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 SuperClubs Breezes Puerto Plata —  Location: Beach front - Puerto Plata - North Coast - 30 mins from Puerto Plata airport All-inclusive - 466 rooms Description from resort website: This magnificent resort, with 466 guest rooms, is the second largest resort in the SuperClubs chain and offers something for everyone. The large state of the art meeting facilities makes it an excellent place for business meetings and conferences. Its three clay tennis courts, lit for night play, pleases the active guest and the 9 pitch and putt golf course challenges golfers as well as non-golfers for a game. And don’t worry; we did not forget the little ones. The Miniclub, open daily, offers fun and games for children 4 to 12 and enables you to relax on the beach or by the pool all day long. In addition, for the guest who is looking to explore the local Dominican life, daily shuttle services are provided to Cabarete and Sosua. - 5 restaurants  ~ Reviews posted on this page — 35  ~ Map of Resort ~ Reader's Vacation Photos ~ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 ~ Readers SuperClubs Breezes Puerto Plata Wedding Reviews ~ Dominican Republic Travel Forum 
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| SuperClubs Breezes | Emma |
I will rate everything on a scale 1-10- 10 being excellent, 1 being horrible!!
Flight: We booked through expedia, and it was through Air Canada vacations. Our flight was great. Halifax to Puerto Plata direct. We had no problems at customs. Filled out all the paper work on the place so we could go right through customs.
Rooms: We arrived at the resort around 10:30 am. We were told our rooms would not be ready until 3. So we packed bathing suits on our carry on and left our other bags at the front of the hotel with employees. I was nervous about this at first but we kept checking and our bags didn't move. We didn't get our rooms until 4, so if you are arriving early be prepared to enjoy the day without your room.
I was very impressed with our room. After reading some reviews on this site about the state of some of the rooms I was very nervous. But the rooms were great, we didn't need a plug adaptor, the air conditioner worked great. Rating: 8
Food: I heard many people complain on our bus ride back to the airport about the food at their resorts. I had not one bad thing to say about the food. Jimmy's(The main restaurant) was great, its buffet style and there is always something different. You can always find something that you like, if not, you have serious food issues!! ha-ha. Anyhow there was always selection and lots of food to go around. Their breakfast was amazing, by far my favourite meal of the day!! Many times we just went to the snack bar down at the beach, they always had hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken, ribs, french fries, and different things to make sandwiches. It was really good. We went to the Italian and Mexican restaurants, didn't do the other two. At the Italian I had cesar salad, veggie pizza, and desert, my boyfriend had the lazonna. It was great, very tasty. We both had chicken tacos at the Mexican and they were great too. Rating: 9
Bars/Drinks: I found the beach bar the best bar of all. I like strawberry daquries, the beach bar made them from scratch and they were amazing. The other bars didn't make them, they just used a slushy, and it had a coconut taste, which I hate coconut. Other then that all the bars seemed alright, they were very friendly and always tried to do whatever they could for you. We didn't go to the disco bar, but if you like that kind of thing it looked fun. We usually drank at the beach bar or at the lobby bar. Rating: 7
Beach/Pool: WOW! Amazing. These two spots made our trip, by far. The beach was a perfect size. I thought it would be a lot smaller from the other reviews. It was great, it was yellow flag most of the week but the waves were alright to swim in. The beach was very clean, you could always find a chair and sit wherever you wished. Excellent. I would recommend taking out snorkelers from the beach people, and go in the water directly below them. There was some coral there and some tropical fish. Pretty Neat.
The pool was great. Hugeeeeeeeeee! You could always find a chair and a spot wherever you wished. Also very clean, there was always someone scooping leaves and whatnot.
Rating: 10
Grounds: The grounds were very well kept. There were always workers cutting grass, trees, and plants. No garbage at all, except the odd cup. Beautiful. Rating: 8
Tours: We did a catamaran. AMAZING! If you have the chance to do this, do it!! Our air canada guy did all the booked we just had to meet with him to give him the money. 89 bucks for the day, you get back around 4. Freestyle was the name. Great crew, amazing day!! Open bar, worth every penny. The highlight of our trip! Rating: 10
Checking Out: was easy. Make sure you don't lose your room keys, safe key, or your towels. Airport went fine, no troubles!
Overall: Great experience, amazing trip!! Recommend this resort to anyone! The pool and beach were amazing and the food was great!! I found the prices in the store expensive( 5 bucks for Gatorade, 8 for pringles..) but we paid it. Watch for the people who sell things in the evenings. The first night we were on the resort I didn't know there was a gift shop. There were men selling things so we went up to them. Ending up paying 48 bucks for a anckle bracelet and 10 cigars... and 130 for two paintings. He started at 220 for the paintings and we got him down to 130. I got ripped off with the cigars and bracelet. I seen the same bracelet in the gift shop for 5 dollars. Brutal!! Dont buy from them unless you see something you REALLY like. As far as jewlery goes, check out the gift shop first!
Amazing trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Overall: 9/10
| SuperClubs Breezes | Cheryl ~ Alberta, Canada |
Arrival and Flight -
Long flight, changed from a direct flight from Calgary to via Vancouver to pick up more people. 9 hours travelling time. At the airport, it went very fast, found our bus and were on our way to Breezes.
Rooms -
Check in was fast, we were given 2 ocean front villas, we were travelling with 3 children under 12 and had requested connecting or side by side rooms. We were given 2 separate villas but next to each other, so there was one family in between us. We decided to see how it would go with our rooms like that, turned out the kids really liked having their own space and we were close enough to help and never ever worried about their safety. Being oceanfront was a real plus for us and we loved having our morning coffee and listening to the surf pound. The rooms are dated but very clean, mini bar had coke and sprite and water filled daily. Water was only warm at the end of the day for showering, but personally , I don't want hot water on me after a day in the heat. The villas have 4 open shelves for your clothes, no dressers, I liked that, easy to find stuff and nothing got musty smelling. The maids never touched a thing of ours and it was all left out in plain sight. The safes are really good and secure, in fact, we lost our room key and they had to come and replace the lock on the safe for us. Our room had 2 twin beds made up like a king, not a problem. They brought in a third twin into the kids room. TV had about 100 channels, at least 10 english channels, CNN, CBS, and others.
Restaurants -
Jimmy's Buffet was great, the kids personal favorite, always a huge selection to choose from, honestly, if you can't find something to eat there, somethings wrong. Breakfast was great, omelette station, juice station, and many other choices. Also lots of local food dishes to choose from. Different theme every night at the Buffet, always good. Pasta station every night. We tried all of the a la cartes, French was great, Italian was awesome, (great cheese pizza) Mexican was good, nice location on the beach. Beach bar serves hamburgers, hot dogs, sandwich press for grilled sandwiches, salads, meatballs, ribs, chicken every day , all day until they turn into the Mexican restarant for a few hours at night. Yes, the cheese and milk and meats taste a little different than what we are used to, but it was all good, managed to put on a few pounds there! No one got sick, one of our kids had some stomach issues, but nothing major, probably more from all the sweet drinks than the food, I took Imodium and Pepto and never even opened them.
Bars -
We found the lobby bar the best, they seemed to be the most consistent in what they served and how they made them. Banana daiquiris best here, most times the beach bar and pool bar never even made them, they would always say they ran out of bananas, but I think it was just too much work to make them and they were so busy. Chocolate Monkeys were awesome when you could get them to make them. The local rum is great, and they offer a "cocktail of the day" which was always worth trying. Make sure your kids say "No rum" for their drinks. Must take thermal mugs, the drinks get warm very fast without them.
Beach and Pools -
Wow, what can you say about that pool that hasnt' been said, it is amazing! 2 Waterslides and a huge river. Absolutely must take floaties, but if you have to buy them, go to the supermarket in Sosua, they are way cheaper, tubes around 5$ there. There was always entertainment around the pool, except for a siesta time from around 12 -3. There are always chairs to be found, lots of people put their towels on them around 7-8a.m, never a problem to find chairs, the pool deck is huge and lots of options for sun or shade. There are 4 hot tubs, but only 1 of them is warm. We liked the cool hottubs, refreshing, who wants to sit in hot water in 30C heat? The pool is very clean , they are always cleaning the leaves away, and sweeping the deck and raking leaves. The beach is rough but awesome fun!! We saw someone lose their camera and a few lost their sunglasses. The kids had a blast playing in the waves, and the sand is like brown sugar. There is a man who works on the beach who will find you a chair, he is great. We had 4 yellow
flag days and 10 red flag days while we were there. The red flag days are lots of fun, they just don;'t give you boogie boards on those days. If this resort had a slightly calmer beach, you wouldn't be able to top it, regardless, it won't stop us from coming back to Breezes.
Grounds -
The grounds are beautiful,the gardening staff rake leaves all day. There are lots of Bougainvillea flowers everywhere. The buildings are beautiful, thatched roofs and Caribbean colors. The only garbage you see is from people too lazy to put their cups in the garbage bins.
Activities and Entertainment -
Nightly entertainment was great, different theme every night and lots of very funny audience participation. Daytime activities include rock wall, trapeze, 3 pool tables, table tennis, fooseball, lots to do.
