Paradisus Punta Cana: Relaxing week at the Paradisus

Returned from a very good week at the Paradisus with 3 other couples.We had no issues to stress about from the time we checked in, until the time we left as check in and out was quick and easy.The resort is quite large, so tram rides are sometimes a good option for getting around. There were no issues with getting chairs at either the beach or around the pool. We could go for breakfast, the to our rooms to put on our bathing suits and go to the pool around 10:15 and still have lots of areas to s [... read more]it. The staff was all very friendly, especially Willis and the rest of the pool area bartenders and pool waiters. All a la carte restaurant s were very good, with the Mediterranean restaurant Ventos and the The Grille steakhouse being the best.The rooms are a good size and were cleaned and restocked on time every day. They are showing a little bit of age, but we did not spend much time in them any way.The ocean had clear water and soft, clean beaches with next to no seaweed on them. You could walk for miles in either direction.Our only minor disappointment was the buffet breakfast food. The bacon was very scarce and was very under cooked. The sausage was also slightly under cooked and was basically mini hot dogs.There were a lot of fresh fruits, cereals, pancakes and a egg cooking station in the buffet,so finding food was not a problem.All 4 couples said that they would return to the resort and recommend it to friends.

Iberostar Waves Dominicana: Wonderful time and wonderful resort

My family of 3 stayed at the Iberostar Dominicana from Jan 30 to Feb 7th. Our second time at an Iberostar and we expected good quality and service. And we got it. This hotel/resort is always so clean and well kept. The staff are always working so hard to keep everyone happy, satisfied and not wanting for anything. They are sooo amazing and always have a smile on their faces. The beach is amazing and clean. The pools are similarly clean and well kept. We always found a place to sit or la [... read more]y down our stuff. I also have to say that all the bathrooms were always clean, functioning and well stocked with paper products.... The gardens are so wonderfully manicured and beautiful. We used the gym facilities and can't say enough of them. Everything was just top notch and I think we all had a great vacation. A shout out to Yera, Bruno Mars and all the entertainment group. They were always 'on' and always making sure everyone was enjoying themselves....Finally, the food was good and there was always variety. The only negative I would say is that there are vendors on the beach that keep wanting to sell stuff. But if you say no thank you, or ignore them, then they move on. We would definitely return to this place, and I would highly recommend this resort to anyone. Thank you to all at the Iberostar Dominicana.

Tropical Deluxe Princess: Très beau séjour

L'extérieur de l'Hôtel est vraiment très bien entretenu. Dommage que ce n'est pas pour les chambres aussi. Il y a de la poussière partout, des caries du bois (rongeant la tête de lit), l'eau ne coule presque pas, etc. Donc, les chambres sont bien "fatiguées". Pour le reste, le service est superbe, le buffet est propre, la nourriture est bonne, l'extérieur est bien aménagé et très joli. Par contre, il y a bcp de circulation, les employés se promènent en scooter partout sur le site, [... read more] est cela est en peu fatiguant (ils passent par les petites chemins des voyageurs). Il faut toujours faire attention pour ne pas se faire passer dessus. Attention avec les petits aussi. Pour: Beau extérieur, bel aménagement, belles piscines, bcp de palmiers, buffet propre, nourriture bonne, personnel souriant... Contre: Intérieur des chambres horrible, bcp de circulation dans le campus (scooters, camionnettes), plage pas très propre (bcp de restes d'arbres, petites branches), le bracelet à la main est trop rigide (fait mal et grafigne tout le monde et nous même), le bracelet à la main sert à rien (juste pour nous distinguer des autres hôtels, ce n'est même pas une clé pour ouvrir notre chambre - n'a pas de chip - alors, pourquoi le porter et se grafigner?), le service de serviettes est bizarre (ils nous donnent 3 ou 4 cartes, ça dépends combien de personnes voyagent dans votre familles, pour les serviettes - tu apporte la carte, ils te donnent la serviette, sinon - pas de serviette; aussi, il faut pas la perdre; au lieu de bracelet avec chip à la main pour ouvrir la chambre, ils te donnent 2 cartes (que tu peut perdre), pas de wi-fi (si tu veut ton service wi-fi dans la chambre, ça coute 35 $ / 7 jours, ou 10 $/jour (l'internet est lent et on ne peut pas accéder à certains sites (boutiques, magasins, etc).

