We stayed at the Barcelo Puerto Plata June 14th to 21st. We booked thru' Flight centre/Air Canada Vacations and had a overnight connecting flight in Montreal. Our original plan was for Mazatlan, Mexico, in May, but because of the H1N1 pandemic, we had to rebook for the Dominican Republic...we're glad we did. We arrived at the airport around 12:00pm and... more

I just returned and again this hotel failed to disappoint. I was there in March of this year and just returned 6/23/09. First before you go any further let me state that I stayed in the Premium club not the regular hotel. We did have a problem when we got there with the air conditioning in our room-there was none-but... more

Barceló Puerto Plata First of all I’d like to tell everyone to ignore the negative comments about this resort! If you expect a 5 star – book with a 5 star. 3 of my friends and I went here from April 26th – May 3rd and had a blast! Rooms: We stayed in block 3. (The resort is separated by... more

We stayed at the hotel june 7/ 06/09and let me say the food was not the greatest and it gave us the puerto plata splatas. there was not enough to choose from.if you go get ducarol that will help.now what was good ;the rooms the air conditioner ,the band [awesome] the shows,the staff .i liked it better than my husband... more

My husband and I stayed at Barcelo Puerto Plata from June 4-11/09. All the tips and advice from the Tripadvisor reviews and forum were very helpful and worth reading/reviewing. We travelled from Toronto with Air Transat. The plane stops over in Holguin, Cuba for ~1 hr or so but is a direct flight coming home. The return flight was delayed... more

We were two mothers and daughters travelling together. It was my 3rd time visiting DR. Aim was a restful break... We stayed at the Barcelo from 4th-18th May. Having booked back in March i had been dredding it after reading some of the reviews!! But glad to say i don't know what half the people were complaining about!! (the only... more

Great time! The premium is well worth the extra money!! No problems except that the weekends can be a little crowded due to local atmosphere. STAFF WERE GREAT one lady or two were a little rude but nothing to get upset about. Beach vendors were plentiful but responded to a NO Thankyou. Mexican and Chinese restaurants were excellant. Weather was... more

We flew Canjet at the time of the Jamaican "incident" and even though the plane slated to pick us up was detained, our departure was on schedule with a substitute plane. The Puerto Plata airport atmosphere is all about vacation fun and staff were friendly and accommodating. Check-in was smooth and our room ready complete with fruit tray, bottle of... more

This was our first all inclusive trip to the Dominican Republic. We'd visited Santo Domingo over 20 years ago while on a cruise ship (flew home from there),so this was really a new experience for us, after 11 trips to Cuba in 3 years. I travelled with my mother and 2 pals who's been to this resort before when it... more