Barcelo Maya Colonial: WAS AN OK RESORT

My wife and I we pleased with the Barceló. We don't really do a lot of travelling but found it to be clean and the beach was amazing . The food was just ok and the room was good and always cleaned . Air Transat was awesome

Occidental Caribe: Beautiful Beach and Resort

Grounds, beach and building were visually beautiful. Some updating or retrofitting is required in the rooms. This resort has been around for quite a while and is generally well maintained. I was impressed with the fact that small maintenance issues were dealt with immediately.

Barcelo Solymar: Disappointed

This resort is showing its age. We stayed there Jan 23-30, 2015. I would rate it a 3 star, not 4. We were in the "nicer" bungalow room. The furnishings were spartan. It had 3 double beds with cheap firm mattresses, no comfortable chairs, a 20" CRT television with no remote (complained at the front desk but no remote was delivered). The food was OK but we got tired of it after a few days. Very nice beach but when the weather is good (sunny, warm, not windy) all of the lounge chairs are occupied s [... read more]o you're SOL.

Barcelo Bavaro Palace: Very Nice Resort

This resort was well kept and pleasantly staffed, the food was very good and the specialty restaraunts were excellent. If you like to eat then come here. the beach sand is nice and the water has some good spots to swim but there is lots of sea weed in the water. Theres No Beach Grill so you have to get covered up if your hungry. This resort is very clean and surounded by a beautiful golf course. The food selection is without a doubt excellent at the Buffets. the main pools are a little loud and  [... read more]there is an adult pool if you want more quiet but you hear the helicopters and boats all day long. the cigar loung is the only venue which has the specialty coffee's like Spanish or Irish but for some reason they only open at 4:00pm and you have to put up with smokers. This should be moved right next door where there is No Smoking and it's open much longer during the day. No bar in the Main Lobby so everyone hangs out in or in front of the sports bar. it's not a very social place because of this. I liked this Vacation very much but I'm not really sure if I would go back.

Occidental Tamarindo: Fantastic Beach!

Loved our week stay at the Barcelo Langosta in January. The staff are outstanding and looked after us very well. Friendly and nice people. Loved the small size of the resort and proximity to the most amazing beach I have ever seen. Not another hotel in site which we loved. Surfers and their dogs kept us entertained daily. Buffet was great. My only complaint would be the quality of the red wine. Not very good.

Occidental Caribe: Good value for the money

young couple travelling together looking for some sun, a beautiful beach, decent food and some fun things to do in the evening. This was just that. Had everything we wanted and needed. No complaints other than the odd night there was no hot water for showering. But you're on vacation, sit back and relax and enjoy the experience

Barcelo Maya Colonial: Amazing vacation!!

The hotel itself was very clean and spacious, staff was friendly and professional. The food surpassed my expectations, far better than any other all inclusive I have been to! Beach was a little rocky, but we knew that before we went....

Sunscape Puerto Plata: Amazing all inclusive Experience!

Great time! The resort is well kept, food is safe, great rooms, happy staff, great drinks and wonderful all day long entertainment!!! Also the beach is very clean making for great swimming! I have no complaints.

Barcelo Maya Colonial: very good , not amazing

very clean resort, rooms were standard with friendly staff, there were no rooms with two queen beds so my son slept on a sofa bed, food was good but you must eat at the different restaurants on site not just the buffets, recommend the kyoto japanese food, pool bar and beach were great

Barcelo Maya Colonial: amazing resort BUT

We were for 11 nights. The first 7 were great in every aspect and then we became aware that there was going to be a convention. 2000 people showed up and service tanked. Staff was refocused from service for all and completely focused on the convention. Oon one day we were refused dining indoors and restricted to outside restaurants. Cold food and selection was a whole lot less. If you want to get the service you paid for, this is not the resort for you. They appear to want the commercial busine [... read more]ss only. ALL the people we came in contact with on our return were of the same mind. The tour operator was caught off guard and did not know about the events until the convention started. The resort avoided the tour operators requests for responses and they may be dropping the resort from their list of choices.

