Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms:
7.0
Service:
8.0
Cleanliness:
8.0
Food:
9.0
Amenities:
8.0
Recently returned from a trip, still can not move away - I want to go back.
I'll try to be brief. For some reason, when we were going on vacation, this hotel was not even considered, we bought a tour a week before departure, since there were no more places in the hotel we had previously chosen. To be honest, the hotel exceeded all expectations, we did not even think that we would like it so much. But I'll start in order.
Advice for those who are over 185 cm tall, register for the plane in advance, choose a better seat so that there is more space ahead, which we did (my husband is 198 cm tall).
Transaero did not please us with food, although we are not picky, after the first dinner in the stomach everything got lumpy. Well, yes, this is not the main thing, the main thing is that they flew successfully. Our operator was Natalie tour, many thanks for the good organization of the holiday.
We landed, and here the fun began. Our plane is 400 people and 3 more are being unloaded (foreigners). In total, about 1500 people. The airport, as already mentioned, is a one-story building with a thatched roof. The whole crowd is sent to one entrance, and all about 1000 people and maybe more are trying to move forward, no one understands where and why, and most importantly, everyone is standing still. Stuffy, nothing to breathe. As a result, it turned out that everyone was standing in line to pay the entry fee of $10. There are only 2 windows for the whole crowd of people. We defended, paid $ 10, gave a check, immediately after 3 steps another airport employee took the checks, gave little blue papers (migration cards), then another window where you are stamped in your passport and offered to fill them out for $ 10, the most interesting thing is ahead of us the guys gave the money back, their passports with stamps were returned to them and, accordingly, no one will fill out these cards, since they don’t have your data. Therefore, feel free to take these cards and then fill them out calmly at the hotel, which we did. We took our luggage and went to the bus to our tour operator. The procedure from landing the plane to boarding the bus took exactly 2 hours. The conclusion is that in the Dominican Republic the procedure for the arrival of tourists is not well established.
We were brought to the Natura Park Hotel second, it was about 30 minutes after we left the airport. Since the time was already 18 local hours, they settled us quickly, the envelopes were already ready. We were given the first room on the ground floor overlooking the lake with flamingos, very nice, but there were 2 beds, respectively, not our option, they immediately asked to change the boy who accompanied us with suitcases. Taken to another room, everything is fine, but the view of the fence. We explained that we wanted another room with a nice view and a large bed. Someone will think that we are picky, maybe so, but that's what we wanted. As it turned out, the hotel is full and there are no rooms available, they will be released only tomorrow. The boy told us at 14 to come with our suitcases to the reception and even called the room number that they would keep for us. And so it happened, the next day we were given a room near the main building overlooking the lake with ducks and herons with a large bed, I want to note. that WITHOUT surcharges, everything is free.
In general, we settled in, the next day we woke up at 4 am local time, in Moscow at 14-00, went to wander around the hotel and to the ocean.
Rooms.
Cozy. The furniture is certainly not new, but in the local style, which was piquant. The bar in the room was constantly replenished with Pepsi, Sprite, water and beer, and if there was not enough, then they simply went out into the corridor and took as much as they needed from the maid, calling the room number. We hung up a sign CLEAN THE ROOM every other day, left a dollar, but what with it or without it, they still cleaned it normally, the bed was changed when they were told.
Beach. Nice, the seaweed was cleaned every day. We basically went to the wild then, if you look at the ocean, then you need to go a little to the left, there is a beautiful palm tree for photo shoots, hanging into the ocean a little.
Nutrition.
