Good but average

The rooms were clean. The premises were clean. Fairly easy to change your room if you dont like the one that has been assigned to you and many people were changing their rooms when we were there. The food was very average. Though the water was supposed to be purified, I had diarrhea after the first 5 days. It lasted the duration of my two weeks stay. My family also had diarrhea. 3 out of 14 shows, after supper, were good or worth watching. Sellers of the tour operator tickets to go places were t [... read more]he worst. Complete robbery. Prices were jacked up to the max. to augment thier commission. The price on our Visa bill well exceeded that which we though we paid. We went in August. The beach was beautiful but on some days, there were lots of sea weeds. OK stay but on the whole, I expected more.

Wonderful Resort

There was easy access to all amenities. Lot's of washrooms, which is important to me, and a good variety of food. The room were comfortable. The shows were very entertaining and the hotel staff were very accommodating.

Dream Location!

The VIK Hotel Arena Blanca has beautiful grounds, great rooms, lots of dining choices with lots of great food, enchanting swimming pools. All the staff were friendly and helpful and service was great and above all a beautiful beach!

Awsome Food!

I went for a relaxing vacation with good food and got exactly what I needed. I wanted to try different meals on the menu but the dinners I had the day before were so good I wanted to order it again. Hotel was clean and my room was very close to the beach.

A lovely resort

This is our most favorite resort. We have been here 3 times and plan to go back soon. Our son even enjoyed a trip here with his girl friend. It is reasonably price . The food is excellent, we love the beach and the pool area. Our rooms are great, the service is very good and the food is too

The best Resort we love

Overall, the Resort has offered beautiful beach, immaculate grounds taken care of daily, clean swimming pools, very good, satisfying variety and tasty food. The Staff super friendly and helpful. We love that Resort size where golf cards were not needed to get to the beach and not too croudy, buildings size - three levels only. We were at that Resort three times and each one was great. Our room was cleaned each day, linen crispy fresh. The cleaning ladies, gardeners, maintenance people need to be [... read more] recognized for their politeness and friendly "holas" Suggestions for improvements: Some rooms need some furniture replaced, airconditioning systems and batrhroom piping up-grades and regular maintenance scheduled. Leaks from the pipes through tiles were fixed, but their recurrence called for major fixes required. The aquafitness classes program and its variety could be improved (more English please). Other than that - Vik Hotel Arena Blanca Resort - great place to relax and enjoy vacation. We will go there again.

Pros and cons...

There were pros and cons. If you like a smaller resort with everything easily accessible, this is the place. The beach was absolutely beautiful, although this was the first time in 20 years of travelling that I have ever had sand flea bites on my legs. The resort was fairly clean. We had what they called an upgraded room but it was really only some badly painted walls and somewhat of a bathroom update. There was no full length mirror in the room or an iron and ironing board. They fumigated our r [... read more]oom once during our stay and my friend lost her voice and didn't get it back completely until a couple of weeks after we were back home. I didn't lose mine completely, but it was strained. We can't say if this was the reason but neither of us had colds. I think it is a 3.5 star at best. The food was ok but not what I expected. I stayed at another 4.5 star resort in Punta Cana two weeks prior, and it was a wonderful experience. I was disappointed that only about 10% of the other people staying there spoke English and there was a definite language barrier with most of the staff. I wouldn't return.