Advantages: On beachfront, reasonable prices Disadvantages: More mature visitors
Having had a 3 day traditional Hindu wedding, we were quite eager to get to the SilverSandsresort on the southern tip of Barbados in Christchurch in order to enjoy what we hoped would be restful but fun filled 7 days. Arriving at the hotel at 11am we were initially advised that our room was not ready, however this was not at the fault of the hotel as we were very early for check-in. Realising we were on our honeymoon, the staff quickly offered us a beachfront room just on the sands edge, which was both spacious and extremely private, as it was also the last building on the resort edge. This was well appreciated as was the complimentary bottle of wine we were given (both at no extra cost to ourselves)
We had opted for a room with an ensuite kitchen, as we thought it best to experiment with the daily routines of married life. There ...
Advantages: friendly people, rooms, pools, public areas very well looked after, different themes everyday Disadvantages: food variation... but what was out was tasty!
. Unfortunately as stunning as the beach was, it was filled with beach sellers everyday so no sunbeds or relaxing down there! The complex also had a group of monkeys running around which were so funny and were great fun to watch... just make sure you close your balcony door when you go out!!!
Animation were very good, all different activites throughout the day although did leave you alone if you wernt interested. However if you take part you will get colored beads that you can swap in the gift shop, which is probably one of the cheapest hotels gift shops i have stayed in!
Evening entertainment was not too great, even the caribbean do it better, they do try, but we gave up by the 3nd night and chilled out in the bar.
They also do different tours every day to local attractions which look good, but we didnt do as only there for a short time.
We did ...
Advantages: Very clean, excellent service & lovely weather Disadvantages: Attracts a lot of kids, not excellent evening entertainment
Last September I was planning mine and my boyfriends first holiday and we wanted it to be good as it was our first holiday away together and we had a whole year to pay for it so we didn't mind what we spent.
After browsing the net for a good couple of hours and a lot of good reports from friends and relatives we decided on the Dominican Republic. I had a look at all the usual websites you check to get the most competitive price and I decided on booking with Portland direct who are a direct sell agent (that are part of the big Tui group including Thomson etc) After having a look through all the hotels and prices I finally settled for the 4* Gran Ventana beachresort in Playa Dorada (if you wondered why I keep using the term I it is because my boyfriend doesn't have any part in anything like this as it is my job and he is just lazy ...
