Barcelo Gran Hotel Lina Spa & Casino, Santo Domingo

Gran Casino Royal Hotel

Advantages: Cheap, all inclusive, large bar area
Disadvantages: Noisy, small pool area for size of Hotel

balconies you will hear them ,believe me. You also have access to sister hotel in area, we did not use this so I can't comment on that sorry. Nor can I comment on casino joining on as kids not allowed in, hence hotel name. Overall we got what we paid for, cheap and cheerful, would personally avoid summer season as it could prove too noisy for families, this view shared by others we spoke to. Having said all this if you want a cheap get away in kids hols then you could do a lot worse, young people could use this Hotel as a base if you want cheap food and drink and somewhere to put your head in the morning after clubbing. We enjoyed the break which is what we wanted, but as I said I would avoid in Summer and certainly pay not much more for this Hotel than I did. This was our first visit to Lloret and we would go back, shops are decent if ...

Paulftm 28.02.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Gran Casino Royal Hotel Lloret de Mar, Costa Brava

Santo Domingo

Advantages: Eating yourself to bursting point in the fully inclusive hotels
Disadvantages: Not much to do and rip off prices

My husband and I were really looking forward to wandering round local markets and picking up unusual souvenirs in the Dominican Republic but, unfortunately, holidays in the Dominican Republic are not for people who want to travel around and experience the country for themselves. We were in an all inclusive, which was just as well, because there was nowhere to go outside the hotel complex. The complex itself was lovely and there were only 2 hours in the day when you couldn't get food (2pm-4pm) which was brilliant. The trips on offer were pretty expensive which meant we couldn't really afford to do many and, if you wanted to hire a taxi you had to find a couple of other folk to go with you as the taxis were really people carriers and it was approximately £50 to hire them for a couple of hours to go to the nearby city of Santo ...

rustifer 09.02.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

H.Top Gran Casino Royal Hotel

Advantages: The surrounding area
Disadvantages: Everything

I stayed at this hotel from January 7th to the the 10th 2008, however i will not be going back. I have read previous reviews about the hotel and you either love it or hate it. You will get no sleep due to the neighbours running up and down the corridors and banging on doors till 5am. The security tried to prevent it but basically said "stop it" then went away, which was no good for controlling rowdy bunches of young people. The food was ok but you have very limited times which you can eat, such as half an hour for your lunch and evening meal. The selection of food was ok but not fantastic. The snack bar which is open pretty much all day just consists of a few sandwiches and some soggy crisps... There were ants running riot in our bathroom, the maid only came once, and a wardrobe door nearly killed me when it fell off its hinges ...

YorkshireLas 11.01.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Gran Casino Royal Hotel Lloret de Mar, Costa Brava