Can't begin to tell, how pleasant it was to sleep in an air-conditioned room, which also has a refrigerator full of drinks and snacks, and all this stuff is already included in the price.
This hotel is run by Giovanni, and you could feel Italy from the first sip of coffee. Donut holes with fruit filling, empanadas, omelets, muffins, a large fruit plate started to arrive at the table, and you could also add yogurt, bread, jam, etc. Amazing.
The hotel driver dropped us off at the bus station, where a local guy just raced over to us and started rattling something to us in fast Spanish. We understood from him that the next bus to Bavaro leaves at 13:20 (at that point it was 11 o'clock) and that we could store our bags under the bus. I was completely confused as to why I should put my bag in the bus 2.5 hours before the departure, when finally a local helped out and said that the next express bus will leave at 1:20 p.m., but the bus currently at the stop will leave soon and be heading also to the direction we need. Then we sat in the guagua and as soon as all the seats were taken, the driver turned on the bus and we started the trip "Getting to know the Dominican Republic". After about an hour, we were in the next town, where we had to change to another bus, and another hour later we got off the bus right in front of our booked resort. It felt like winning the lottery, because the express bus would have dropped us off by the highway, from where it would have been either a taxi or about half an hour's walk.
The reception tried to sell us Premium accommodation, where we were supposed to see the ocean from our bed. We promised to think. We walked to the houses overlooking the ocean, surrounded by discos, people playing volley ball and the noise of the pool, and decided that our cheaper room in the quieter corner of the resort will be more suitable for our needs.
We had lunch, walked around, went swimming, had dinner. We booked a table at a grill restaurant for tomorrow and a table at a Mexican restaurant for Wednesday.
In this resort, the lights on all balconies come on at around 7 o'clock in the evening and stay on until around 6 o'clock in the morning. Residents do not have access to a switch to turn off the flood lights behind the window. We loosened the light bulb on ours.
The hotel driver dropped us off at the bus station, where a local guy just raced over to us and started rattling something to us in fast Spanish. We understood from him that the next bus to Bavaro leaves at 13:20 (at that point it was 11 o'clock) and that we could store our bags under the bus. I was completely confused as to why I should put my bag in the bus 2.5 hours before the departure, when finally a local helped out and said that the next express bus will leave at 1:20 p.m., but the bus currently at the stop will leave soon and be heading also to the direction we need. Then we sat in the guagua and as soon as all the seats were taken, the driver turned on the bus and we started the trip "Getting to know the Dominican Republic". After about an hour, we were in the next town, where we had to change to another bus, and another hour later we got off the bus right in front of our booked resort. It felt like winning the lottery, because the express bus would have dropped us off by the highway, from where it would have been either a taxi or about half an hour's walk.
The reception tried to sell us Premium accommodation, where we were supposed to see the ocean from our bed. We promised to think. We walked to the houses overlooking the ocean, surrounded by discos, people playing volley ball and the noise of the pool, and decided that our cheaper room in the quieter corner of the resort will be more suitable for our needs.
We had lunch, walked around, went swimming, had dinner. We booked a table at a grill restaurant for tomorrow and a table at a Mexican restaurant for Wednesday.
In this resort, the lights on all balconies come on at around 7 o'clock in the evening and stay on until around 6 o'clock in the morning. Residents do not have access to a switch to turn off the flood lights behind the window. We loosened the light bulb on ours.
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