My Partner and I went in April/May 2009. And fell in love with the place. All staff were all lovely, attentive and nothing was too much trouble for them. Cleaners would be out first thing sweeping round the pool area at first light. Entertainment was not amazing but they did there best. Best entertainment was around the pool in the... More

This was my 7th trip to the DR, stayed at 6 different resorts at different places on the island, and liked the GV so much last year, we decided to go back. LOVE this place! 1st of all, the renovations at the Puerto Plata airport are FINALLY finished. Much improved, but still only 1 SLOW restaurant- waited 20 minutes for... More

We had booked out trip to Puerto Plata for the first time from the week of April 21st to April 27th. I travelled with 3 other of my girlfriends. When we got to the airport the bus we had dropped other tourists at their desired hotels and we finally arrived at ours--the drive was no more than 20 minutes which... More

This is my second trip to Puerto Plata but the first trip to Gran Ventana. We stayed at GV for 1 week between May 6th - 13th. I read good things about GV on tripadvisor and i'm glad we picked it as our place to stay. The staff at GV make the resort memorable.The room we stayed at 2301 was... More

Horrible. Flooded with locals on weekends, they're rude. Food 3 star quality. Rooms basic and need a repaint. Furniture on balcony cheap and nasty. Horrible looky looky men on the beach won't leave you alone. Best avoided in all honesty. The holiday village in Spain was better quality in just about every way which cost me the same for 3... More

We returned last week after spending Apr 29 to May 6 at the Grand Ventana in the Playa Dorada complex. We booked very last minute (just 1 week prior to departure) and were very pleased with our choice. We went with friends who we have traveled with for the last 15 years or so. We are seasoned travellers and have... More

Second visit to the Gran ventana...beach is great,staff can't do enough for you from maids to bartenders.Buffet is okay, always find something to your taste, restaurants good especially the Italian....only downside is as said by others, once the weekend arrives I'm afraid it's a different atmosphere as the locals descend on mass.....others have described before me so I won't comment... More

4th visit to the GV after many visits to the sister hotel Victoria. Once again a great holiday in a great hotel. Really cannot fault this place. it can be as quiet or as noisy as you want it to be as there are two pools one quiet one for fun. beach is quiet too as well as being spotlessly... More

Stayed April 25 - May 2 2013. During weekdays: quite, nice hotel, OK food, nice beach. Overall a solid 4 star resort. Weekends: the resort changes to a 2 star when all of a sudden on Friday afternoon gets very busy with locals ( at least 1000 of them) . Lines at the restaurants horrible choice of food (rice, beans... More