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Celuisma playa dorado
We stayed there about 5 or 6 years ago. Absolute sh1t hole. The rooms are nice enough, but the pool, bar and beach area are rubbish. Far better value elsewhere in my opinion. As I remember they had just finished faze one of the room overhauling, and so the beach front rooms were nice, but the balcony doors didn't work too well and the windows rattled a bit. So the chances are updates were purely cosmetic, paint, bathroom etc.
Risk it if you got a great price, but of there are options then look into them.
Risk it if you got a great price, but of there are options then look into them.
no need to. i posted here before that my buddy tried to book that hotel through a travel agent in Toronto, and she refused to sell a package to him. she said she did not want to hear griping when he came back. he went elsewhere and got the reservation, but moved out on the first night.
Before it became Celuisma it was Playa Naco. It is a 2.5 to low 3 star property. If all you want to do is lie on a beach and the price is fantastic, it might do. I wouldn't stay there.
I'm a skinflint at heart, so, if I can get by under $90/day, it amounts to more time I'm able to spend in country. Also, I'd be interested in hooking up with some DR1ers for a few cold ones if that's on the table. As far as access, I'd stay in the pOP/Sosua area, and get around by taxi. Done the rental car thing in the past, but I have hopes of extending my retirement years to the fullest extent possible.
Casa Marina in Sosua is not a bad deal, its nothing to rave about, but decently priced, and you are not far from either Puerto Plata or Cabarete, while being right in Sosua
Over the past ten years or so I've stayed in a few hotels on the north coast.
http://www.debbiesdominicantravel.com/travel26.html
I would stay at the Gran Vetana again
http://www.debbiesdominicantravel.com/travel26.html
I would stay at the Gran Vetana again
Above Spankies bar opposite Casa Marina back entrance. Nice apartments, $250-300 a week. Your meals arent there but as you're a single aged dude going to Sosua alone I expect you'll have that covered!
Stayed there for 1 week with family in September. Place was empty yet the put us in rooms over 200 yards apart and said they couldn't put us closer because they had no other rooms available. The food was terrible, I got sick and even though I have been living here for over twenty years it was a first. Again the only saving grace was the employees, they were as always very helpful. Recommend the place, absolutely NO!
I didn't recommend that AI (all inclusive) but there were many other choices. Between here (Puerto Plata) and Cabarete there have to be 10 great places to stay. Sorry to have influenced you to make a bad decision. Next time ask for recommendations for good places to stay. That way you'll get to visit the Dominican Republic where it sunny and 85 degrees as I write this post.