Stayed feb 15 until 22nd. We arrived their at around 5 . Check in was quick. A bartender was ready on hand with an international bar. We received help to our rooms. We were 4 people and had 2 rooms so we requested that we be in the same villa. To bad they put us all the way at the end of the resort. Walk into the room, room smelt horribly..i guess you get used to it by the 3rd day. Rooms needed a lot of work done, but i mean...we really only used our room to sleep and shower so cant complain. The bathroom was clean, came with 2 water bottles ( save those water bottles so you can refill them at the bars).
We had read previous reviews that its a 20 minute beach walk.not true. even tho the shuttle comes often we would walk it ( take 5 minutes). No need to bring your own towel, they replace them as often as you want. The beach was beautiful, the entertainers are there during the day . The grill at the beach is not great. The bar tender at the beach is also pretty rude. I have to say tho, all in all the beach part of the hotel is beautiful,water clear, no seaweed.
The entertainment group is the only reason why i would come back. These guys work from 10 in the morning till 11 at night and are always full of energy. We feel in love with Popeye. He was the best. DYLAN was also the best.
Dario at the pool bar! best bartender, nicest one there. The one near the pool tables..there all pretty rude.
The bartender at the reception is very nice i forget his name.but the nicest bartender in the whole joint.
The club ambroise is pretty boring. everyone goes to mangu right across the street.
The buffet food isn't the best, but you can manage. Make sure you wake up at 7 30 to book for the a la carte resto. The chinese was horrible..but i have to say the Italian restaurant was very good.
Even tho the pool was being cleaned often, it was always filled with little bugs..not the best thing.so we didnt swim in the pool often,
This place is fun if your a big gang of people going on a budget, but other than that never again.

My sister Janette and I stayed at PPV between Feb 8 to 15th 2008.

Because of the price ($730CDN) I was a little skepticle about this resort but am happy to say that I had no reason to be.

We had a wonderful time with no complaints at all.

Our room had a balcony (which I would totally recommend) and was kept very clean by the maid service. We always had hot water and never had a problem with the air. However, at night it cooled down quite a bit so we very rarely used the air while sleeping.

We didn't check into the hotel until around midnight but instead of heading right to bed my sister and I headed right to the bar.
The cocktails are international meaning they pretty much had anything you wanted. Big difference from a resort we stayed at in Cuba which only had rum. Bartenders were always friendly and I loved the fresh juice! Mmmm..
This was a good start to the vacation!

The food in the buffet was fine. There was always a selection so if you didn't like something you did not have to worry about going hungry. We also enjoyed the al la carte restaurants. My faverite was the Mexican. The service in this resort was impeccable. The wait staff was always taking unwanted items off the table.

The pool was large and we never had a problem finding deck chairs. I did bring my own beach towel but there was really no need to. The beach and shopping was a five minutes (if that) drive away but if you didn't want to walk there was always shuttles going back and fourth. I loved the Ocean!

The animation team were so much fun and went out of their way to make sure everyone had a great time. Popeye (el-blanco- chiquita) ....we loved you! The annimation team were the entertainment! The karoke night was a lot of fun!

All in all this was a wonderful time for my sister and I.
The people were amazing and we met a lot of great friends there as well. Joslyn and Andrew, our trip wouldn't have been the same without you guys! But Andrew, one day I will win that game .... Chef (dont thinkI spelled that right) and Dorothy, it was an absolute pleasure! You were also a wonderful addition to our trip. If you read this please write a review on here and leave us your contact information so we can forward pictures.
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In closing I would like to say that both my sister and I would most definitely return to PPV and anyone heading to PPV, all I can say is that Im jealous!

Karen Nelson

What a time !!! We have just returned home from a wonderful vacation. The ride from the airport is about 20 minutes, it stops at hotels along the way. Once you arrive, you are greeted by staff and the night bartender serves you with a refreshing juice. You then check in at the desk and get your bracelets. You can get a ock for your room safe for 20.00 u.s.. They take you to your room on a little cart and they even carried our bags to the room. The rooms were very nice and clean. Beautiful balcony with two doors to swing open. Hair dryer is provided and shampoo and soap. they are nice to use. You can brush your teeth with tap water if you like, we did no problem. The food was okay, different then home of course but we managed. Pool and bar areas very nice, at times pool could have floating buds fromt he trees but nothing to complain about. The staff were great, very friendly, always smiling. The animation team were so funny, really enjoyed them. Popeye, Efrain,Kojack, and yes Romy.....he was fantastic. He made our trip the best. We would go back just cause of him......You can make your own fun, or join in theirs and you will have a great time...My family did. Thanks again, Romy I will never forget you.....Janet G. Allanburg,Ontario

We arrived at PPV on february 26th 2008. We'd had some issues earlier in the day (agency bus took us to the wrong hotel 45 mins away...and from the outside it looked like a much nicer hotel) so we were rather disapointed to be stuck at this place.

BUT my friend and I didn't want to waste our week moping around, so after a quick nap we got right into it! And it turned out to be the most amazing week!!

The animation team was awesome, particularly Kojack, Efrain, Willys, and Popeye! They're hilarious and so energetic, and very fun to hang out with! Every day they had different activities going on around the pool area. Darts, mini golf, horshoes, "crazy pool" games, water polo, volleyball in the pool, and other such games. If you didn't participate in them then it may have seemed rather repetitive to watch, but playing them was really fun!

Also everyday they taught a dance, we learned salsa, la colita, merengue, and boracha or bochata whatever it's called haha! And then the famous "Chocolate" dance that we did after every dance we learned. They held spanish lessons everyday.

Also available were bikes, so you could bike around the area.

Every evening around 8 or 8:30 the animation team did a presentation with the kids, whether it was making random animal sounds, or singing songs with them, it was really fun to watch them act like kids with the kids. After the kids presentation, around 9:30pm they had other shows. The first one we saw actually took place in our discoteca, as it was Independance Day in the DR so they had a bunch of really cool dances performed. They had a kareoke night, a night where they had a performance about the history and people of the DR and it was with music and dancing as well. Another night was "Mister Puerto Plata Village 2008" where 4 guests "competed" by doing silly dances and tasks to be voted for to win. It was really funny! Every evening it was something different.
And of course, after the shows everyone could participate in "Chocolate".

On the beach, they had one member from the animation team working as well, they'd play beach volleyball and basketball with us or organize other beach games like bacci. They also offered the scuba gear that we could use for one hour each day on the beach. There were other items we could sign out as well, though my friend and I were busy the entire time with so much stuff to do that we never got a chance to use everything!

The buffet changed it's theme everynight, although some things were repetitive all in all it was really good. We coud make reservations at any of the 3 a la carte restaurants as much as we wanted, however we only ate at each one once. The mexican was the best, followed by italian and then oriental. The service was good, always filling our water up and making sure our meal is fine, and very fast switching courses when we were done eating the first course etc.

The bar in the pool was open everyday.