Tours -
We did 2 tours, Ocean World Adventure Park which was great, kids absolutely loved it, the snorkel reef aquarium is awesome, you get to snorkel in a gigantic aquarium with lots of tropical fish, some huge! (no fins allowed, so don't cart yours along like we did) The sea lion, dolphin and shark shows were very entertaining, especially the shark show. We never paid the extra to swim with the animals and still had a great day. Gift shop here has good prices, if you break your digital camera like I did, disposables are only 10$ compared to 27 $ at the resort. Large sunscreen was 15$ here compared to more than 20$ at the resort. 12 or 14 inch pizza here was 9$. I expected prices to be high, nice surprise. We had brought snacks from the hotel(banana bread and cinnamon buns) but ended up ordering pizza because it was so reasonable. Time share guys here too, just say no thanks.
Also did the Jeep Safari, booked it out of Mel Tours, ( right where the bus drops you off in Sosua) Way cheaper than whats offered at the hotel.. Went through some very poor communities, a school, where we got mobbed by the children for our school supplies, My 13 year old son and husband climbed the 7 waterfalls(huge thrill ) , also went to Mama Dora's house where she ground us her freshly roasted coffee, and the stone carving "factory".
Departure and Check Out-
Check out was smooth, had to pay 40$ for losing our key, The front desk staff speak very good English and Guest services is very good when sometihing is wrong in your room. Departure was smooth, had a long flight home due to being routed through Vancouver
Conclusion -
All in all, we had a great time at Breezes. It is an amazing place for children, especially the pool. The Dominican people are wonderful, always happy and smiling and they do their best to make you happy. The location is great, and the shuttle into Sosua and Cabarete are great. Go to the big supermarket in Sosua if you forget anything. We always felt safe at the resort, we always ate well and were never bored. A note about shopping, I found the vendors very hard to bargain with , and after spending 30 minutes trying to work out a deal, found t-shirts and souveniers cheaper at the supermarket with no hassle. Patricks Siversmithy in Sosua has beautiful jewellery that was cheaper than half or more than the vendors are trying for. As a former Punta Cana lover, I have discovered the beauty of the North Coast and will return.
| SuperClubs Breezes | Alice & Danny ~ Church Point, Nova Scotia |
Stayed at this resort from march 5-12, 2008.
I honestly don’t have one bad thing to say about this resort..It was clean, neat, food was great & lots to choose from. The service from ALL employees was great. Check in was fast, we only waited 15min. for our room in which we waited at the lobby bar J
The beach was amazing..it was red flagged a lot but the huge waves were a blast to play in. We’re in our 30’s & the ocean entertained us for long periods of time..!! Always easy to find beach loungers..
The Pool was so beautiful & endless of things to do…slides, hot tubs, lazy rivers, volleyball, swim up bar, shallow part! Bring your own floatie. Empty loungers everywhere.
Rooms were basic but clean! We were only in our rooms to shower & sleep anyways.
A rock climbing wall & trapeze for adults & kids to use…
The entertainment staff gave there 110% to make us laugh & have fun… A MUST go again resort.
| SuperClubs Breezes | Maryka & Ron ~ Ottawa, Canada |
First, a bit about us to provide context. We are a married couple in the 50 - 60-year-old range. This is our seventh trip to DR. We've stayed at Occidental Grand Flamenco, Riu Taino (twice) and Barcelo Bavaro Beach in Punta Cana and Sunscape Casa del Mar (twice) in La Romama. This was our first time on the North coast and we chose this resort because the price was excellent. We like to stay at all-inclusives because they allow us to totally relax and veg out.
Arrival: We stayed at Breezes from Feb. 7 (well, Feb. 8 in reality) to Feb. 21, 2008. We booked thorugh Noli Tours and flew Sky Service. Our departure from Ottawa was delayed 13 1/2 hours(!) so instead of arriving at noon we got to the resort around 2:30 a.m. the next day. Disappointing, but since we were staying for two weeks it was not the end of the world. I felt sorry for those who were only there for a week, since we lost a whole day. I want to point out that the delayed flight included customers of Noli Tours, Transat and Sunquest. The Sunquest people got phone calls at 1:30 a.m. the morning we were supposed to depart telling them about the delay. The rest of us got no such calls. We got up at 4 in the morning, checked the SkyService web site, which said the flight was on time. When we got to the airport at 5 a.m. we were told that the flight had been delayed until 6:30 that evening. They gave us 2 taxi vouchers and a form to send in to request a $125 discount on our next SkySeervie flight.
We eventually made it to Puerto Plata. Airport arrival was quick and easy, just a long wait for our bags. Found our bus and made it to Breezes in about 15 minutes, after a stop to drop off people at another resort. It was the middle of the night so there were no other people at the front desk. I was the first in line and we were on our way to our room with the bellboy in 5 minutes – great!
Rooms: We stayed in building 10, which is to the left when you are at the front of the hotel, facing the lobby. It was a little removed from the beach and pool, but that meant that it was very quiet. Our room was on the ground floor at the back, facing the garden. The room had been refurbished and it was good. It was probably the biggest room we've had in any of our trips to DR. Two double beds (with new mattresses), desk, table with 2 chairs, 24-inch TV with (working) remote control, no dresser, 2 plastic chairs on the patio. The closet was quite large, with about a dozen hangers. I always save the wire hangers from the dry cleaner and take them on vacation, then leave them there when we go home. We found the beds very comfortable - firm but not too hard.
Key safe in the closet is provided at no extra charge. Mini fridge is stocked with lots of bottled water and some Coke and Sprite. No beeer, but we didn't try asking for that - it might work. Air conditioning is operated with the key card for the door to the room. The A/C was adequate but not great. The bathroom was standard and everything worked. There was always plenty of hot water and good water pressure.
| SuperClubs Breezes | Laura ~ Toronto |
Your Arrival
Four of us spent one week at Breezes during the last week of February, 2008. The arrival was fine, very quick check-in and a 10 minute drive from the airport. The bellboys brought us our luggage just as we walked up to our room.
Rooms
Our rooms were clean and spacious in a villa. We really lucked out because we were facing the ocean/beach and felt pretty secluded. Most rooms are in five story hotel-style buildings on the other end of the resort, and we really enjoyed the villa style. We spent hours sitting on our front porch with a book and enjoying the view.
Restaurants
There is one main buffet restaurant, a 24 hour snack bar and four a-la-cartes. We went to all of them during our one-week stay. The buffet was the best we've had yet for an all-inclusive, with lots of options and lots of seating and quick service. Our only complaint was that the omelets in the morning were terrible, and the smoothies weren't fantastic either.
We ate most of our lunches at the beach-front snack bar which offered pressed sandwiches you made yourself, great fries, several types of meat, rice, veggies, burgers, hot-dogs and dessert.
A-la-cartes:
Mexican - This was our favourite of the four. Great food, filled with flavour. All four of us said it was the best. The fajitas were the highlight!
Japanese - We were slightly reluctant to have sushi in the DR, but it was fine and the entire meal was tasty.
Italian - The food here was quite good, and the atmosphere was romantic. I had a delicious sea bass filet with pesto pasta, and a caesar salad to start that was ok.
The many bars were great, although the service wasn't as friendly as I've experienced elsewhere, even when tipping.
The only problem is the coconut milk based drinks (pina colada/banana mama) act as a laxative and caused problems for a few of us, so we had to avoid those.
Beach and Pools
The pool is truly fantastic at Breezes. There were usually always chairs available, and the pool itself is huge, deep and refreshing. There was never a feeling of being crowded in the pool.
The beach is decent. The ocean is very deep and often wavy. It's not a calm beach, but we enjoyed playing in the waves. Our boyfriends spent hours playing with water tubes (which you can buy there for $9) in the ocean. In some places though, you have to be careful to avoid the sharp lava rocks on the shore.
Grounds
The grounds were impeccable and very well maintained. They seem to have a lot of staff cleaning and maintaining the landscape. It's very spacious.
Activities
There's plenty to do on the resort, and good entertainment in the evenings. No reason to get bored here!
Tours
We didn't do any tours, but the hotel offers free shuttle buses to the nearby towns of Cabarete and Sosua. Make sure you check out these beaches, as they're both totally different from the beach at Breezes.
Sosua - we spent two days in Sosua on the beach because the water is incredible. It's totally clear and calm (no waves!) and there are coral reefs you can swim to from the shore with snorkeling gear (which they rent out on the beach). There's also a very long "flea market" set up there to buy stuff, but they really try to jack up their prices to even higher than you'd pay in Toronto for some things.
Cabarete - This beach is much wider and longer than Sosua but the water is deeper and wavy. It's more commercial here and there are lots of great bars/restaurants on the beach and more established shopping areas. We were also less bothered by people trying to sell their stuff. This beach is known for their kite boarding and wind-surfing, which is very entertaining to watch from the beach.
Conclusion
We had a great vacation and Breezes offers excellent value for your dollar. We would definitely recommend it.
| SuperClubs Breezes | Charlene ~ Saskatchewan |
Arrival -
We flew with Air Canada and if I had the choice I would not fly with them again the staff was rude, we got the feeling that it was because we didn't speak french. When we got to Breezes our check in was very smooth. It was before 3:00 pm which was check in time so we got our bands and waited for our rooms
Rooms -
Rooms were awesome very clean, we asked to change location of rooms it took alittle bit patience but we did change rooms and it was well worth it, we got ocean side and the view was awesome, very clean and absolutely nothing wrong with water etc...
