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Good day to all, it just so happened that almost a year and a half has passed since the vacation in the Dominican Republic, but the memories of the vacation are so fresh and clear that I decided to write a few lines. To begin with, it was a honeymoon trip, a honeymoon, we chose a country for a long time and decided to stay in the Dominican Republic. The flight is quite tiring, unless, of course, we take into account the fact that you have to wait for a departure for about 8 hours, the plane takes off from Sheremetyevo early in the morning, well, or late at night. Almost the entire flight takes place at night, and just before landing, the plane breaks out of the night zone and the boundless ocean with a small piece of land called the island of Haiti opens up. Immediately I want to make a lyrical digression, dear friends, fly Aeroflot planes, I really don’t advise Transaero, I tried both, the condition of the planes, and in Aeroflot they are much fresher and the level of service on board, makes flying over such long distances, it’s still preferable with Aeroflot. After the Dominican Republic, they flew to Mexico on vacation, flew with Transaero, so I can judge what is called from my own experience, old Boeings and deaf-blind-mute flight attendants, well, that's another story. Punta Cana Airport surprised us with its architectural style, we quickly passed through passport control and now we are at the hotel. There were practically no problems with the design, everything was fast and clear. Since we booked the hotel as honeymooners, champagne was waiting for us in the room, a basket of fruit, to my surprise a bottle of whiskey and a welcome letter from the hotel management. The room itself is quite spacious, a KING SIZE bed, a Jacuzzi in the room, a refrigerator with a mini bar, a large plasma TV with an ORT channel, a safe, in general, there were no complaints about the declared 5 stars. There were practically no compatriots in the hotel, with the exception of another couple, mostly Americans, Canadians, a few Germans and Italians. The Americans didn’t like it very much, apparently for them the Dominican Republic, like Turkey or Egypt for the Russians, behave ugly, their whole vacation consists in pumping their stomachs with Mama Juana (local rum) and after that in wild screams from the balconies. The territory of the hotel is pretty decent, a swimming pool with impeccably clean water stretches across the entire hotel, the territory is literally licked by the staff, who is sooo smiling and friendly to the hotel guests. Separately, I want to write about the cuisine, everything is very suuuuuuper !!! , such a variety of dishes and delights, perhaps you will not find anywhere else, an abundance of fruits, freshly squeezed juices, seafood, delicious Chilean wine, various pastries, not to mention six restaurants. Every evening themed dinners, Mexican cuisine, Dominican, Japanese, Italian, French cuisine, hotel chefs are real professionals in their field, culinary artists. The hotel beach is well maintained, cleaned daily, very pleasant coral sand and turquoise ocean, the hotel has a very favorable location of the beach, it lies in the fact that 50 meters from the shore, there is a coral reef, on which huge ocean waves break and therefore it is very comfortable to swim, because the water is almost always clean, unlike neighboring hotels, where there is no such reef and therefore the water there is a mixture of sand and algae. But not only in this regard, Majestic wins, a lot of local "inhabitants", fish, crabs and various crustaceans live on the reef, so you can safely dive into the water in a mask, a depth of 2.5-3 meters, very interesting, especially for children. The coastline itself is very long, which is not conducive to lying on a schislong, eating hamburgers and drinking beer, but to walking along the purest coral sand. The hotel has its own floating facilities, kayaks, canoes, yachts, which can be used free of charge. Also to your attention beach volleyball and various competitions. The hotel has two huge concert halls, where in the evenings local artists entertain tourists and do it quite spectacularly and professionally. In the evenings, live music is played, in the Latin style, those who want to have fun can dance samba or rumba with animators. The excursion program is not so diverse, the standard set and everything is very expensive, we visited Saona, the town of Casa de Campos, took a boat ride on the Chavon River, swam in the purest water with starfish. To sum up, dear friends, I will express my purely subjective opinion, the hotel is worthy of its 5 stars, in other respects as well as its beach, the rest was a success, I advise everyone.