Very good and varied. We even got lobster once. There were also grilled squid rings, seafood, of course, not every day. And so for breakfast there is always fresh fresh juices, scrambled eggs, breakfast cereals, etc. , in general, they never left hungry. Lunch in 2 restaurants, in the main and on the beach, where you can go straight in a swimsuit, there is no code there. A couple of types of hot, mostly mashed soup, there are always various pastas, 2-3 types of fish, chicken, pork and goulash. Ice cream. Fruit. Sliced vegetables, and much more. For dinner, there is also a large selection of meat dishes and roasted pigs and duck. and several types of fish and grilled and not only. Alcohol is all good. how much they drank, they never got sick. Cocktails are a whole other story. you can drink drink and not get drunk. Especially Pinot Colada and Mojito. I also want to note that in the restaurant on the beach you can have a snack around the clock, from 00-00 to 06 in the morning there are snacks and from 06 to 07 continental breakfasts, it is convenient when you go on an early excursion. VERY tasty on the beach they make hamburgers from 11 am to 6 pm. the impression is that a home-made cutlet is straight. We went to a la carte restaurants. If you have a poor command of the language, like me, then you should count on luck here. I do not know either English or French or German or Spanish, I was not lucky in the fish and meat restaurants. My husband loved everything he ordered. In Italian it is a little easier, starters are buffet, a very good choice, the only one in it was sparsely populated salmon. Hot and dessert I guessed everything was very tasty.
Excursions.
They took Santo Domingo from Natalie, she is $ 95 per person. We took VIP for 120 in a small van for 14 people. We arrived in comfort. The group did not disperse, everything is fine. In general, an informative tour about the country, nothing special, except for a cave with 4 lakes, very beautiful. Who is interested in the history of the country, then the tour is for you, they will tell you everything.
o. Saona. She has captured us. First, they bring artists to the city, beautiful reviews for photos. then on boats to starfish. We got on a fast boat not from our group, there was no place in our place, it was something enchanting, we got such a noisemaker, he did such turns on the water. everyone squealed, squealed, and so on. I was even a little scared. We took a picture with the stars, then the island of Saona itself, the beauty is not forgotten, so it would lie there. On the island they give 3 hours for swimming and photo shoots. We sailed back on catamarans with rum dances and songs, it was fun. I recommend the tour.
I also went to Relax for half a day DOCTOR FISH, well, for a change, it will go. The group is put on a catamaran, where all the procedures take 20 minutes. Yoga, baths to remove toxins from the body, massage, fish that do peeling of the legs. A total of 2 hours on a 2-deck catamaran on the ocean.
Souvenirs.
Rum, cigars, coffee, cocoa and sugar, I recommend signing up at the hotel reception in the SAN JUAN shopping center, they carry 4 times a day for free, but you need pesso there. In this shopping center there is a large AUCHAN-type hypermarket there are very low prices, for example, if IMPERIAL rum is in the hotel store 33, in the store when you go on the CALUMBUS PLAZA tour it is 25, then in SAN JUAN 19. Unfortunately, we went to this shopping center on the last day and no one told us about the pesso, so we had to leave the whole basket there and buy it in a regular store for more expensive dollars. Souvenirs such as magnets and other things are better to buy at the market not far from the hotel. We saw him when we went to ride bicycles (given for free at the hotel). You leave the territory and to the right you pass the Be Life hotel and another 100 meters and here is the market, where magnets can be bargained for $ 2, in Calumbus Plaza $ 5. We bought dominoes there, initially 26 dollars were eventually given for 7. So take a bike and go ahead.
Animation.
To be honest, no ice. Because everything is in English and Spanish. We went 2 times purely to see how the guys dance. They dance very well, they change outfits for each number. Colorful. On the territory of the hotel you can play tennis, there you can rent bicycles. Although initially the guide told us that now they do not allow and do not allow tourists to leave the territory alone. but we took 3-4 times and there were no problems.
Territory.
Very green. Well-groomed, alive everything, in every lake there are fish, around them there are ducks and flamingos and herons.
I also recommend registering for the flight and for the return trip, or ask your friends in Russia, or yourself at the hotel. This gives you one big advantage not to stand in a huge line for registration, since all tourists are brought almost simultaneously, there are only 2 stands, but for those who have already registered a separate stand, there is no one there.
We took WI-FI. 6 days 25 hours $25. Of all these hours spent 4 hours at best.
In general, the rating for the rest is 5+ and for the hotel too. If we go to the Dominican Republic, then there.