Restaurants -
The food was amazing that's all that has to be said!! It was the best that we have "EVER" had at an all inclusive!
Bars -
The bars were all really good, the staff is awesome
Beach and Pools -
Beach was very nice the water rough but beautiful to watch and pool was unbelievable
Grounds -
The grounds were very clean and nice
Tours -
Went on waterfall tour through Mel's Tours is was great!! Did the ATV/dune buggy tour it was just ok nothing to write home about
Conclusion -
We would definitely go back to Breezes again, the location was awesome and it was a plus to have free shuttles to Sousua and Cabarate
The only think that we didn't appreciate is the VIP (timeshare) guys hounding us, not a nice touch when you are on a resort it is nice to get away from the hounding to buy. Otherwise it was the best trip we have ever taken.Puerto Plata is very very tropical and scenic.
| SuperClubs Breezes | Rob |
Just got back from Breezes, had a great time. Flew SkyService, although plane a little cramped service was great. Check in no problem.
Our room was as requested, lots of hot water and toilet worked fine all week. Couple that we traveled with were given basic room while having paid for upgrade.
This was taken care of immediately. Food at buffet and ala cartes was great all week, service good. We found all staff from bar and wait staff, through room maid to be friendly and helpful. Reservations for ala carte restaurants left a little to be desired, the girl tended to mix up times quite a bit. Pool area is beautiful and well
maintained. Beach is not a walking beach and because on north shore was always lots of waves, Red flag 6 out of 7 days, but we still went into the water to jump
waves. Beach was clean, staff always on hand to find you a chair. Beach bar had passible food 24 hours a day.
Of the 9 people in our group, no one got sick, all seemed to enjoy themselves, and we would all recommend this resort.
| SuperClubs Breezes | Dave & Darlene |
My wife and I just got back from Bresses in Caberea (Porta Plata)and I will try and tell you how we feel.It is the cleanest place I have ever been--next to the old Heavens,I seen swab tests done every two days on the surfaces at the pool bar and the generel bar.The rooms were clean and taken care of immediatly if you asked for some thing to be done.Now the food --it has to be the best for every one ---vegetarian,to almost every thing a human wants,fantasticly clean and excellant service.The ocean is beautiful but be carefull for the under-tow.I advise people to be careful about the V>I>P> clubs they do not always tell the exact situation ---read the small print and have a Canadian lawyer read the contract first.I will definately return for many years too come.I highly recomed this resort to any one.The was not one person who got sick in the two weeks we were there.Our Nolatour reps were great and explained to us about coconut milk acting as a lacsitive so that saved a lot of problems plus we took "Duk-Oral.WE had the absolute best holiday we ever purchased and we ARE going back.
| SuperClubs Breezes | Rona ~ Mississauga |
On Feb. 9th my husband and I along with my son, Daughter-in-law, my Grandson and my son's Father-in-law traveled to the Resort Breezes
in Puerto Plata. First time there and the last. We have traveled quite a lot, trips, plus cruises, but this has got to be the worse we have ever
experienced. We booked this trip 6 weeks in advance and requested rooms close to most of the activities because I have hip problems and
find it difficult to walk, also my Daughter-in-laws Dad has a walker. We were guaranteed the rooms, but on arrival all we got was " sorry these
rooms are gone". We were put to the back of the Resort and told we may get something closer in two or three days. We didn't unpack our
bags hoping for a miracle, but on the morning of the 12th I was stricken with food poisoning, confined to bed for three of my seven day's
vacation. To make matters worse our toilet didn't work, four times we called to have it repaired, three times they came and used a plunger,
then it was good for two flushes before quitting again. Now can you imagine the horror of the worse case of vomiting and diareah with no working
toilet. I would like to give a huge bouquet to the staff for helping me out and also to Dr Delasanto for saving my life with the Intravenous drip
and drugs. I am not a young woman and my vacations are a treasured time with my family. I don't like to knock anyone, but I just had to vent
on this one.
| SuperClubs Breezes | Jacqui |
We are from Winnipeg. My husband and I went for two weeks to Breezes. We flew Transat. It was a large plane with more room between seats than Skyservice. Everything was fine considering we left Winnipeg an hour late but still arrived on time. The biggest issue was on the way back home. We had to fly to Punta Cana to drop off and pick up people. You are grounded in Punta Cana for about 45 minutes, but this whole deal adds at least 2 more hours to your flight home. That was very frutrating.
Check in: I have read other reviews where people arrive before the 3 pm check in. We were fortunate in not arriving until 6:30pm. We saw many people every day having to sit around in the lobby bar waiting for their check in at 3. We were in building 7. The room was smaller than other resorts we have stayed in that were less than the 4 star rating of this one. However, we are not picky people and as long as it was clean, which it was, we were happy. I read a previous review about water on the floor at the entrance. That is condensation from the air conditioning. We had the same thing. It is very humid, but to be expected when you are in the Carribean. My only complaint with the room is the dirty towels are picked up around 10am and you will not receive clean ones until approx. 4pm. There are no face cloths so make sure you take face wipes to remove make up. We didn't leave our patio doors open only because we found a cock roach on the patio and we were on the second floor. However, there is a wide gap under your room door as well as the connecting door to the next room. So, take your chances!
Restaurants: We managed to get in to the Japanese and Mexican a la cartes. Not something I would ever be disappointed in missing if I were you. We opted out of even trying the other two as these, in my opinion, were not as good as the HUGE variety of foods at Jimmy Buffet. I think a lot of people have to remember that you are no longer in North America and food will be cooked differently and taste different. I was quite surprised at how many just settled for pasta. You paid to go to a different country, take a chance and have a small sample of everything. You may be surprised at how wonderful some it is. Don't be surprised if you go for dinner one night and see the chef slicing up pork meat off the whole pig.....yes head included. Remember, this is not North America.
Bars: All the bars are good. Your drink of choice will not be consistant from one place to the next, unless you are having Presidente. The drinks are usually much stronger in the evening, so be careful.
Sosua and Cabararete: Breezes offers free transportation to both of these. If there is anything you are going to while at Breezes, PLEASE take the bus to Sosua. It is a fabulous little town with a public beach which is a bay off the ocean. Here you will find the long line of shops. The shop owners are very persistant but a firm head shake of no or saying "No thank-you" is usually sufficient. If you do go and want to spend the afternoon on the beach, you can rent lounge chairs for about 60 pesos each. We always went to "Mofongo's", which is a restaurant about a quarter of the way down the line of shops. The gentleman who runs it is Roberto. He is a fabulous man who will get you the chairs by the water, shade, or no shade, he will bring you beer, we recommend the large bottle of Presidente which is 120 pesos versus the usual bottle size at 70. He runs the restaurant and we had the cheeseburger each time we went. Not sure what is in the hamburger but it was the best burger I have ever had! For two chairs, 3 large Presidente and a cheeseburger that comes with fries it cost us 736 pesos, approximately $25 Canadian for an afternoon well spent. The water is usually way more calm than at the resort. It is so clear that if you go in up to about your waist, you can see fish. This is also a great snorkelling spot. Roberto can rent you the equipment as well. There are reefs out there that you can swim to.
Overall Hotel Rating: I would not consider this a 4 star at all. We stayed at the Casina Marina Beach a few years back that was only a 2.5 star and loved it. They still are doing the renovations. Our building was not done yet. We were disappointed in having two twin beds instead of two doubles or a queen, like we have had at all other resorts we have stayed at. The food was very good. Always a lot of variety. The pool was very cold but spectacular. There is never an issue at getting chairs around the pool at any time of day. The resort area is huge. You will never find yourself butted up to anyone else. The none hole course is nothing great but something to do if it is cloudy. However, don't lose any balls or they will charge you a dollar. They don't tell you this until you return. This is a resort that is part of RCI. The VIP people will try to get you to buy into it. We did finally give in and sit down. They tell you it is not a time share, but conceptually, it is. When we figured out all the money that you would spend to be VIP, (which took about an hour) we would potentially would have saved about 100 dollars each. Big deal. You can usually find a good deal on line. Would we go back? Probably not unless there was another awesome sell off deal.
| SuperClubs Breezes | Ron |
just returned on the 13, and i am ready for next year to go again, three reasons why 1. staff are the best 2. the beech and pool. 3 the heat, and even love walking in the rain, it is so warm. why wouldn't i return? can't think of a good reason that is in my control, so good Lords willing i'll be back. and alphonso who works the beech, i consider him a good friend now after my trips to and from thee, he is a great help with spanish. something i thought could be changed though is the time share guys setting up so you can't avoid them coming from the meals, they could put them in a place where people could go to them if there interested, but they were only a minor problem.
| SuperClubs Breezes | Colleen ~ Belleville, Ontario |
ARRIVAL
We flew Sky Service and it was cramped but fine. We arrived in 3 and a half hours. Customs was quick and it was only about a 20 minute bus ride to the resort. Check in was smooth. I had emailed ahead and requested ocean view rooms for us and our childen. I also requested a cot in our children`s room.