Riu Republica: Enjoyed our stay

The resort is beautiful. It has very large, and there are many options as to which pool and atmosphere you prefer. There were all ages who went to this resort. Rooms were nice and clean with lots of space. Hotel staff when checking in were super helpful with accommodating our large group and moving rooms we could all be close to one another. We had great weather! Buffets were good but wasn’t overly impressed with the a la cartes. Staff were good but not overly friendly when serving drinks by t [... read more]he pool or at the bar, we had to order our drinks from the bar most often. Transportation to and from resort to airport was great!

Bahia Principe Explore Legend: Amazing family resort!

We just returned and can’t say enough good things about this resort. The staff is amazing, the resort is beautiful, so many activities (our kids are 7,5 and 18 months). Well kept resort, we were nervous of the hand foot and mouth reviews but we had no issues and didn’t see anyone there that did either. Food was great for everyone, including picky eaters! Activities and shows were always fun, my kids were kept busy and happy the whole time. Rooms were clean and spacious. We were sad to leav [... read more]e!! Highly recommend this resort!!

Ocean Blue and Sand: We had a great time !

We just got back Jan 2019 and both my husband and I were sick in bed vomitting for 12 hours but that can happen anywhere. Everything else was good. The beach is not great as the lounging area is built up and not exactly on the beach front, you can however easily walk the Bavaro Beach and swimming was great. I loved that the restaurants and entertainment area is away from the beach and sheltered from the wind. It made sitting out on the patios very enjoyable. We enjoyed all the restaurants. We up [... read more]graded to privlege and probably didn’t really use it as much as could have. The buffet are great with lots of variety. Overall we were happy with our vacation. We probably wouldn’t go back only because we want to try other places.

Breathless Punta Cana Resort: Awesome time

The grounds were well kept and beautiful with the glowing purple lights at home. The restaurants were all good. The Italian and French were my favourites. The ETeam staff were amazing. Always there to encourage you and approach you to participate or get up and dance. All staff were fabulous. Everyone was polite, respectful, and would go out of their way to make our stay a wonderful experience. The only downfall was being on the ground level... not sure about the other levels, but the bathtub wa [... read more]s outside the room. Never got to enjoy a luxurious bath.. I would highly recommend this resort. Always something going on for all ages. You can enjoy the party pool or the quiet pool. It’s the place to go for the holiday you want.

Majestic Colonial Punta Cana Beach Resort: Amazing resort

Love everything about this resort the service was great the people were great always a good time.Love the food and how clean everything was.Love the beach and everything that was often to us can't wait to go back

