Sea and Wi-Fi for 5, food and drinks for 3

Written: 13 january 2022
Travel time: 19 — 29 december 2021
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 6.0
Amenities: 9.0
I will rely on Ryan's review as the most complete.
Buying a ticket - Tinkoff Travelata, the price is the same for everyone, and here is 3% cashback. For 10 nights for two with a "Christmas dinner" 155t. r. - 5 thousand cashback. I filled out the e-ticket myself, nothing complicated, everything is in Russian, the Internet is full of instructions.
Flight - The day before departure, the documents were not sent, I wrote in support, they gave ticket numbers for registration. I paid 450 rubles for a window seat. For luggage over 10 kg, you also now have to pay. Previously, the departure was at 5:00, for about a day it was moved to 8:25 (you can look at the Vnukovo scoreboard or Azura's website), at ten o'clock they already took off. There are 10-inch monitors on the plane, a lot of films, new and old, ours and translated. USB port for charging. The backs recline. We ate once, delicious. You can collect water from the toilets yourself, there are cups.

We flew to La Romana, had to stand in line at passport control, the plane is rather big. Those who did not have an e-ticket were issued by the airport staff. We reached BocaChica in an hour.
Check-in - Chocolate Alenka and a light knowledge of Spanish (mehor abitasyon por favor) helped a lot, we really liked the room next to the bar and pool on the 1st floor. A 32" TV set was used to watch movies from a flash drive for bedtime, a small silent, slightly rusty refrigerator, a dressing room, a balcony. Now there is no division into 18+, all the bracelets are the same.
Sea - The bay is protected by reefs, there are no waves and algae. Because of this, the water is the cleanest, stars come out of the sand in the evening, and you can dig it out in the morning. 300 meters to the mangrove forest (of which 250 can be walked), there are all sorts of fish. Not Egypt, of course, but it's worth taking with a mask. The bottom is bad there, you need to carry corrals. Wave lovers go to Juan Dolio by minibus for 50 pesos, it was enough for us once, but it's worth a trip, it's beautiful there. On the tour we met vacationers from Puntakana. They said that the sea is stormy all the time, the wind makes it impossible to swim.
Entertainment - only the sea. There is no animation, the gym is closed. Go to Ole supermarket. Sometimes the locals stopped by, it became fun and noisy by the large pool. And that's just the music playing. You can rent a water bike, SUP-board.
Food - Dominicans are actually great at translating foods. Mostly tasteless. But beef, bacon, pork, chicken and seafood (squid, mussels, even shrimp) were given regularly. I liked banana puree (you can't tell it from potato) with bacon, in the morning corn porridge with cinnamon, coffee with milk. From fruits, watermelons, melons, papayas, pineapples, apples, pears, passion fruit, mangoes, bananas - but not all at once : ). Lunch was delicious ice cream. Restaurant a la carte one, every other day Mexican or Italian. Such an entertainment. The snack bar fried hamburgers and potatoes, beer is fine.

Drinks - Beer "president", light lager. Rum, tequila, vodka, whiskey, etc. - one name, from identical bottles of "Cabaret". For normal rum - to Ole's store. In the canteen pour white and red so-so wine and beer. In bars, cocktails of all colors interfere, you can drink for a change. The tea in bags reminded me of roasted beets, I could not find tea either in the Dominican Republic or in Mexico (we traveled around the country). To whom it is critical - take it with you.
Christmas dinner - 8500 for two in a binding. Ham tree, lobsters, chorizo ​ ​ and REAL cheeses. Champagne with the taste of sour apple juice. Rag napkins. In the evening there was an entertainment program on the stage by the small pool, a dance group performed. The next day, store-bought rum was poured into thimbles by the pool, and face painting was painted on children's faces.
Wi-Fi is fast, works throughout the territory and in the rooms and on the beach. They didn't take the sim.
We went to Samana with Pedrotour for $90. Horses, Lemon, Bacardi, constantly pouring Brugal. We ourselves went to the capital (I really liked the cave "3 eyes"). Intrusive police escorted for free to the Columbus lighthouse. We also went to the Cave of Wonders, very beautiful, but they are not allowed to take pictures. To see interesting sights (and they are mainly in the north, 250 km from Boca Chica in different directions), you need to take a car for 2-3 days, we never got there.
Well, like everything. Sincerely, Renat from Kirov, 52
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