Everything was as I requested We have three children 18, 15, an 11.
ROOMS
We were in bulding 5 room 5206 & 5207. The rooms were very nice and spacious. They were in the process of replacing all the furniture with new.
It was very nice. When we arrived to our room we had no electricity but it was promptly fixed. Our children`s toilet broke the first night and was not fixed till the next morning. Any problems like that dial Guest Services not the front desk. My sister in law and her husband had to change rooms mid week as there was a problem with the telephones and their floor apparently had to be ripped up to fix it. That was rather inconvienent.I was thrilled with the ocean view room and we slept with the balcony doors open every night. I love the sound of the surf rolling in.
RESTURANTS
We went to the Mexican and Italian Resturant. We really enjoyed both very much. At the Mexican they started the meal with a bowl of tortillas and salsa and frozen mango marguaritta`s. They were fabulous! I tried to get them the rest of the week but they weren`t as good. I had Fried Cheese Sticks in Mild Green sauce for my appetizer, very nice. I had the Chicken Salad it was the best. I could have had two of those and skipped the Entree.
I had the enchilladas for my main course, they were alright ut I would pick something else next time. Don`t miss out on the Coconut Pie for dessert!
FABULOUS!!
Italian-Bruchetta started the meal. It was different then we have here but good. We akll had Cesar Salad and again it was different then our but still nice. I chose the Piccante as my entree and it was basically Chicken Parmesan-Very good!! My youngest daughter had a 10 inch hawian pizza that she loved. They even wrapped up her leftovers for her to take back to the room. My son had the lasagna and it was also excellent. I had the Tiramsu for dessert, not great, but the kids had Amaratto Cake and said it was really good.
Jimmy`s Buffet
Breakfast- Same every day egs, Omellete Bar (good) french toast, pancakes etc... I found the bacon extremely tough. NOTE**Do not get suckered into the guys outside the buffet in the morning that want to give you a `Welcome gift`They are selling time share. My sister inlaw and her husband did and they said it was very high pressure and took up a couple of hours. They are wearing yellow golf shirts that say Breezes VIP
Lunch- Good- More Comfort foods Really enjoyed the Potato Soup, Alfredo Penne(kids table) and Cabbage rolls
Supper- Pasta Bar is good. Dominican night not very good. Alot of people had pasta bar that night. American night was very good- roasted turkey, roast beef, mashed potatoes Beach bar - Nice lunch, hamburgers, hotdogs, soup you can make a sandwich.
We like make grilled cheese on the grill. Fries and salads, Chicken, ribs, meatballs. This bar offers food 24 hours. Later in the night it would sometimes be a bit dried out.
BARS
Drinks I liked: Ron Sonrye(that`s not how you spell it but that is how you pronounce it) Frozen Mango Margaritta- Mexican resurant Sex on the Beach Miami Vice Take insulated travel mugs for your drink. Keeps the sand out and the drink cold. They will make the drink right in your mug.
The lobby bar is very busy at night. We preferred the Beach bar(24 hours)At ight by the beach bar we quite often saw a calico cat. She is very gentle and will quietly sit by your chair and occasionally meow for a treat. She really likes chicken. I found that if you got a drink at one bar it could be completely different at another. Bartender`s all very nice and patient, I found that some of the guests were very rude to these guys and they were always pleasant. If you have a teenage daughter(mine is 18) beware that the male employees are very flity with them. They were harmless but my daughter was qite freaked out at first.
BEACH AND POOL
We spent more time by the beach than the pool, but enjoyed both. The beach has brown sand and is not very long. It is kept nice and there is a gentleman there that will set you up with lounge chairs and a table. Very nice fella with beautiful blue eyes.It was red flag all week except two days.We went in any way to play in the huge waves. We did not go out far the under tow is very strong. The waves will sometimes knock you off your feet.
Sand gets into places sand ought not be! Also make sure your bathing suit is secure or you could lose it!Down by the beach you will quite often see a small grey dog. She is very friendly and gentle. She is also partial to hotdogs. We called her Fredricka, everyone had a different name for her.
The pool is amazing very clean. We took floating rings. Above the pool they had 3 cold jaccuzzi and one hot tub. The hot tub is very popluar in the afternoon. I must say that we found the pool to be rather cold. The ocean was warmer. The pool also has a kiddy pool, which is good because the pool is rather deep.
Beach towels are done on a card system. You aregiven one card per person when you check in. You turn in these cards for towels and when you need dry ones you can exchange them as often as needed. You can also turn in your towels and get your cards back if you don`t want to carry towels around with you. If you lose your card or towel it will cost you $20. I had no problem with the system.
GROUNDS
The grounds are nice. I expected more flowers but they were nicely kept and clean.One thing I noticed is when they are working on something and it`s the end of their shift they just leave. They don`t clean up the job site.
ACTIVITIES
We are not into participating in activites but they had lots. There is a trapezee school and if you go the you perform with them the night they do their trapeeze show. It looked like a lot of fun and it looked safe. The nightly entertainment was good, we enjoyed all the ones we saw. I also noticed that all the staff were very nice to the children.
TOURS
We did not take any tours. My sister in law and her husband went to Caretan.
As soon as they stepped on the sidewalk they were swarmed by 3 ladies doing hair braids. Before they could stop them they both had two braids in their hair. The ladies then wanted $10! They refused but did give them a couple of dolars. The ladies were very rude and angry that they did`t get $10. The rest of their shopping went well. Vendors barter well. Don`t pay more that
1é2 their asking price.
The shopping at the gift shop on the resort is not great. They have vendors come in a few nights but they will not barter as well.
CONCLUSION
Things you should bring: Clock for our room; Favorite CD they only have one radio station;LOTS of small american money; face cloths; Beach bag; insulated travel mugs; minimum 2 swimsuits; baby wipes or wet wash cloth to take to the beach or pool I found the salt air made my hands and face sticky; Q tips to clean the sand out of your ears; small flashlight, some of the walkways are not very well lit at night; if bringing teenagers or husbands who disappear 2 way radios would be great, the resort is quite large ;Floaties for pool In the rooms they supply, shampoo,conditioner, bar soap, shower cap and kleenex and towels. They restock the fridge daily with water and coke and sprite.
In conclusion I found this to be a very nice resort and feel that it`s 4 star rating is justified. We had a wonderful time and would highly reccomend it.
| SuperClubs Breezes | Diana Lynn |
Good Day Debbie,
My husband and 24 friends went Super Club Breezes last month. My husband and I were to stay for two weeks but after the wedding party left to go home my husband and I decided we would leave this resort and go to the Barcelo Resort.
My husband and I went there for our 25 wedding anniversary 13 years ago and we really enjoyed our stay there.
The Super Club Breezes resort is listed as a 3+ and I wouldn't give them less than a 2 rating.
They are trying to fix the resort up and it needs allot of work.
The food is very bland but the service in the restaurants and bars are great.
My husband got three shocks from the wiring in the villa we stayed in.
The entertainment was so so the costumes made up for their shows. Very hard working young people.
Customer service was very slow getting things done they tryed hard.
Untill the resort gets better I wouldn't go back there.
We went to Barcelo our second week of our vacation.Even though we had to pay extra to do this we were glad to leave the Super Club Breezes.
Barcelo was great ,the food and service were top notch.
Our only thought was about the entertainment it was much to load. They didn't need mic,s their voices were load enough.The shows were fun and very well put together.
Many older people thought it went on to late. We didn't mind it stopped at 11pm.
The new owners were there when we got there, they were having work done to improve the resort. Painting and repairs were being done daily.This was nice to see.
Our bathroom had a leak and I slipped and I told them again as we were leaving about the problem and was told it would be repaired before another person would be put into that room.
I am planning another holiday next Feb. 2009 this time a girls holiday.
Would you have a good place where we might go our ages from 45 to 75.
We did go to the Riu Naiboa in the DR last year and really enjoyed ourseleves.Great service food and grounds were great.I would give them a 5.All the staff from the front desk to the housekeeping treated us like family. Our vacation was wonderful. I would go there again.But I wouldn't go with Sunquest again.
We are looking at Costa Rica or Cuba.There maybe between 8 and ten of us.
| SuperClubs Breezes | Dorothy ~ Toronto |
We were a party of 6 people travelling to Puerto Plata. My husband and I, two girlfriends, and one of my girlfriends two young adult daughters.
Flight. Our Skyservice flight left Toronto right on time, and although the seats were quite close together with little leg room, all in all a great flight. The crew were very pleasant, and we were served a nice breakfast.
Check-In. The hotel was lovely, although as we had read on your site, dated. I was already thinking that people had been too harsh in their criticisms of the resort. We checked in at the front desk at about 12 noon, and were sent off to relax, and have something to eat, until our rooms were to be ready for 3 p.m. When we arrived back at the desk shortly after 3 p.m., however, we were advised that our rooms were still not ready, and only when pressed for further info, were told it may be another half hour or so before they would be ready. This was very discouraging, as having had an early morning flight, we were now quite exhausted, and wanting to change out of our travel clothing (thank heavens we all had worn summer tops under our sweaters so we could at least change into something a little cooler), have a shower and a bit of a rest. The clerk became quite insulted that we were upset with him, although I tried to be as pleasant as possible, assuring him that our displeasure was not directed at him personally, that we were just really tired, and were now not happy that the rooms were still not ready. I'm surprised to read that others on previous reviews were checked in promptly, so not quite sure what happened with us.
