Hotel room in POP near malecon

[Stephan]

Hi at all,

I am here in SD since 3 weeks, living at Hotel Metur at ciudad universitaria.
Besides attending a school for learning the language, I enjoyed the living near malecon with all its activities very much.
I am going to spend 1 week in POP, have been there never before.
Anybody knows a nice place to stay there near the center of activities like here in Santo Domingo ?

Thank You

Stefan

[BushBaby]

ApartHotel Lomar ON the Malecon. Clean, tidy, Cable TV, Generator, A/c & other mod cons but NO cooking facilities, Small pool & cafe. Price is (or WAS) RD $800 per night. Puerto Plata Beach Resort & Casino a bit further up the Malecon (& a bit further away from town) is RD $1,000 or RD $1,300 depending on location of room!! - Grahame.

[Paulino]

Originally Posted by Stephan

Hi at all,

I am here in SD since 3 weeks, living at Hotel Metur at ciudad universitaria.
Besides attending a school for learning the language, I enjoyed the living near malecon with all its activities very much.
I am going to spend 1 week in POP, have been there never before.
Anybody knows a nice place to stay there near the center of activities like here in Santo Domingo ?

Thank You

Stefan

Mind you that the malecon in Puerto Plata is nothing like the Malecon in Santo Domingo, unless there is some special event going on. And as far as I know, there is no particular "center of activities" in POP equalling the Malecon in Sto.Dgo. You'd better have a closer look at Sosua or Cabarete instead. But if you do go to POP, the Aparthotel Lomar is a nice place to stay.

[CanadianCutie22]

Hello Stefan,

I will give you the link to a listing of various hotels in Puerto Plata city. They're all reasonably priced. Unfortunately I haven't yet stayed at any of them because we've always gone the AI route but hopefully next time. Here it is http://www.puertoplataguide.com/Accommodations.html

I'm also very interested in hearing more about you're experiences at the spanish school. I'm starting to do some planning about how I want to finish off my spanish studies (at my CDN Uni) with a month or few at a spanish school in the DR. I've found lots of websites of ones in Santiago, Sosua and Santo Domingo but it'd be nice to get some first-hand observations of what it was like and what to expect.

So if you could please email me my address is cruzincanadiancutie@hotmail.com and I have messenger as well so if you have the same feel free to add me.

Cheers,

Dawn aka Alba

PS If anyone else has some first-hand experiences with any of the spanish school's in the DR I'd be happy to hear from you too!

[Stephan]

Thanks You all for the input !

I am staying at Rocky's in Sosua at the moment and I'll be in POP the next days and try it out.

Dawn, I have sent You a mail !

Stephan

[juancarlos]

Originally Posted by Stephan

Hi at all,

I am here in SD since 3 weeks, living at Hotel Metur at ciudad universitaria.
Besides attending a school for learning the language, I enjoyed the living near malecon with all its activities very much.
I am going to spend 1 week in POP, have been there never before.
Anybody knows a nice place to stay there near the center of activities like here in Santo Domingo ?

Thank You

Stefan

Stephan, how was your stay at Metur? Would you recommend it? Also, do they provide any laundry service? I don't know if you are still in DR or went back to your country. BTW, how is your Spanish now?

I hope you see this message.

[Argo]

Originally Posted by BushBaby

ApartHotel Lomar ON the Malecon. Clean, tidy, Cable TV, Generator, A/c & other mod cons but NO cooking facilities, Small pool & cafe. Price is (or WAS) RD $800 per night. Puerto Plata Beach Resort & Casino a bit further up the Malecon (& a bit further away from town) is RD $1,000 or RD $1,300 depending on location of room!! - Grahame.

