je voulais vous livrer mon témoignage sur le séjour que je viens de passer à l'hotel Iberostar Hacienda Dominicus à Bayahibé.
je suis parti début novembre et j'ai passé un séjour de réve : l'hotel est somptueux sur tous les points (calme absolu mais possibilité de faire la fête, jardins magnifiques, personnel adorable, nourriture, buffet, et resto excellents...j'ai du prendre 3 kgs !!😊), la plage magnifique... bref je pense que c un des meilleurs 5* de la république, sans surprises...c'était presque mm du luxe😏
les cockails, le bar, les restos sont à volonté, la piscine énorme et trés bien entretenue (tout comme la plage). Les chambres hypers grandes, propres (nettoyés à fond tous les jours, la clim est au top, surtout qd dehors il fait 30° !), le lit est immense, pleins de rangements... bref c mieux qu'a la maison !!
le pays est magnifique et le coin Bayahibé est superbe. j'ai pu discuter avec des personnes séjournant à Punta Cana et il me semble (attention je ne critique pas) que le coté Caraibe est plus apréciable (mer plus calme, les excursions proposés sont les mm sauf qu'il ne faut pas faire 2 heures de bus le matin et le soir). POur les excursions, j'ai fait les 2 iles : Saona et Catalinita (superbes fonds sous marins) et catalina (plage superbe).. le mieux est de le faire en bateau rapide. Puis j'ai visité les terres par une excursions en 4x4, le pays est trés pauvre, mais la nature verdoyante et les habitants trés chaleureux !
je conseille de ne pas passer par les excursions de l'hotel pour les "petits budgets" car le village de bayahibé est "bondé" de dominicains qui se feront la joie de faire les mm excursions pour un prix divisé par 2 !!😮 (on a payé 25$ la journée contre 35$ la 1/2j par l'hotel)...
j'ai pleins de trucs a dire mais je m'y perd un peu... le mieux c que je me rend disponible pour vos interrogations sur l'hotel, la région, les trucs à savoir... je mettrai plus tard des photos sur le site.
PS: Corsair au top pour le vol et attention si vous séjournez a Bayahibé.. il faut attérir à la Romana, et non à Punta Cana ou mm Saint Domingue, pour éviter de se taper 2 heures de bus en plus (20 minutes de la Romana pour se rendre à l'hotel)
merci pour les commentaires sur l'hacienda dominicus, je dois y aller en avril avec deux grands enfants, pouvez vous me conseiller un numero de chambre, ou vue sur la mer...
oui, vraiment aucun pb sur cette chambre, on dort bien la nuit !! 😎 et j'ai pu discuter avec d'autres francais sur d'autres N° de chambre et mm constat : cet hotel est trés calme et reposant. (pas comme a Punta Cana😉)
Je m'appelle Muriel et je suis allée également début novembre du 04 au 18 inclus, nous nous sommes surement croisés sur la plage ou au bar ou au merenge et certainement le soir au spectable.
J'ai participé à miss iberostar, et j'ai été élue miss sympathie, je ne sais pas si vous étiez au spectable ce soir là.
😉Salut je dois partir pour l'ibero star hacienda la 1ere quinzaine de novembre et j'aimerais en savoir plus sur les activitées cheval, jet ski, quad et j'ai aussi entendu parler de location de bateau rapide a conduire soi meme.MERCI d'avance pour vos renseignements.😎
je suis déjà allé il y a 5 ans au casa del mar et je recherche un très belle hotel 5* pour partir avec ma femme en RD. Nous pensons partir sans notre fils de 13 mois.
J'hésite avec Punta Cana ??? Avez vous des recommendations???
Bonjour,
avez-vous eu des réponses.
Nous aussi nous hésitons. Nous préférons Bayahibe mais nous partons avec deux enfants, 5 ans et 11 mois et il n'y a aucune structure d'accueil pour les bébés sauf du baby-sitting à 10 dollars de l'heure et par du personnel apparemment sans références. 😕
A Punta Cana il y a le Melia Caribe Tropical qui propose un baby club.
Cordialement
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