Riu Palace Macao: Absolutely Beautiful

The Riu Palace Macao is a beautiful hotel, from your first glimpse of the open and airy lobby until you reach your room and the views from your very private veranda. The Front Desk staff are very nice and informative and will help you with every inquiry and problem you may have during your stay. This is where you will ask for water for your room if you find there is none in your fridge. This is a quieter resort than what we are accustomed to staying at, which we really enjoyed. The shows i [... read more]n the evening are in an area that is away from the hotel far enough as to not keep you up at night if you aren't interested in being a participant. There are some activities going on around the pool during the day that you can join into and enjoy if you wish. The hotel has four a la carte dining rooms that you do not need to make a reservation at, as well as the buffet area. The food was very good at every place that we ate at during our stay. We didn't get to the steak house as it was always very full and lots of people waiting for a table, so I'm going to assume that the food is excellent there as well. The portions are big, which is great for a large appetite and also different from other a la carte resort restaurants that we have been to, you won't leave feeling hungry. The waiters are all very friendly and efficient. Some of them enjoy joking around and that's always good for a laugh. Everyone dresses up for Dinner, even at the buffet restaurant which was different for us, but I like to get dressed up so I enjoyed that as well. I noticed that there were a lot of people who liked to sit around the bar and lobby area in the evenings after Dinner and have drinks. This really isn't our thing but for those of you who enjoy socializing, you would have a good opportunity to do so at this hotel. We enjoy heading back to our hotel room and relaxing after Dinner. The rooms were very quiet and I don't think we heard our neighbours once. There is a lady who cleans your room, a gentleman who brings around the drink cart and a lady who brings towels to your room at night, as well as 24 hour room service that we tried one time. The food was good and the portions were more than what we needed. Bring lots of small bills for tipping. There is an in-room safe which is always an important safety feature for any resort. We had a bit of a problem opening it but it turns out that we had too much stuff in it and the door was being pushed out so it wouldn't open when we put in our code. So, helpful tip, don't overstuff your safe. I celebrated my 51st birthday while we were there, I had happy birthday sang to me twice, once on one of our excursions and once at the Japanese restaurant, as well as a very tasty birthday cake. The lady who made up the room decorated it, which was also a first for me. We usually travel south during mine and my spouses birthdays and this is the first time this has happened. They also gave me some gifts from the hotel. I believe a Punta Cana coffee cup, a little Riu Palace girl statue, some chocolates, a bottle of red wine, and a small bottle of mamauana alone with a birthday greeting card from the hotel. This made my day feel very special. The beach was amazing, beautiful soft white sand, gorgeous palm trees and very few beach vendors. The bar staff waited on you at the beach as well. The water was very warm and great for taking a dip. Lots of beach chairs, we never had a problem finding a place to sit back and enjoy the beach. All in all, one of the best beach experiences I've had so far at any of the resorts we've been to. If you walk way down the beach to the right of the hotel you will find a bunch of vendors, I wouldn't recommend going there. The prices were too high and they didn't really want to dicker at all. We bought a (what we were told) a hand carved wooden turtle which broke a leg in the luggage on the way home and it turned out to be cement of some kind. We are looking in to repairing it but I was very dissapointed as we paid $60 US for it. So, buyer beware. The place to pick up souvenirs is a bunch of little shops along a road just to the right of the hotel. The shop keepers are easy to dicker with and this is where we got the majority of our souvenirs. They also have a small pharmacy there for small things that you may need taken care of health wise. We didn't go to the Casino as we are not gamblers, but there is one in the hotel if that is your thing. The pools are beautiful and we did find that the beach chairs fill up faster here. We only went to the bar pool a couple of times but we enjoyed this pool very much. Something that we noticed and were happy about is that they use a heavy plastic, reusable cup for their drinks at this hotel, so no plastic garbage being thrown out. We enjoyed this resort very much, older more mature patrons made for a quieter, less party like atmosphere that we enjoyed.

Riu Republica: Good Time

Overall good resort. This was my second vacation here. The service improved greatly. Good selection of alcohol, friendly staff. I found housekeeping was not quite up to par. The steak house was disappointing, great buffet selection, Jerk chicken very good. They need to improve on the beef entrees.

Impressive Punta Cana: Spectacular resort

This resort is amazing, grounds are immaculate, buffet is awesome excellent variety of food all staff are happy and professional, love their jobs, they treat everybody equally. The nightly entertainment was awesome, if you want to shop go downtown prices are fair and alot better then on the resort, if you wanna go out shopping go to the entrance and turn left just a 5 min walk to shops,we did most our shopping in the grocery stores, alcohol and cigars are cheaper, if you prefer to shop on resor [... read more]t with the vendors, bargain hard cuz you can get better prices downtown. As for excursions we only did one which was the swimming with the stingrays and sharks which was pretty fun, bring your own snorkels, if you can buy a full face smorkle which are fantastic. This resort is definately a 4-5 star. We would definately go back and I highly recommend this resort.

Barcelo Bavaro Beach: We were very pleased with the resort.

The amenities were great. While the rooms are obviously not new, they were well maintained. The only problems we encountered was with the bath tubs that we found to be difficult to get in and out of especially for my husband who has leg problems. Walk-in shower equipped rooms would be at great asset for disabled people. The food was always fresh and beautifully presented. The best part of this facility is it's staff. They were always pleasant and provided excellent service, especially [... read more] the room attendants and the other workers.

