Отличный отдых в достойном отеле Great stay in a decent hotel

Stayed at the hotel for 11 nights at the end of April. We arrived early, so it took 3 hours from check-in to check-in. Immediately put on the bracelet, i. e. all services on site were available. Advice - prepare your dressing in advance. When checking in, they asked for a good number in Spanish. At 15.00 received a card and keys. On the card, the room number was smeared with corrector, a new one was written on top of it. As a result, we got an excellent room at no extra charge with a spacious veranda, everything was clean, it worked and no one interfered.
The food is very decent, thematic restaurants have diversified it. Great coffee and smoothie variations at Mike's. Among the cocktail bars, by far the best in the lobby, then by the pool. Special cocktails are made in the evening near themed restaurants - near Mexican 2 awesome variations of Margarita, Italian - 4 variations on the theme of gin and tonic (in huge glasses). On the beach and in the sea restaurant they don't try so hard. Animation norms, bowling and billiards worked. For lovers of diving - there is something to see on the reef, especially to the left of the hotel, if you are not lazy. Beautiful large shells, rather shy fish (you need to dive and look under coral stones), soft corals, starfish. I was very surprised by a decent number of lobster lobsters, because I had gloves, I even caught a couple. True, I had to let go - the price tag was raised for cooking at the hotel - after all, this is food of "unknown origin".
The beach is safe - there is security, local sellers are afraid to approach the sun loungers, do not bother, modestly wait at the water's edge for a couple of minutes for someone to show interest, and leave. If you walk from the hotel to the right along the beach for 5-7 minutes, you will see a bunch of 3 beach shops. The assortment is similar to the vaunted Russian store (Ola souvenir), only you can bargain. In the first one, 2 women don't speak Russian, but give a very good price, especially if there are several items and bargain with a smile.

If you want to bring home the standard, such as coffee, chocolate balls and sets, as well as rum and Mama Juana, then the best price is in the supermarket in Sanat Domingo (on a tour, in your free time). Also a good price for rum was in duty free on departure (La Romana), especially for 2 in 1 gift boxes - Brugal from $20 for 2! bottles of 0.7. Of the shortcomings of the hotel - it is difficult to wait for the mini-bar to be replenished (should be daily), and canned beer is not bad there. The easiest way to decide - if you go to the room in the middle of the day (from 11 to 14) - look around. You will see a cart with beer and water - ask the employee to give you a mini-bar - we got as much as we wanted. The final assessment - the hotel is worthy, the desire to return to it next time causes.