My family traveled to the Melia Carive Tropical Nov 2-9, 2009. We were a rather large group - 27 people total. Everyone was in royal service except for 4 rooms and what a difference between the service. My husband and I stayed in 5027 1-bedroom master suite. The room was beautiful and we never had a problem. The refrigerator was... more

Went in June 08 on our honeymoon. Was told that the resort was perfect for "honeymooners" but was most definitely not the case. If you want peace and relaxation don't go here. The resort was full of families who were really noisy (not want you want on your honeymoon), the staff were on the whole unhelpful and unfriendly and the... more

This resort is truly beautiful!! The lush green gardens, the flowers, THE PEACOCKS!! This was an awesome trip, I went to celebrate my sister-in-law's 40th birthday, strictly girls only, no significant others. There were a total of 7 ladies and one very well behaved and cute little girl. The flight with AA was great, getting thru customs-no problem. Transportation was... more

Went on a golfing trip to melia caribe . The rooms were nice, food good, and golf course in good condition. The nightlife is pretty boring. I have been playing blackjack for 25 years and consider myself an experienced gambler. For four nights I never saw ANYONE win at the blackjack tables. A buddy and I notice they played with... more

I have just spent 2 weeks at this hotel and it was bliss. I travelled with my husband, my 5 yr old daughter and my parents and we ALL had a great time. CHECK IN- Quick and painless. Don't know what all the peopl on here are moaning about.. TIP... ask the guy in the buggy to show you exactly... more

Arrival in DR We arrived at the airport around 1 pm on a Monday via American Airlines. I would recommend pre-arranging transportation from the airport to the resort either via your travel agent, or on your own if you aren’t using a travel agent. On the advice of our wedding coordinator, we opted to just get a taxi at the... more

My fiance and I visited the Melia Caribe Tropical last year at the same week. We fell in love then. We decided to get married at the resort and invite our friends and family. We visited the week of October 23-30, 2009. Both times we upgraded to Royal Service. It is SOOO worth the upgrade. The hotel upgraded us to... more

We chose this hotel carefully as we were getting married. My 2 daughters, their husbands and my 3 grandchildren travelled with us. from the very first sight we all fell in love with this hotel. We werent wrong. the grounds were stunning, staff fantastic, food very very good, the rooms were excellant, we were all upgraded to Royal Suite. I... more

Originally we were going with our inlaws to Majestic Colonial but due to our 3 year old getting chicken pox 3 days prior to our holiday we had to cancel, the inlaws went and were not impressed (mother inlaw very fussy). So we decided to ignore there comments and book the following month for the Melia Caribe Tropical which seemed... more