Who will have questions - write. I will be happy to help you.
Mistakes count as smiles : )
I'll try to be brief. For some reason, when we were going on vacation, this hotel was not even considered, we bought a tour a week before departure, since there were no more places in the hotel we had previously chosen. To be honest, the hotel exceeded all expectations, we did not even think that we would like it so much. But I'll start in order.
Advice for those who are over 185 cm tall, register for the plane in advance, choose a better seat so that there is more space ahead, which we did (my husband is 198 cm tall).
Transaero did not please us with food, although we are not picky, after the first dinner in the stomach everything got lumpy. Well, yes, this is not the main thing, the main thing is that they flew successfully. Our operator was Natalie tour, many thanks for the good organization of the holiday.
We landed, and here the fun began. Our plane is 400 people and 3 more are being unloaded (foreigners). In total, about 1500 people. The airport, as already mentioned, is a one-story building with a thatched roof. The whole crowd is sent to one entrance, and all about 1000 people and maybe more are trying to move forward, no one understands where and why, and most importantly, everyone is standing still. Stuffy, nothing to breathe. As a result, it turned out that everyone was standing in line to pay the entry fee of $10. There are only 2 windows for the whole crowd of people. We defended, paid $ 10, gave a check, immediately after 3 steps another airport employee took the checks, gave little blue papers (migration cards), then another window where you are stamped in your passport and offered to fill them out for $ 10, the most interesting thing is ahead of us the guys gave the money back, their passports with stamps were returned to them and, accordingly, no one will fill out these cards, since they don’t have your data. Therefore, feel free to take these cards and then fill them out calmly at the hotel, which we did. We took our luggage and went to the bus to our tour operator. The procedure from landing the plane to boarding the bus took exactly 2 hours. The conclusion is that in the Dominican Republic the procedure for the arrival of tourists is not well established.
We were brought to the Natura Park Hotel second, it was about 30 minutes after we left the airport. Since the time was already 18 local hours, they settled us quickly, the envelopes were already ready. We were given the first room on the ground floor overlooking the lake with flamingos, very nice, but there were 2 beds, respectively, not our option, they immediately asked to change the boy who accompanied us with suitcases. Taken to another room, everything is fine, but the view of the fence. We explained that we wanted another room with a nice view and a large bed. Someone will think that we are picky, maybe so, but that's what we wanted. As it turned out, the hotel is full and there are no rooms available, they will be released only tomorrow. The boy told us at 14 to come with our suitcases to the reception and even called the room number that they would keep for us. And so it happened, the next day we were given a room near the main building overlooking the lake with ducks and herons with a large bed, I want to note. that WITHOUT surcharges, everything is free.
In general, we settled in, the next day we woke up at 4 am local time, in Moscow at 14-00, went to wander around the hotel and to the ocean.
Rooms.
Cozy. The furniture is certainly not new, but in the local style, which was piquant. The bar in the room was constantly replenished with Pepsi, Sprite, water and beer, and if there was not enough, then they simply went out into the corridor and took as much as they needed from the maid, calling the room number. We hung up a sign CLEAN THE ROOM every other day, left a dollar, but what with it or without it, they still cleaned it normally, the bed was changed when they were told.
Beach. Nice, the seaweed was cleaned every day. We basically went to the wild then, if you look at the ocean, then you need to go a little to the left, there is a beautiful palm tree for photo shoots, hanging into the ocean a little.
Nutrition.