Rooms. Unfortunately, the room which we'd waited so long for to be cleaned, when we got to it, had a huge puddle of water in the entryway, so how the maids missed that if they'd just finished cleaning it is beyond me. There was mold in the room, and the light bulb was missing out of the lamp. At this point, I asked the Nolitours Rep for assistance, and was sent to speak with the manager of the front desk. He promptly had us moved to another room, which was clean, and dry. The toilet unfortunately was broken, but they promptly fixed it the next day. It continued to make quite a noise, but we turned the water off to the toilet at night before going to bed, so we wouldn't hear it. The beds were comfortable. The maids kept the room clean, and the fridge stocked every day with bottled water, and a couple of soft drinks. There was a safe in the room, but it had a key, which was a little awkward compared to the keypad safes we've had in other resorts. We did manage, however, to not misplace the key on our treks to the pool. I would keep it in my beach bag. The electrical outlets were compatible with our electronics so no problem there. The lighting was fine, although they used a lot of fluorescent bulbs, which may take getting used to for some people, and may explain some of the comments I read in other reviews about poor lighting. We never had a problem with hot water for showers. We usually waited until after our time at the pool before showering though, which would have been around 5 or 5:30 p.m. They had a CD player/Radio in the room on the bedside table, but it did not have a clock component, so it is important to take your travel clock for mornings when you need to get up at a certain time like the day you are leaving. We requested a wake up call, and they did call one of the rooms, but not the other. So not sure you want to trust them to do this.
Grounds and Pool. The grounds and the pool were beautiful. Definitely the saving grace of this resort. Despite what I had read in other reviews, the pool was kept quite clean. There were the odd leaf or dead bee, but nothing that wouldn't happen in any pool, including ours at home! Pool closed at 6 p.m. but this is what we've seen at other resorts, and were not expecting it to be open late. We managed to get loungers by the pool every morning, and never had any trouble getting towels. The bars were great. We enjoyed a variety of drinks, and the service was very good.
Restaurants. Booking the A la Carte's was a bit difficult. We went the first morning to book, and they only book a few days ahead. We arrived on Friday, and couldn't book the French restaurant until Tuesday morning. This was a bit annoying, as at other resorts, we made our bookings all at once. We could then forget scheduling and get on with vacationing. However, it wasn't that bad, and the young lady was quite pleasant and helpful. The buffet was quite good, with a fair amount of variety. I was pleased as I'd read in other reviews that the food was terrible. Not so. The staff were very pleasant, and always eager to please.
Beach. Red flagged every day, so we weren't safe to go into the ocean at all. It wasn't as long as I would have thought from the pictures I'd seen, so if you like to take long walks on the beach, not the place for this.
Tours. The only tour we signed up for was "Magical Nights", as I was there to celebrate my birthday, and we wanted to try to do something special that day. It was an hour bus ride to Puerto Plata, and we had a lovely meal at the Ocean World Adventure Park . It was a buffet which included lobster and a lovely roast beef. After dinner, we saw a Las Vegas type show. The costumes were beautiful. We then went down to the Casino for a couple of hours. The only down side of this trip, was that despite the fact that they had said the drinks were included in the Casino (not the disco on the fourth floor - those drinks would have to be paid for), when we attempted to order a drink, we were advised that it would be at a fee. Some went back down to the restaurant then to order a drink and it was also going to cost extra. Not sure what happened there, but it was my birthday and I didn't want to bother following up on it. Just mentioning it because if you decide to pay for this excursion, you should be aware that they did not provide free beverages, (other than during dinner), as promised. One of the young ladies even asked for water and was told it would be $3. and change.
Spa. The spa was beautiful. I had a massage there on my birthday, as did two of my friends. We all were pleased with the service. The price was reasonable, and the atmosphere was very relaxing.
Money. Take lots of American $1.00 bills. We had trouble leaving tips because we were running out of $1.00 bills. Unless you want to go into town to the bank, it is impossible to change your American money into smaller denominations. Another traveller told us that even at the bank he had some difficulty, as they wanted photo ID before they'd give him change. Luckily he had this with him, but others behind him in line didn't have it, and were refused their requests. We were quite surprised at this because everywhere else we've travelled to, i.e. Mayan Riviera, Veradero in Cuba, and Punta Cana, you've been able to do this at the front desk of the hotel. Even though we'd taken $10 and $5 bills with us, they refused to make small change. The one store (the one with the souvenirs/pool flotations) would try and give you change in American if you bought something with American money, but if they didn't have enough change in American you got Pesos. The other store converted your American money to pesos and gave change in pesos.
Overall, we had a wonderful vacation. I was worried because I had read several poor reviews of this resort. I'm glad we went. I am trying to be fair, and I feel I don't have unreasonable expectations, however, I do expect efficiency even at a 3 or 4 star resort. Would I go again? I'm not sure. Maybe they'll make some more improvements in the future. The overall atmosphere was relaxing, and the weather was beautiful. You'd awake to cloudy skies, but the clouds would quickly blow over and the sun would come out. They seemed to be working on some areas of the resort, but for the little extra money, I think I'd go back to Punta Cana if I decide to go to the Dominican again. The resort we stayed at there was amazing with excellent service, check in was no problem, rooms were clean and dry, and the beach was better (longer for walking).
| SuperClubs Breezes | Kara |
Arrival- Upon arrival we checked in at the sun quest booth where they directed us to our bus. We had no stops on the way to our resort as it was full of other Breezes members. The ride was about 20minutes but felt so short because there were lots to check out on the way to Breezes. Check in was fast and easy, the staff brings your bags to your room so you get a chance to check out the resort while you make your way to your room.
Rooms- Well we were very pleased to find that we were staying in an ocean front Villa right next to the spa and very close to the beach bar. We must have been upgraded as we paid the lowest price and were expecting a garden view room in the high-rise buildings. This surprise was a great start to a beautiful vacation; waking up to the ocean every morning was the best thing I could have asked for. The room was clean and comfortable, not immaculate but unless you are a picky person they are fine. The fridge is replenished each day with 4 bottles of water, and housekeeping is done by later afternoon. We had a little trouble with a leaky toilet which we wore our crocks in for a couple of days but each afternoon the staff came to fix the problem. By the second day it was fixed. It wasn’t a big deal because you spend most of your time outside of the room anyways. The room has a safety box a blow dryer and even an iron (which we did not use) and yes they have the same outlets as we do. We were very satisfied with the room! Oh and the beds are comfy Too!
Restaurants- Unfortunately we didn’t attend any A la cartes, The Paris restaurant was very hard to get into and we didn’t make much of an effort to get into any others. The buffet had a wide variety foods including a choose your own pasta line which we used almost every day. The Beach bar also has a 24 hour snack bar which consists of salad, fries, hot dogs, hamburgers and a variety of other things at times.
Bars- There are 5 bars at this resort and 1 pool bar. All have very friendly staff and you never have to wait too long for a drink. Drinks are good and hard to resist, watch out for the rum it’s very potent!
There is a disco at night in a small area by the buffet. It was never too busy when we were there, but if you like to dance it’s a nice change of pace after supper and the entertainment show.
Beach and Pool- The beach was nice, clean and never felt to crowded. The waves were a little rough but we didn’t spend a whole lot of time in the ocean anyways. The pool is beautiful and well spread out, if being apart of the entertainment isn’t your thing then it is easy to get away. We discovered the first day that we could only touch the bottom of the pool with our tipsy toes so we decided to purchase a tube from the resort store. It turned out to be our best purchase of the trip. If we got to hot laying on the loungers then we would just take a dip in the pool floating in our tubes, very relaxing and its what we did everyday. The only downfall is that the pool closed at 6. The sun was usually going down by that time anyways but it would have been nice to have access to the hot tub after that time.
Entertainment- There was nightly entertainment at the theatre usually starting at 9:30. It wasn’t anything spectacular but it was usually very funny, and worth attending. It’s a good way to break up the evenings and we enjoyed it. One night was a circus theme, a night of choreographed dances, Comedy skits, and audience interaction.
Grounds- Beautiful and well kept. Most everything is open to the environment which is a nice change from home very beautiful and relaxing!
