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 | Dos Playas Hotel: Better than expected - good, with some issues.
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Based on many of the 'horror story' Internet reviews I read just before leaving on my 7-day honeymoon over Christmas and New Year's 2004, I was expecting Dos Playas to be a roach-infested, falling-down horrible excuse for a facility.
Rest assured, this is *not* the case.
The room we had was in 'A' building, overlooking the edge of Playa Tortugas and Fat Tuesday. It had not been renovated, but was clean and and in good order. The ground floor was under renovation when we arrived. The room AC worked well. The washroom was in order, and the toilet worked for the most part. We rented a safety deposit box at reception for our return tickets, passports and money.
The food at Las Guacamayas buffet restaurant was simple yet flavourful. I have a sensitive stomach and cannot eat many foods here in Canada, but nothing made me ill at the hotel.
We paid little notice to the entertainment at poolside, as we did many day trips. Organized exercise, pool volleyball and chess were among the daily activities. Pub crawl trips were organized nightly.
We had no problems with being robbed or treated poorly by the staff. In fact, the staff went out of their way to be helpful whenever they could.
The issues we had were minor:
- the room phone wasn't working, likely due to the renovations on the ground floor (there were pay phones on site, however)
- the toilet would occasionally not completely flush, but the bits would go after a few flushes - no overflow problems
- the balcony door latch was a bit wonky, it took us a few minutes to get it to lock and unlock, but once it was locked it would stay that way
- the cable TV only had 11-12 working channels for the first few days (still, there were few English channels, but that was fine)
- they ran out of house wine and it took a few days to get some more - they still had beer and mixed drinks
- some nights when dinner was moved next door, no signs were posted - the bar staff would direct you, of course.
Overall, it is a comfortable, clean place to spend a vacation!
- great view and access to Playa Tortugas
- good buffet
- friendly staff
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