I stayed at Balboa Club Dec, 10th, 2007 It was great.
The rooms were clean and had silver ware, glasses, plates,
frying pans and pots, a 2 burner stove. A little frig, that had trouble keeping my beer cold at first, but later managed,
Maybe because I was constently openning it to quench my
thirst. The view is excellent. My room slept 6. It was two steps
from the sand. the beach is level and approx. 1 mile long, plenty
of beach for morning walks. I loved the place, can't wait to go back in december this year. It is not a party place, its low key.
If you want to relax and use a pool that is clean and seldom used and you like a beach that was not crowded. then I recomend it. I never got asked by any employees about time share. There were vew vendors on the beach, and those few were kind and they left with a simple "No, Thank you".The Security is outstanding, vary kind always greating me at the gate with a handshake. The staff very helpful and they kept my room spotless. No problems Period...other then a week is to short. Shopping is near, resturants are all over.
I recomend the taco bar two blocks south of the front gate. And breakfast north on the beach about 100 paces in the sand near the towers....really good deal looking at the water while you eat,
$3.00 for your 2 eggs, bacon, patatoes, juice, beans and tortillas.
Ya, the best on the beach......I will take my 4 boys this time, I will feel perfectly safe in this hotel and in Mazatlan. The locals for the most part are friendly, My new friend, "Geronimo" is an oyster diver at the north rock jetty, approx 1 mile north near the life gaurd tower. Buy some oysters from him, They are outstanding, served with lemon and hotsauce fresh on the half shell for $10.00 a dozen...nothing like it ,drinking beer with him and his friends... Tell him Gregorio from Washington said hi....See ya their for tequila... Adios Amigos.

I stayed at the Balboa Towers in March of 2005 for spring break. The only reason we stayed at this resort was because our travel agent gave us the lowest rate if we stayed at this hotel. The hotel looks as though it is straight out of the 60's and 70's all the way down to the bedding. The stove and sink in our room didn't work at all and the cupboards with all of the dishes in them were dirty. This hotel is probably THE cheapest resort to stay at which is right on the beach and I wouldn't recommend staying there if you are looking for a nice hotel to stay in. There are plenty of other resorts along the beach which had better pools, beaches, and properties. Also, they ran out of beer several times during happy hour which is a major inconvenience for college kids on their spring break ; )

We stayed at Balboa Tower for two weeks. Although we had pre-booked and paid through a booking agency, Balboa was not expecting us. They did however make every effort to recitify the situation - I will give them that. The room was large, with an ill equipped kitchenette. There was a two burner gas "range" which was too scary to try. There appeared to be a water purifier but it was not working. There were dishes and glasses and minimal cutlery but the dishes looked like they had been used as ashtrays. Everything was old and well worn. There was no dish soap or kitchen towels; however there was a notice that were were not supposed to use the bathroom towels or facecloths for dishes. Since we stayed for only two weeks, I did not feel that I should be equipping the kitchen. Housekeeping did not always leave the appropriate towel and/or facecloth supplies, nor did they change bed sheets regularly. The tub was old, chipped and rusted and there was a water leak behind the wall in the bathroom. The beds were extremely uncomfortable - hard as cement and there was not even a decent pillow. I am surprised that RCI allows them to display their name.

upon arrival, I found an old, extremely run-down building
with one person working. He could not find my reservation and
then put me in a temporary room. I should have known right
then and there something would be drastically wrong! Since,
I had been emailing for the past 2 months. The room was
scarey, dark, bugs, old furniture falling apart with a hard bed
but I had no place to go. In the morning they changed my room
to a larger one, also deteriorated, broken up walls, fixtures,
run down kitchen area, no drainage in tub or sink, etc. In fact, I
found a notice under the door, the place was being fumigated- But,
the worst part is that this 'hotel' whicfh is apparently somehow
an RCI timeshare has absolutely no security. Although a man
generally is around the so called lobby; when I returned from
dinner, I went into my room only to find a man on my balcony!!!!
It was dark and I saw his shadow, then he coming towards me!
It turned out he was the apparent security and was ready to
attack but luckily for me I dialed for help and quickly left but I
am still unable to sleep and had the worst vacation of my life.
PS avoid Mazatlan at all costs - it is old, dirty,deteriorate and
ugly!