Tours- We booked 2 tours through our Sun quest Rep, who by the way is at the resort everyday to help you with anything you need. We unfortunately missed one of them due to the 7:15 in the morning pick up time and our overindulgence of fruity drinks the night before. Ocean World Adventure Park is the tour that we made. It was about an hour ride to get there, and unfortunately it rained a good part of the day and was very cold. We had to stick it out through the rain as we had booked both the Dolphin and Sea lion encounter. Both were very cool but I wish I had done the dolphin swim instead. I do have to say that if I had not done an encounter I would have been disappointed. Without an encounter ocean world would not be an all day tour. You are there for about 7 hours.. more than enough to see all the sites. We ended up having to waste time waiting for our bus.
| SuperClubs Breezes | James and Doris ~ Canada |
We stayed at the breezes resort from january 8th to the 15th and we had a blast. We lucked out as our room in building five was fine however we did hear some horror stories about other rooms. The food at the resort was really good....we enjoyed all three a la carte restaurants and the buffet was also excellent. Indeed the rooms are dated and it probably isn't a four star resort however we got an excellent deal (377 plus the air taxes) so for 1390 for a couple we had absolutely no complaints. We lucked out also as the weather was beautiful with only one partial rainy day. The pool at this resort was the very best I'd ever been to. Water slides, water falls, caves and a nice swim up bar...very cool. We didn't really watch any of the shows and spent a couple nights playing black jack at the casino. All in all I would return to this resort if we could get another excellent price. I love the Dominican....
| SuperClubs Breezes | Moe/John ~ Port Hope, ON |
Arrival ~
We arrived late, as we had a late flight, which was our own fault. When we did get there we were checked in and in our room in no time, the staff were very good at what they do.Rooms -
The first room we were in was not the best. They had just finished some work on it, and had not cleaned it up to good. We asked to be upgraded, and we were put in another room and it was great. The difference was night and day. Very comfortable.Restaurants -
My husband and I usually travel with others, but this time we were alone, so we really liked the buffet, and stayed with it all week. The variety was great, if you went hungry, it was your own fault.Bars -
We don't do alot of the bar thing at night, after the entertainment we get a couple of drinks and go back to our room. Through the day there was plenty if you wanted it. At the lobby bar, the staff was great, and the same at the pool and beach bar.Beach and Pools -
I am not a beach person, I do not like sand flee's. Well, let me tell you, we spent most of our days on the beach, no sand flee's here, it was fantastic.
The pool is great, clean, not to cold but refreshing. The pool is huge the way it is layed out, lots of lounge chairs. The entertainment committee were great and very friendly at all times, even when you heard people ask them the same question 2 or 3 times, they were very polite about it.Grounds -
The grounds were always clean, people cleaning and picking up all the time. Lots of buckets for your garbage and empty glasses.Activities -
There is alot of activities if you want them, pool side or on the beach every day. Been there, done that. Now I just want to relax.Tours -
Have been traveling now for about 15yrs have been to Puerta Plata lots of times, so we took a bus into town and did some shopping. While in Cabarette we had a drink at Onno's bar which is on the beach. Now, you want to talk about a beach, this one is absolutly gorgous. Lots of people from our hotel spent quite a few days there, went in the morning and came back at night.Conclusion -
We have done alot of traveling and there is a few we would go back to. This is definetly one of the.
THANK YOU SUPERCLUB BREEZES, HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON.
| SuperClubs Breezes | Mark |
Dec.8/2007 to Dec.15/2007 My friend and I flew Air Canada vacations. We had a great flight because most of their older planes have been retrofitted with TVs in each seat offering satellite radio, TV, and movies. Quizno's premade subs were great as well. Skyservice and Air Transat pack you into their planes like sardines making it a grouling flight in my opinion.
Items we wish we would have brought:
Power outages occurr occasionally, so a mini LED flashlight is handy.
Be sure to bring an umbrella and an alarm clock or watch.
After eating at the buffet, grab a small plate of food to take to your room if you drink alcohol or suffer from midnight cravings.
Rooms
We stayed in the villas, room 1042. They were nice,clean and well kept. FYI the average relative humidity is 100%. We had to use the hair dryer to dry some of our rain soaked clothes off. Don't drink the water lol. I used bottled water to brush my teeth. After tropical strom Olga, the water was brown from a river that had spilled into the resevoir but it cleared up as the days went on. Fortunatly they stock the mini fridge with bottled water and a couple soft drinks daily if you tip well.
Restaurants
Jimmy Buffet's was awesome.
I stayed in Villa Cuba in 2004 and it sucked!! It was a strange smelling cafeteria with plastic table clothes and self serve drinks. (new years dinner was good but that's it)
Jimmy's Buffet at Breezes was fantastic, vegetarian section, pasta bar, cheese platters, 8 hot dishes to choose from, 5 different salads, soup bar, huge assortment of breads, fruit platters with cantelope, 2 grilling stations and a large selection of deserts. Dinning rooms were nice as well, cloth napkins, servers etc.
Bars
24 hour beach bar was nice and had food out most of the day/night. However, weddings and special functions were also held at this bar and would not provide food or drink to guests of the resort until the special function had finished. I'll add that the Beach Bar food was good when you were drunk or extremely hungry.
Beach and Pools
Nice and clean, including the swim up bar.
Grounds
Very nice and pristine. We surrvived sub tropical storm Olga. It wrecked havock on the resort with downed trees and damaged buildings, but was neat to experiance it. It took about 50 ground keepers and 3 days to get it all cleaned up.
Tours
Don't rent a car unless you are crazy. We rented a car and thouroughly enjoyed it, but it is NOT for most people. Poor road signage and lighting as well as extremely aggressive drivers make it an unpleasent journey. Also if you do rent, you are on your own if and accident or breakdown occurrs.
Sosua Beach is absolutly beautiful. You can swim out to the reef and snorkel to your hearts content. Avoid the shops on the beach if you do not like being harrassed.
Caborette is great for shopping.
Burger King in Puerto Plata was cool, tasted just like home.
Conclusion
Highly recomended. Great food, resort and people. We are going back but not during the rainy season. Remember, you are visiting a semi developed 3rd world country, don't assume that everything will be better than what you can get at home. Also, go to youtube and search your resort name and usually you can get a first hand look at what to expect.
Great site Debbie!! Thanks
| SuperClubs Breezes | Crystal & Ryan ~ Ontario |
Arrival -
Our arrival was quick & easy. The staff were very helpful. We were also very tired because our flight had changed. We went from Toronto airport and flew to Punta Cana, Dropped people off there and then got back onto the plane 40 minutes later and flew to Puerto Plata. What should have been 3.5 hour flight was a 6.5 hour flight.
Rooms -
The rooms were very clean. We stayed in Building # 4 on the top floor. They have been renovated.....BUT when they say a king bed....it isn't. They are 2 singles pushed together and they are made seperately too. The pillows are horrible and they provide you with 2 only. If you want more you need to go to guest services and ask for more and they will get them sent up to your room. We had absolutely no bugs in our room.
Restaurants -
We got to try 3 out of the 4 a la cartes. They all were excellent....it was almost like home. We tried the Mexican, Italian and Japanese. We wanted to try the French but it was booked. You can only book 3 days worth at a time so I suggest you do. The mexican we had fajitas. They were good. The italian we had pizza and it almost tasted like Pizza Hut. The Japanese was good too....I didn't like the appetizers. But we had fried rice, grilled veggies, chicken, beef, shrimp & salmon. IT WAS TO DIE FOR! As for the buffet, it was ok....there was always something to eat but it does get sickening by the end of the week. The food in the DR is much better then when we went to Cuba 2 years ago.
Bars -
The bars were good. I didn't find the service in the DR as good as in Cuba. The bartenders were always friendly but they didn't get any of us going....like in Cuba
Beach and Pools -
The beach was nice too. It wasn't white sand like in Cuba but it definately was very clean and they had a worker down there the whole time helping you find the perfect spot and getting you chairs that aren't broken....he was definately worth giving a tip to. I found that the ocean was way to powerful for me. I only went in it for 5 minutes but my husband enjoyed it. The beach was so nice to sit on because the waves were so strong it was nice to sit there and read a book....but the pool was my favourtite spot. You could always find a chair, they had stuff going on daily at the pool. The only thing I found was that they played the same music every day at the pool which was kind of horrible by the end of the week!
Grounds -
The grounds I find are nothing to really talk about....they were always clean but they had a lot of sand where there should be grass and they had not flowers at all.
Activities -
They had shows every night that were excellent! Plus they had other daily activities that we didn't get involved in. They had rock climbing, ice skating, trapeze, 3 pool tables etc.
Tours -
we took 2 tours. We took the 1/2 day ATV tour, which we did enjoy but they stopped too many times for shopping and you really get bugged by alot of people. The only thing I liked about this tour was that you really got to see what the country side looks like and truly how they live!
Then we took the Puerto Plata Runners Safari Adventure trip which we LOVED! If you can take it, do it. We went to the local school and saw the kids. Just a hint, I took notebooks, pencils, pencil sharpeners, pens, markers etc....take stuff for them, they really need it! Then we went to the Ranch which we enjoyed as well. At the ranch there was a lady crushing fresh coffee beans and made us coffee and then we had fresh coco it was yummy then we went to the cigar factory that contained only 1 employee that always had a smile on his face. then we got to shop. BUT they didn't bug you. They basically said, if you need help ask and then they walked away, which I loved! They provided us with lunch and it was a beautiful spot and it was good. They really taught us alot!