Been to Loar 3 times, perfect and they will bend over backward to make you happy for less than 20 USD per night. Good food, very clean, cable TV, telephone, refrigerators, plenty of hot water, freezsing remote control A'c, minutes to everything

[sweetdbt]

Originally Posted by Stephan

Hi at all,

I am here in SD since 3 weeks, living at Hotel Metur at ciudad universitaria.
Besides attending a school for learning the language, I enjoyed the living near malecon with all its activities very much.
I am going to spend 1 week in POP, have been there never before.
Anybody knows a nice place to stay there near the center of activities like here in Santo Domingo ?

Thank You

Stefan

Stephan,

I can verify what Paulino said about the Malicon in Puerto Plata being in no way comparable to the one in SD. The "activities" (night life?) in PP are scattered throughout the city.

That being the case, you may want to consider another hotel option which is not as conveniently located, but which is IMHO the best value in town. The Hotel Sensacion is located on the Carratera, just past the entrance to Costumbar, about 3 k from downtown PP. Yes, they do have cabanas there, but they also have 8 beautiful apartementes with AC, tv, telephone and a great pool which go for the ridiculiously low price of RD600 a night. In addition they have 24/7 room service at very reasonable prices. If you have a car, the location is no problem. If not, there are actually several night clubs close bye, but it is a bit far from a lot of the activities.

[Stephan]

Stephan, how was your stay at Metur? Would you recommend it? Also, do they provide any laundry service? I don't know if you are still in DR or went back to your country. BTW, how is your Spanish now?

Well, I would say, Metur is a very spezial place. Its in a quiet side street, just some steps away from corner Independencia/Maximo Gomez.In front they have a porch shaded by a tree, which is sort of a meeting point for guests and occasinally some German expats.
Owner is a German, Kurt Brumby, kitchen is run by his wife, offering meals at an reasonable price.
The rooms in the old building are pretty basic, despite most have A/C, when I left, there was construction work going on.But You know, what A/C is worth right now. Best advice is to have a room with balcony and windows on the other side. Like No. 22
Having booked for 4 weeks, I was offered a good discount on a room with A/C and fridge,which is usually rated at 25 US$ a day.
Combined with the near IDEAL location to malecon and school I did not regret my choice.
To get an idea of locations, I was offerred to take me around the town and vicinity for $ 50 from 10 am to 5 pm...by one of the staff in their minibus.

Not to forget that i liked the possibility to have breakfast at one of the stalls in front of the university very early, have a walk on the malecon afterwards and then prepare for the school.
They do landry too, just check with Mrs. Brumby or room-maid.
I am back in Germany right now, have things to do and enjoying the autumn, which is, IMHO the best time of the year in Germany.

My spanish is just very basic, what else to expect after a basic course and refraining all the possibilities to get hooked up with friends of friends for the matter to improve on a day/night basis

[juancarlos]

Originally Posted by Stephan

Well, I would say, Metur is a very spezial place. Its in a quiet side street, just some steps away from corner Independencia/Maximo Gomez.In front they have a porch shaded by a tree, which is sort of a meeting point for guests and occasinally some German expats.
Owner is a German, Kurt Brumby, kitchen is run by his wife, offering meals at an reasonable price.
The rooms in the old building are pretty basic, despite most have A/C, when I left, there was construction work going on.But You know, what A/C is worth right now. Best advice is to have a room with balcony and windows on the other side. Like No. 22
Having booked for 4 weeks, I was offered a good discount on a room with A/C and fridge,which is usually rated at 25 US$ a day.
Combined with the near IDEAL location to malecon and school I did not regret my choice.
To get an idea of locations, I was offerred to take me around the town and vicinity for $ 50 from 10 am to 5 pm...by one of the staff in their minibus.

Not to forget that i liked the possibility to have breakfast at one of the stalls in front of the university very early, have a walk on the malecon afterwards and then prepare for the school.
They do landry too, just check with Mrs. Brumby or room-maid.
I am back in Germany right now, have things to do and enjoying the autumn, which is, IMHO the best time of the year in Germany.

My spanish is just very basic, what else to expect after a basic course and refraining all the possibilities to get hooked up with friends of friends for the matter to improve on a day/night basis

Thank you for your valuable information, Stephan.