Riu Republica: Great Adult Resort

First time visitor to Rui Republica and hopefully not the last one, wife and I had a fabulous time at the resort and the weather was fantastic the hole week which helped the stay. The resort is well kept and clean throughout ,grounds are in great shape and the cleaning service in room were very good had no issues kept clean and liquor dispenser and fridge stacked daily . Restaurants were unbelievable lots to choose from and no need to make reservations other then the stake house had two seati [... read more]ng 7:30 and 8:30 first come basics other then that they all were buffet style, lots of food to chose from you wont go hungry. pools; they are plenty pool for everyone and the beach was fabulous lots of chairs and plenty shades for those who want to take a nap. Bars are everywhere you wont go thirsty lol !!! bring your own mug to save time but if you lazy they are guys servicing pool areas so you don't even have to get up for drinks. Resort is big if you are in the front its easier to get to activates and if in the back little walking required but plenty activities their also to keep you busy.

Impressive Punta Cana: Impressive Resort and Spa

As a repeat customer to this resort we could see that many improvements have been made and are ongoing. We really enjoyed our stay. The staff were very friendly and willing to go extra steps for us. The resort was very clean. Lots of lounge chairs at pools and beach. Swimming in the ocean wasn’t the greatest but they were and are working on improving it.

Ocean El Faro: resort still in progress

check in requires someone that can speak english they seemed overwhelmed and they was only 8 people from our bus checking in and we had to come back at 3 which we expected but the other couple we traveled with their room wasn't ready @ 3 but no explanation took a few clerks to figure out what to do and they didn't advise us just all of a sudden produced a key card the bell boy that took us to room had excellent english & personality no beach to walk on except in front of complex and still [... read more] has construction debris in the sand water not clear like bavaro beach a lot of pestering from privilege reps they said they get $10 if you give good review mild pestering from spa reps casino not finished bowling alley not finished lazy river very nice glad I brought my own float( after reading a review before we left) as there were only 2 flutter boards when we arrived later in week they had about 6 actual tubes pool bar staff friendly pool waitress always polite and friendly, lobby bar staff rude ( asked for water the reply was bar not open!! yet serving coffee and another evening i asked for bottle of sparkling water to take with me since none in my room would only give me a glass of it yet that they poured out of plastic single serve bottle) rooms very nice & new modern a lot of usb outlets very quiet, swinging chair on balcony nice took few days to get water & soda in our fridge had to chase down the man with cart that was filling some other rooms a lot of different tile work in resort but also a lot of groat on walls & floors not cleaned up a shame for brand new place seen a lot of bad workmanship beautiful lobby stone floors with smashed sections in stone right in main walkway decor very different loved all the different lighting and chairs throughout resort

Bahia Principe Explore Punta Cana: Great time

The grounds were spotless. The staff was very friendly. The King room was very nice. Spacious and clean. The resort was beautiful , the pools, the beach. We had an excellent time. The resort is big , the main lobby is very beautiful and inviting . The staff was prepared and everything was in order upon our arrival. Thanks, Andrew

Bahia Principe Escape Aquamarine: Trip

Trip went good for the first two days then things got out of had fighting in halls smoke in resort from someone burning garbage people have to go to hospital from food .managers saying nobody told them they had to shut the fire alarms off I could not see the end of hall people were wondering why the alarms didn't go off .Iam getting tests done now by my dr the workers waiters and waitresses were wonderful I've been to the Bahia Príncipe 7 times there won't be number 8 has soon we arrived the t [... read more]ravel rep said don't go to mangers if you problem they won't do nothing you know there's been problems when you are told that overall not a 5star maybe a 3 star

Sensatori Resort Punta Cana: Amazing Resort!!!!

The Grounds and the Team working there was GREAT... The food was perfect, lots of great choices... However we did notice that the Adult Only buildings were soon filled with families.. the pools was also quite filled with kids... We love kids, but thought it was an Adult section to the pool. If you go there, make sure you visit the Main bar and ask for Anderson... They make the BEST drinks on the resort

Bahia Principe Explore Punta Cana: Relaxing Holiday at large resort

Very clean rooms, beach, washrooms, open areas. Good food at the buffet with lots of variety, preferred the beach restaurant for lunch. Beach was over crowded but beautiful sand if you could find a spot. Plenty of chairs around the pool. Very large resort - easy to walk to everything but there are trolleys to get around for those that find walking too much. Overall good holiday for the price!

Bahia Principe Explore Punta Cana: Simply amazing resortg

Grounds were beautiful. Pools pristine. Plentiful trolleys to take us around. Had a problem with leaky toilet, fixed within an hour. All staff were friendly. Food plentiful. Look forward to returning next year.