Conclusion -
Now for my conclusion, I would definately recommend this resort to anyone....I probably would go back but years down the road as we like to try different resorts......But don't expect to get anything spectacular from the staff.....we always left $$$ and a gift for our maid and we got no thank you or anything....when we were in Cuba they always did something with our towels or left us a note just something to show that they appreciated it. But other then that it was very nice at the Breezes, I would recommend it to anyone and oneday we will be back.
| SuperClubs Breezes | Tammy and Eric ~ Dartmouth,NS |
Flight
We flew with West Jet, the flight was good and on time... arrived early morning and could enjoy the day
Early arrival
We arrived before checking .... the staff was very friendly and gave us our bracelet and ask to wait for our room ( I had a change of clothes, swimsuit and sun dress always... and my husband had shorts) so we changed in the lobby bathroom ... gorgeous bathrooms and went for a few drinks in they lobby while we waited for our room...
Rooms
We were with 2 other couples and all got room close to each other, one of us had to change but they did no problem...Yes, the rooms are dated, but they are comfortable, clean, and have what you need. Air conditioner never leaked and the only time there was a misty spray on the floor was when we kept a door open. In the DR the humidity is VERY HIGH, so when it was really hot the windows did steam up, but that is expected to happen when the room was cold and the outside is hot. We turned the air conditioner off at night because we froze (well I did). We always had hot water even at supper time. The maid usually had our room cleaned by 4pm. the towels for the room didn't come back from the laundry till that time. we got clean towels whenever we put the towels in the tub, but if we hung the towels up she wouldn't change them. The maid told us to put towels in the tub if we want clean ones and when we forgot to put them in the tub we would go see her and she would give us knew ones.
GROUNDS
Breathtaking!!! the workers are always keeping it clean and beautiful. They are always cleaning with a great smile.
POOL
AMAZING!! we brought tubes to go around the pool and gave both of them to "Camillo" the pool/beach guy... he was amazing. There workers constantly cleaning the pool. Some days I found there was a few kids -- being kids .. but the parents no where to be found splashing people, we just asked them to not splashed where people were relaxing.
BEACH
Had fun jumping the waves. the beach had tons of people on it and in the water. water warm and if you walk further left you had an almost private beach... awesome....
FOOD
The buffet was great it was good and everybody could find something to eat. We did talk to people that complained about it, but I say people that complained about this resort will complain about everything. We enjoyed breakfast, and when we would go in Fernando would reconize us and my green tea and my husband coffee would be on the table before we even sat down... . Food was excellent.. for lunch and supper as well.. and amazing choices...
Booking a la carte restaurant
you can only book 4 days in advance so make sure you go see the lady (just inside jimmys buffet) because they book fast!
Italian
Was great, the cheese cannelloni (my friend had tried it) was WOW... we went back the second week so I could have some... dessert was great as well...
Paris
Was also very good, the French onions soup was great... the steak was delicious... and the vino tinto as well....
Mexican
We had my husband's birthday at the mexican.. it was very enjoyable we told staff it was his birthday and they made a cake and came and sang Happy Birthday in Spanish.... the food was excellent
Japanese
My favorite... we went for our friends anniversary (same as we did in Cuba the year before) the food was excellent, so was the cook... sushie I could have passed on it but I tried it.... *(appetizer)
Entertainment
They had a show every night and usually would go by the buffet in costume and give us an "appercue" of the show to come... they did use a lot of participation from the audience which was great.... The shows were amazing and very entertaining... during the day they had all kinds of shows and games, they work very long hours and get paid very little but are always in a good mood... wish people were like that here...
Tours
We did the Puerto Plata city tour(US$26 /each), was nice but the tour guide was in a rush to go to a second job... would rent a cab for the day and have a tour with him (US$60).
We did the Catamaran(US$80/each), that was not a good thing, 80% of the people were sick, the water was ruff... and when you look at sick people you start feeling sick as well....
There is a shuttle bus that goes 3 times a day to Cabarette and Sosua, if you prefer you can take a cab for US$10 each way.... but the bus is great and the driver very friendly...
Cabarette we went a few times, the first time was a shock we had some girls basically SIT us down and braid our hair without asking and wanting us to pay them, we said no.... when you go learn to say "No Gracias" in a stern voice and just walk away. the other times we went we had a great time, the beach is quite compared to the one at breeze but you do have to pay (US$3/each or US$5/two) for lounge chairs you also need to barter in the shops they will start you at 3 times the price at least....
Sosua We also went a few times, we really enjoyed it, a lot of market and always the same thing, if you don't want to be nagged by sellers don't go, if you don't intend to go in their stores don't say later, cause when you come back by they will recognize you and grab you and say, "you told me later". We had a beer (in a bottle) at the "bus stop" in Sosua.
General
The Dominican People are very respectful, beautiful people. We had no problems at all they came on their weekend with their families but were very friendly .
Market at the resort
twice a week they have vendors coming to the resort... they are way more expensive the the shops in Cabarette and Sosua and they do not barter as much....
return to the resort
We would gladly return to this resort, we are actually considering it for February again this year...
| SuperClubs Breezes | Carla |
Two girlfriends and I just got back from SuperClub Breezes in Puerta Plata and I couldn’t wait to write a review.
I have to admit I was nervous to go to this resort. I have read some horrible reviews but it just wasn’t true.
Our Room:
We had a garden view superior room (for three adults) and it was awesome.. we had air conditioning and hot water everyday. It was in building 9.
The room did have a musky smell I noticed it first when we got there but it wasn’t bad and I don’t think I noticed it after.
Beach:
We went to the beach twice while we were there… both those days had a red flag. There were still people swimming but the waves are very strong and you need to be careful. The sand is beautiful and VERY hot on the feet!! There were always plenty of chairs and there was always someone there to help you get a chair or move one to where you wanted it.
Pool:
We spent most of our days here. The pool is AMAZING… very clean.. there might be some leaves in it sometimes, but there is always someone scooping out leaves with a net. Swim up bar was always good.. excellent service..
Staff:
One of the best things about this hotel was the people working there. I really don’t know what resort the people who wrote about the unfriendly staff were talking about but they must have made a mistake because the staff at this resort was amazing.
Shows:
The nightly shows were so good! There was a different show every night (for one week, I think they repeat if you’re there for two). The shows were hilarious... and the dancers/performers are amazing… they are truly talented people!
Food:
I went down here thinking that the food wouldn’t bother me, but it really did. I am not a picky eater, but I do have a “sensitive” digestive system and whenever I ate mostly anything it affected me. We ate at the Japanese, Mexican and Pasta restaurants and I have to say that the Japanese one was the best. Since the food affected me so much I didn’t eat much of anything while we were there. But the rum was always flowing!!!! You just have to go prepared because everyone reacts different.
Excursions:
We went to Ocean World Adventure Park and we did the tour of Puerta Plata. Ocean World cost us $150 US each and the included the ride there, admission, swim with the dolphins, the beach, grotto, snorkeling and all the shows. We had an awesome day there and I think it was worth every penny. I only wish that I had went snorkeling somewhere else as well because the snorkeling area they have isn’t what I call Tropical.. The tour of Puerta Plata was around $30 US and it was a half a day with a tour to the Brugal Rum Factory, a shop where they make jewelry, the Amber musem, the fort, and the market place. The only bad thing about this tour was that we went to the market place at the end and I didn’t take enough money.
One last comment, and this is the only bad thing I have to say: Our flight left at 8:30 pm.. and we checked out from the hotel at 1, they take your bags and you still use your all inclusive package until you leave, so we spent the day by the pool and down at the beach, and when we wanted to get a shower we asked for a hospitality room to get ready. This room was horrible, there was no towels, no soap and it seemed like it wasn’t cleaned from the last time someone used it. I would suggest that you ask for a late check out and get ready in your own room to leave if you have a late flight out!
All in all, we had a good week. I would recommend this place anytime.. my girlfriends and I had a fantastic time, we met awesome people and we have memories that will last a lifetime!!
| SuperClubs Breezes | Group of 22 ~ Cape Breton, N.S. Canada |
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Well this review is about all the bad comments people wrote about this resort that i read before leaving. My opinion is that people that didn't like this resort shouldn't travel. I almost changed resorts because of the reviews about this resort and am i glad i didn't. This was our 6 year in a row travelling south and by far this was the best resort and i thought the Bahia Principe was the best, don't get me wrong i liked that resort also. The staff were great in every department, the drinks and the food and L' A Cartes were excellent the animation team were great to all the girls. THANKS BOYS! There was so much to do there and we had people from the age 16 to 46 and there was lots for everyone. The rooms were great nothing wrong with them, what was all the fuss about, so what there lighting isn't the best you have to remember where your at, i think they do good for what they have. Remember your not in Los Vegas your in the Dominican. The pool is what makes the resort so much pool its beautiful and the hot tubs are awesome. The beach is beautiful and the best part is the waves its fun to jump them and they knock you over it was a blast. The weather wasn't to bad we had a couple of cloudy days but we made the best of it. We were there for a good time not a long time and a good time we had. To sum everything up speaking for everyone we would go back in a HEARTBEAT. Thanks again Superclubs Breezes, see ya in two years
| SuperClubs Breezes | Brent and Yvonne ~ Bonanza, Alberta, Canada |
Hi my husband and I went to Puerto Plata for the first time in January 2007. It was amazing! We stayed at Super Club Breezes. This facility was awesome! It was very clean and the staff was soooo friendly.
