Cabarete Palm Beach Condominiums, Puerto Plata

Advantages: Clean, nice food and lots to do
Disadvantages: Not much night life, book early at resturaunts

...I stayed at this 3+ star hotel for 2 weeks last March and overall i was pretty impressed. This hotel located at Puerto Plata was beautifully decorated and very clean and well kept, it seemed more like a 4 star hotel that a 3 star. We paid a little under £2,000 for two weeks all inclusive and this was for a double room with sea views. The hotel is right on the beach so the views were absolutely amazing.. We found most of the staff friendly and we got checked in within 15 minutes. On arrival our bags were collected and taken straight away so we could go straight to the reception to check in. This hotel is ideal for keen golfers and watersports fans as the hotel is right on the beach and has a large golf course to the side of the hotel. We were amazed at how nice and 'grand' the hotel looked when we got there. This hotel... Read review

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Advantages: Very clean, excellent service & lovely weather
Disadvantages: Attracts a lot of kids, not excellent evening entertainment

...So on the 5th July 08:55am we set off (on time) from Birmingham airport on a Britannia airbus. After a nine-hour flight we arrived into Puerto Plata (POP) airport, which is the capital of the Dominican Republic, and just a 20minute transfer to the Gran Ventana Hotel. The Gran Ventana hotel is situated in the northern region of the Dominican Republic and is well known for it's windy climate. PLAYA DORADA Playa Dorada is the resort the Gran Ventana is situated in. Playa Dorada which is the largest all inclusive complex because it is made up of 20 all inclusive hotels and is surrounded by a huge golf course excellent for golfers and great for people who like to stay in their own hotel as well as venture out because if you have ever been to the Dominican you will know the towns where people live are horrendous they are very poor... Read review

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Advantages: Top class all inclusive hotel
Disadvantages: Isolated from other resorts

...cheaper in the hotel shop. All rooms have a balcony which is furnished with a cheap plastic table and chairs which do the job fine. A short walk (must be 150-200m max.) to the beach will find you sat among the palm trees you've dreamed of while flicking through the brochures, with the waves lapping at your feet. The beach area is well kept, every morning people are out burning off the dead leaves and clearing up any fallen branches and coconuts (which if you ask nicely they'll normally cut open for you to drink the milk). The watersports (sailing, canoeing, usual stuff) area is cordoned off from swimmers so you can relax a bit and let the kids run wild. When we went (which I must point out is about three years ago) the Dominican had just seen the tail end of a hurricane and so we were told the sea was still a bit churned up... Read review

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