Barcelo Maya Colonial: Great trip, great weather, disappointing room

We enjoyed a great trip last week on the Barcelo Colonial resort. We enjoyed the food, the pools, the drinks, the beach was beautiful and the weather was perfect. Our biggest complaint was the room and service to the room during our stay. We were originally given a room with two double beds, even though we had booked a king bed. 2 days after our arrival they switched our room after our strong persistence, but our new room was in a wing surrounded by families and small children (it felt like the [... read more] "family wing" of the hotel). We were woken up all night long by screaming children because the walls are so thin. I had to buy earplugs just to sleep through the night. Our room also had a broken shampoo dispenser that didn't get replaced for 4 days (despite daily complaint), we were missing regular room amenities (ashtray for balcony, robes, etc). When we walked in, there was a blood stain on the pillow on the bed which we promptly removed. Despite enjoying our trip, this resort definitely didn't live up to the 5star rating we signed up for.

Sunscape Puerto Plata: rundown

resort staff was rude food was bland rooms were rundown in my opinion far too many stairs for handicapped guests as all food was up or down stairs including buffet which had groundfloor access but was always locked even when requested to use locals run the place on weekends

Occidental Tamarindo: Great small resort.

The grounds were really nice, saw some monkeys at night fall. The buffet food so good ate there all the time never went to the a la carte (mediterranean).Staff friendly and helpful.The beach was nice, lots of sand and some lava rocks to explore.The resort offers surfing right on the beach.Other surfers do come to use the beach so it can get a little crowded ,still nice to watch them all.You can walk to Tamarindo on the beach or the road in about 15 min (2 km). Nice surf town and safe in the day.

Occidental Caribe: Great Resort

Really enjoyed this resort: close to brag, awesome ocean view, good food, never over-crowded. Room always clean. I'd recommend as a good place for a week; two weeks may be long for food variety. I'd go back here.

Barcelo Ixtapa: Fantastic vacation

This is a people friendly, comfortable hotel. Very clean and it has just been renovated. The buffet food was very good as they have a great selection of food from fish to pasta and everything in between. Every person on staff are friendly and eager to help in any way. Two big pools and a beach that goes for miles, dolphins and whales can be seen from your balcony. Yes i said Whales , I could not believe my eyes! The water is very warm and great for boogie boards. This place I would highly recomm [... read more]end with its welcoming layed back atmosphere.

Sunscape Puerto Plata: Better than expected

Very well maintained resort with nice friendly staff that were very accommodating. Rooms were clean and spacious as was the main pool. The beach was large and easily accessible yes there were lots of people selling stuff but all you have to do is say no and they go away. No big deal. The only thing I didn't like was the dress code for some of the alacarte restaurants no one wants to wear pants in +30 weather you can still look good in a collared shirt and dress shorts.

Barcelo Karmina: Nice resort

Excellent rooms, food was great, service was great. Check in was terrible. Not much of a beach. The golf balls flying into the swim area from the golfers was extremely dangerous and scary. Should have been free wifi somewhere in hotel for those of us who only wanted to contact home 2-3 times per week.

Barcelo Karmina: Awesome resort!

Rooms were huge! Very clean. The beds were a little hard but actually very comfortable! Amazing amount of pools and areas. We were still finding different areas the day before we left! Food was very good with lots of variety. Would definitely come back!

Sunscape Dominican Beach: i recommended

Realy nice a+ very friendly lots of entertement and food and bars all good very excellent service I would recommend to my friends very clean and the food was good lots of good service ????????????????

Barcelo Maya Colonial: Had a great time

We stayed 7 days at the Barcelo Maya Colonial Beach resort. The grounds were well maintained, rooms were kept clean, staff were very friendly and helpful, the beach was my favorite part with soft white sand and never had problems finding a chair to relax in. Overall we had good time. I would recommend this resort.