Re: Puerto Plata Village
I was there twice, most recently in April, 1998 and had a wonderful time. The hotel is not on the beach but is about 15 minutes walking distance from the beach club and the hotel also provides a shuttle to the beach. There is a buffet restaurant for breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as 3 a-la-carte restaurants (International Cuisine, Mexican and Italian), a grill on the beach serving hot dogs, hamburgers, french fries, etc. as well as a pizza bar which is open from 11:00 a.m. to around 5:00 p.m and then again from midnight to approximately 2:00 a.m. The disco is on the resort and the rooms are quite nice. I personally preferred the superior rooms because they have either a balcony or patio but the standard rooms are quite nice as well. There are also larger suites if there's a group of you going.
There are 5 bars (lobby, swim-up pool bar, beach, disco and by the pizza bar) and at night there's sometimes someone playing the piano in the lobby bar as there is a spiral staircase by the lobby bar and upstairs is where the piano is as well as some comfy chairs.
If you have any questions, please ask.