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#42 of 74 hotels in Punta Cana
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  • Hotel class: 3 of 5
  • Rooms: 795
Description: Impressive all-inclusive resort complex in secluded beachfront area - Sumptuous Mediterranean-style guestrooms with balconies. This description is based on information provided by the hotel.
Address:
Arena Gorda Beach
(Formerly "Breezes Punta Cana")
Punta Cana
Dominican Republic
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“If you're in watersports try somethere else...”

Barcelo Premium Punta Cana

May 18, 2004
2/2 found this review helpful

We spent a week at Breezes starting 05/03/04. The resort is pretty fine, besides lights were out several times. Unlike other Breezes the "all-inclusive" watersports are hard to get. They even have special limited "all-inclusive" business hours. I like the sailing SPORT and was unable to get it. "Wind is rough", "no wind today", "you have to sign in 24 hours in advance" even if the list is empty; all that when you watch a lot of sailing out of adjacement resorts. Finally, after signing about 9 times some "release form" I was able to get just a ride on the catamaran, no sailing itself. In contrary, they do not offer a local companion if you're renting a kayak - that would be nice. I've tried to complaint to the guest services and learned that watersports are managed by a contractor who is interested just in cash...

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“Good out-weighed the Bad, But would Not Return”

Barcelo Premium Punta Cana

May 18, 2004
3/4 found this review helpful

Ok -

The Resort itself was very well kept, huge and the rooms were fine.

The Pool, the beach and the bars were awesome. The pool was huge and had many areas for activities like vollyball or water polo, the swim up bar was fine - but didn't seem to be the "happening place", but still served its purpose just fine. The beach was a ton of fun - big waves, clean and soft powder like sand. The bars were all great - pretty much any kind of booze you want and the local beer was actually very good.

The trapeze thing was really cool - where else are you going to get to try that???? It was actually a lot harder than it looked. Also - do yourself a favor and stop at your room and change from beach sandals to your sneakers (running shoes.) Two reasons, 1. The thin metal ladder hurts your bare feet going up, and 2. We saw one guy that landed on the net on his feet and his little toe got caught in the netting and snapped..... ouch ! Not a vacation ending injury - but not a pleasant way to spend the rest of your time either.

The food..... Ok - the French Restaurant was alright and the Japanese Restaraunt was a little better. Overall, both places were decent.... We did not try the Italian. The Buffet was horrible. There was a ton of selection - but it was all slop. I ate pasta every night..... they couldn't screw that up. Lunches were terrible.....

Overall I give the food poor to bad in quality and selection all around. We could have returned to the Japanese or French Restaurants if we wanted to, but you have to wear long pants. When I'm on vaca - especially in hot weather, I wanna lounge in shorts and sandals.... Khaki Shorts with a nice color shirt ??? Why is that not acceptable? None the less - we avoided those places for those reasons.

The bar - wait service was fine. Friendly staff who would try and accomidate in you in every way....

The Guest Service would have been better if they just didn't exist. That way you just wouldn't get service, instead of thinking it was there and expecting service and not getting any..... Cutsomer Service flat out sucked. Our transfer company screwed up our departure pick up and the hotel would have nothing to do with it..... firts they coulnd't speak english - then I got loud - then they spoke english just fine (thew dumb lady couldn't remember that she spoke to me 2 days prior fluently in english) - then their phones couldn't call outside lines.... ? ? We had to cab it back and pay for it. Luckily (unfortuantely - for them) there were other people having the same problems, so we all piled into a cab-van and split the cost........

So......

Resort overal - was big, clean, and nice.
The beach was great.
The pool was great.
The bars and drinks were great.
The food sucked.
The hotel service sucked.

We had fun but we wouldn't go back.

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“Best of the best”

Barcelo Premium Punta Cana

5 of 5 stars
Montreal, Canada
May 18, 2004
4/4 found this review helpful

The best!!

Everything was great... you had a VAST choice offood, only the prissy uptight people found anything distastefull... you could get food served till 4 am and then the b-fast starts at 6am so... bon apetit hihi the people are really nice and friendly, the beach is amazing, the room o.k, not great, but who cares??? I had a nice little balcony overlooking the beach... litteraly on the beach!!!
Recomend it %200!!!

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“Just got back”

Barcelo Premium Punta Cana

4 of 5 stars
Winter Park, Florida
May 16, 2004
4/5 found this review helpful

Just got back from 7 nights at Breezes in Punta Cana, Domincan Republic an had a great time. It is a huge, well run resort. I had read some of the comments on this site about waiting in line for dinner reservations or having to wake up early to secure a lounge chair under an umbrella....we did not experience any of this during the time we went. There are bars throughout the hotel that are stocked with every type of alcohol you can imagine. Our room was okay....many rooms face the ocean so I would request it. The food is good and lots to choose from. Definitely do the ATV adventure if you like that kind of stuff...it was very fun. Also there is a fairly large local market on the beach about a 10 minute walk south. Go to the beach and walk left and around the corner you will see a market....wish we had shopped there instead of the hotel stores. We booked our trip on skyauction.

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“Uno Dos Tres!”

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5 of 5 stars
Sunderland, England
May 14, 2004
5/5 found this review helpful

Well just returned on 14th May from 17 Nights of fun at this hotel, Personally we loved it, Food was great, Entertainment great (Despite being two of the few Brits to join in - are we REALLY that boring a nation?) The Hotel itself is large however never feels overly crowded, The food was excellent in our opinion - The Munahana and Els Sobrero were exceptional howver the Italian - Was Awful - Avoid. We ate in the Alcazar (Main Buffet) most nights and everything was available from T-Bone Steak (Freshly cooked) to Whole Stone Bass (Something we Brits pay a bleedin fortune for,) The beach is just perfect, lovely Breeze all the time (The pool whilst fabulous - with the added benefit of a swim up bar offers a distinct lack of Breeze!)
Overall = Highly recommended

P.S If you are a Brit travelling here the reps will tell you that only locally produced alcohol is available which is not true, we were hammered on Finlandia and Stolychnya vodka most nights although the Baileys was in very 'short' supply (Unless you tip the barman then it miraculously appears!)

This was our 6th trip to the Dom Rep and by far the most entertaining of all, other resorts DO offer far more intimacy/privacy however this one has so much to offer and possibly the best beach in the Dom Rep!

P.P.S If anyone has a video of the Entertainment team's 'Club Dance' and could email it that would be HUGELY appreciated!!! By the way the song they dance to is called (unsurprisingly) Uno Dos Tres and is by El Simbolo - which i managed to find in a local 'World music' department on CD Single! Alas due to too much pool bar activity we seem to have forgotten the dance!

P.P.P.S Brits - take a Cooler Mug - The American / Canadian / German contingent will have you well annoyed by the end of your holiday if you don't! - We managed to Beg a couple from a lovely Canadian couple that were next door!

P.P.P.P.S Sorry for going on but if you are booking this particular hotel (and not lucky enough to get it allocated on arrival,) which a lot of Brits were ask your Travel Agent (Preferably me!) to request a 54xx room - By far the best non-supplemental rooms in the hotel! - Mail me and i'll give you my contact details - i'm not one for total self-promotion!

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Arena Gorda Beach | (Formerly "Breezes Punta Cana"), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic