year!
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Date of stay: December 2024Trip type: Travelled on business
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Response from Kiley Platt, Guest Services / Front Office at Faro Blanco Resort & Yacht Club Marathon, Curio By Hilton
Responded 4 weeks ago
Thank you for choosing Faro Blanco Resort for your holiday lunch! We're thrilled to hear the event was a success and that you enjoyed the food and service. It's wonderful to know Lauren went above and beyond to assist with your event—I'll be sure to pass along your kind words to her and the team. We can't wait to welcome you back next year for another memorable celebration!
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Stumbled upon this hotel last minute after my other place accidentally double booked me and I was left without a room. After frantically searching for hotels I came across this one and believe it all happened for a reason because the staff was extremely welcoming helpful and kind and the rooms actually had more accommodations than my previous booking. Will be back for sure
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Date of stay: November 2024Trip type: Travelled solo
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Response from Kiley Platt, Guest Services / Front Office at Faro Blanco Resort & Yacht Club Marathon, Curio By Hilton
Responded 4 weeks ago
Thank you for sharing your experience! While it’s unfortunate how your trip started, we’re so glad you found us. It’s great to hear that our team made you feel welcome and that the accommodations exceeded your expectations. We can’t wait to have you back the next time you’re in the Keys!
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I had a wonderful experience. The staff was incredibly friendly and accommodating, always making sure my stay was comfortable. From the moment I arrived, I felt welcomed and taken care of. The amenities were great, and the location was convenient. I highly recommend this hotel to anyone looking for a pleasant and hassle-free stay!
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Date of stay: September 2024Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from Kiley Platt, Guest Services / Front Office at Faro Blanco Resort & Yacht Club Marathon, Curio By Hilton
Responded 4 weeks ago
Thank you for the kind words! We're so glad you had a great experience and felt welcomed and comfortable during your stay. It’s awesome to hear you enjoyed the amenities and found the location convenient. We appreciate your recommendation and can’t wait to have you back again!
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Hi Sue, The resort fee is $35, self parking is $20 a night and the pet fee is a $75 nonrefundable fee. Please refer to the fees that are outlined at booking, prices are subject to change. We look forward to welcoming you!
There are more places to choose from in the Marathon area.
PRICE RANGE
RM 1,288 - RM 2,092 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
FORMERLY KNOWN AS
Hyatt Place Marathon Florida Keys
LOCATION
United StatesFloridaFlorida KeysMarathon
NUMBER OF ROOMS
125
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