Very good and varied. We even got lobster once. There were also grilled squid rings, seafood, of course, not every day. And so for breakfast there is always fresh fresh juices, scrambled eggs, breakfast cereals, etc. , in general, they never left hungry. Lunch in 2 restaurants, in the main and on the beach, where you can go straight in a swimsuit, there is no code there. A couple of types of hot, mostly mashed soup, there are always various pastas, 2-3 types of fish, chicken, pork and goulash. Ice cream. Fruit. Sliced vegetables, and much more. For dinner, there is also a large selection of meat dishes and roasted pigs and duck. and several types of fish and grilled and not only. Alcohol is all good. how much they drank, they never got sick. Cocktails are a whole other story. you can drink drink and not get drunk. Especially Pinot Colada and Mojito. I also want to note that in the restaurant on the beach you can have a snack around the clock, from 00-00 to 06 in the morning there are snacks and from 06 to 07 continental breakfasts, it is convenient when you go on an early excursion. VERY tasty on the beach they make hamburgers from 11 am to 6 pm. the impression is that a home-made cutlet is straight. We went to a la carte restaurants. If you have a poor command of the language, like me, then you should count on luck here. I do not know either English or French or German or Spanish, I was not lucky in the fish and meat restaurants. My husband loved everything he ordered. In Italian it is a little easier, starters are buffet, a very good choice, the only one in it was sparsely populated salmon. Hot and dessert I guessed everything was very tasty.
Excursions.
They took Santo Domingo from Natalie, she is $ 95 per person. We took VIP for 120 in a small van for 14 people. We arrived in comfort. The group did not disperse, everything is fine. In general, an informative tour about the country, nothing special, except for a cave with 4 lakes, very beautiful. Who is interested in the history of the country, then the tour is for you, they will tell you everything.
o. Saona. She has captured us. First, they bring artists to the city, beautiful reviews for photos. then on boats to starfish. We got on a fast boat not from our group, there was no place in our place, it was something enchanting, we got such a noisemaker, he did such turns on the water. everyone squealed, squealed, and so on. I was even a little scared. We took a picture with the stars, then the island of Saona itself, the beauty is not forgotten, so it would lie there. On the island they give 3 hours for swimming and photo shoots. We sailed back on catamarans with rum dances and songs, it was fun. I recommend the tour.
I also went to Relax for half a day DOCTOR FISH, well, for a change, it will go. The group is put on a catamaran, where all the procedures take 20 minutes. Yoga, baths to remove toxins from the body, massage, fish that do peeling of the legs. A total of 2 hours on a 2-deck catamaran on the ocean.
Souvenirs.
Rum, cigars, coffee, cocoa and sugar, I recommend signing up at the hotel reception in the SAN JUAN shopping center, they carry 4 times a day for free, but you need pesso there. In this shopping center there is a large AUCHAN-type hypermarket there are very low prices, for example, if IMPERIAL rum is in the hotel store 33, in the store when you go on the CALUMBUS PLAZA tour it is 25, then in SAN JUAN 19. Unfortunately, we went to this shopping center on the last day and no one told us about the pesso, so we had to leave the whole basket there and buy it in a regular store for more expensive dollars. Souvenirs such as magnets and other things are better to buy at the market not far from the hotel. We saw him when we went to ride bicycles (given for free at the hotel). You leave the territory and to the right you pass the Be Life hotel and another 100 meters and here is the market, where magnets can be bargained for $ 2, in Calumbus Plaza $ 5. We bought dominoes there, initially 26 dollars were eventually given for 7. So take a bike and go ahead.
Animation.
To be honest, no ice. Because everything is in English and Spanish. We went 2 times purely to see how the guys dance. They dance very well, they change outfits for each number. Colorful. On the territory of the hotel you can play tennis, there you can rent bicycles. Although initially the guide told us that now they do not allow and do not allow tourists to leave the territory alone. but we took 3-4 times and there were no problems.
Territory.
Very green. Well-groomed, alive everything, in every lake there are fish, around them there are ducks and flamingos and herons.
I also recommend registering for the flight and for the return trip, or ask your friends in Russia, or yourself at the hotel. This gives you one big advantage not to stand in a huge line for registration, since all tourists are brought almost simultaneously, there are only 2 stands, but for those who have already registered a separate stand, there is no one there.
We took WI-FI. 6 days 25 hours $25. Of all these hours spent 4 hours at best.
In general, the rating for the rest is 5+ and for the hotel too. If we go to the Dominican Republic, then there.
Who will have questions - write. I will be happy to help you.
Mistakes count as smiles : )
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