The food was great and we especially liked the Italian and Japanese and Mexican alacarte dinners. This is a great place to stay because you are close to Sosua and Cabarete, it is easy to take the bus for a couple of hours. If we were to go back I would stay here again.
Great Vacation
| SuperClubs Breezes | michelle (gettingmarriedinthedr) |
A group of 14 people went with us for our wedding at breezes from April 1st till 8th, 2007.
Flight
We flew with Airtransat. We left at 430pm on the 1st. we were starving, and thought we would get a meal for supper. we only got a sandwich, which was okay. not alot of room on the flight. On the way back they offered first class for an extra $80 USD per person and they got a real supper.
Rooms
Yes, the rooms are dated, but they are in the process of renovating and getting new beds. Are group stayed in block 8 (except one couple that stayed in block 6 because they didn't book with our group). Our room was 8101. it was clean and basic. when we first got there we thought the room was really humid, but when we left and came back it was cold and the humidity was gone.
so i guess we got used to it.. Air conditionor never leaked and the only time there was a misty spray on the floor was when we kept a door open. In the DR the humidity is VERY HIGH, so when it was really hot the windows did steam up, but that is expected to happen when the room was cold and the outside is hot. We turned the air conditionor off at night because we froze.
We always had hot water even at supper time. I found that if you let the hot water run for about two minutes it would reach the room. BUT i only turned the cold water a little bit because if you put to much cold water in the mix, the shower would be cold. In block 8 the maid usually had our room cleaned by 4pm. the towels for the room didn't come back from the laudry till that time. we got clean towels whenever we put the towels in the tub, but if we hung the towels up she wouldn't change them. The maid told us to put towels in the tub if we want clean ones. We left our camcorder and digital camara and mp3 player out all the time and they didn't get stolen, but we did have a safe that came with the room to store stuff if we choose to. The maid can't touch your stuff so if you leave your personal stuff on the bed she can't make it. If you leave gifts on the pillow she knows to take it. If you dont' want an item taking from your room make sure you don't put it on the pillow, because its her understanding if its on the pillow its a tip.
GROUNDS
Breathtaking!!! the workers are always keeping it clean and beautiful. They even clean the sidewalks with bleach and water and scrub it with a brush (you don't see that at a hotel in canada). They are always cleaning with a smile.
POOL
AMAZING!! not green at all and didn't turn anybodies bathing suit green.
There workers constantly cleaning the pool. If the guest would pick up after themselves, then maybe the workers would keep up, but we never experience garbage anywhere.
BEACH
beautiful. yes it was red flaged 6 out of 7 days, but expected this with the research i did. Had fun jumping the waves. the beach had tons of people on it and in the water.
FOOD
The buffet was typical buffet food. but it was good and everybody could find something to eat. I enjoyed breakfast here. I had bacon and eggs or french toast. very good and fresh. I didn't like anything that came from a cow, except ice cream. i found that beef products had a funny taste, everybody else in my group liked the beef. I liked the chicken and turkey it was really good. And i had a brown sugar glazed ham and it was good. Yes the food does taste alittle different, but that is expected since the products are made a litlle different and cooked different. I personally found the protions way to big in the al la carted. I usually only could eat half of my plate because they were to big, plus with having an entre and dessert you got pretty full. even my hubby, who eats alot of food, found the portions too big
Italian
My favourite. The Pizza and lagsanga was amazing
Paris
the french onion soup was really good. and we had the wild salmon which was good. the dessert was amazing!!. we had chocolate eclairs, which were more like cream puffs with chocolate icing but to die for!!
Mexican
i had the fahijata and they were very good. I never eat at the buffet for lunch i usually came to the mexican for the snack food. the hotdogs and fries were good.
MY WEDDING
Was perfect. The flowers were beautiful. I would recommend anybody to get married here!!! Monday morning we met with the wedding planner and picked the flowers and meal and got shown the wedding cermony sites. I picked the gazaboo and loved the location. The photographer did a really good job. I hagled him to give me the small package and put all pictures on a CD for $290.00 USD. the small package is usually 30 pics, album, 4 enlargements, and the 30 pics on a CD for $210.00. All group weddings are in the Italian restaurant, enless there are more weddings then some will be in the mexican.
because we had 14 guest we had to pick from the preselected menues. we picked chicken breezes style (which was chicken parmsean) and it was EXCELLENT!!! The cake was really good too. I had a massage at the spa ( a bride and groom special) it was amazing. we picked the sunflower package which included: steam room, 1/2 hour message, manucare for me and scalp massage for him for $80.00 USD. I also got my hair and make up done there for $40 USD, but i gave the hairdresser/makeup artist a $20 usd Tip because she did a beautiful job and she doesn't make the $40.00 the resort charges, she gets about $1.00 from that.
General
Yes, it did rain a couple of times, once very hard. you can sign out umbrellas from the lobby. The grounds did get flooded, but i talked to people on the first floor and no one got flooded out. I talked to alot of guest at this resort and heard no complaints everybody was happy even the experienced travellers.. This resort caters to its CANADIAN guests!!! They even sing the canadian national athem. They also cater to the Brits. I met an American family that was kind of insulted, but they realized the resort was full of whacky canadians, and understood why. We had tons of fun with the newfies!! There is alot of entertainment intill about 10 - 1030 pm then everything gets quite. but i found i was tired by the heat and went to bed early. They had a movie night for the kids and played barn yard and happyfeet.
Caberete
We went to Caberete twice and loved it. we ate at Onno's bar and it was VERY GOOD!! we didn't go to Sousa, just don't have time if you go one week, you need to go two weeks, expecially if your using one day for a wedding. Did the Puerto Plata tour and really enjoy that.
We went during Holy Week and never noticed a difference in services, EXPECT for excursions. some were shut down. People on here complain about the locals invading the resort. so i was prepared for the worst. The only way i could tell that there were locals at the resort was by skin colour. The Dominican People are very respectful, beautiful people. Had no problems at all. I did find that Friday, Saturday, and sunday were more busy then the other days, but it wasn't because the locals were there it was because most flights arrive on those days. We were very happy to see the workers taking a break on the weekend and enjoying a swim to cool off or eat a meal. they work very hard and deserve it!! Make sure you go see the al la carte lady (just inside jimmys buffet) the first morning you are there to book because they book fast! we never experience the lady being rude, but there are two ladies that work that desk and i only dealt with one.
The resort store is very expensive, i went to Janets Supermarcado in cabarete to buy chips and stuff. also suvineers aare expensive on the resort, i went to caberete for cheaper price. Tuesday and Thursday the resort allows venders to come to their piano bar to sell products. This resort has a private beach so you get no pesty vendors bothering you. Out of 14, 7 had diarrhea, but that is expected when you drink lots of alcohol and that the food is different. Not everybody liked the food, but everybody had different taste. We had friends who went to the majestic two weeks ago and hated the food there and its a 5 star. The is just different, its not horrible just cooked differently. you do get used to it.
I would recommend this resort to anybody. just would warn them the rooms aren't the ritz they are a motel 6 standard. They treat kids very well here. also parents had the kids stay up late with them so that the parents wouldn't miss out on the fun. the kids seem to be enjoying themselves and werent misbehaved, even when it was late.
The casinio is close but breezes will pay for a taxi to the sands casino and when you want to come back you see the casino manager so we will get you a taxi that you don't have to pay for. We used the free shuttle to go to caberate, but we wanted to come home before the next shuttle time so took a taxi and it cost 10 usd. there is a taxi stand just 2 minutes from where the shuttle drops you off. the taxi drove very safe!!
| SuperClubs Breezes | Nansi and Joe ~ Waterdown, Ontario |
My husband and I are 33 and 27 respectively and this is our second time at SuperClubs in Puerto Plata. We were there 4 years ago. I must first start out by sharing the cost of the trip as I wouldn't pay anymore than what we paid to go there. We purchased the vacation 3 weeks prior to departure at the cost of $567/pp CDN plus the Dominican taxes. For that price I would say we got a pretty good damn deal! We have travelled to other all inclusives and we have also been on a cruise.
We really liked the beach 4 years ago, and we still like it now - beaches we've been to before: Cuba, Barbados, St. Martin, St. Thomas, St. Lucia, and Antigua. It's clean, sandy, no rocks or debris, wide enough, long enough and it's not crowded. Plenty of lounge chairs, we loved the waves, it was red flagged for 7 days, but I don't know what kind of standards they have, it was very safe to swim and play all day long.
The pool is also fantastic. We are not pool people though, but I saw many enjoying it, it's huge and very clean with a swim up bar. It was nice to jump in to cool down when we got tired of the ocean.
We stayed in the villas which were seculded and quiet. Our villa # was 1034, overlooking the beach. The villa was clean, did not smell, was not musty, and we had no mold. There was a bit of rust in the tub. But it's not a big deal. The water pressure was very strong and there was always hot water and our toilet always flushed! We used bottled water to brush our teeth. But a few times I didn't and I was ok. Our room was always cleaned by 3 pm everyday with no issues at all. We had water and pop in the fridge, we had a TV with about 60 satellite channels and we had a CD/Radio player (whcih I hear is in every room). A/C worked well, in fact some nights we turned it off all together and opened the windows and enjoyed the breeze.
What we also loved is the fact that there were hardly any bu