wonderful experience 24-year old daughter just returned 4-day trip punta cana princess share experiences contemplating visit resort, food thought food fabulous, buffet night good fresh hot good variety choices, got drinks quickly no problem, desserts particularly good, reservations day italian restaurant seafood restaurant, reservations no problem staff guest services table knowledgable helpful friendly, italian restaurant best salmon eaten, buttery melted mouth, served chicken dry tasteless, informed waiter immediately replaced salmon apologetic problem, service comparable excellent restaurant, left nice tip noticed left not tip, rude meals paid staff did good job, night ate seafood restaurant just poolside grill convert evening, food wonderful died heat, reason closed screens blocked ocean breeze, ice cold drinks finally adjusted temperature, seafood platter cheerfully removed calamari desserts wonderful, restaurants brought dessert cart choose dessert.horseback riding vip package incidentally not recommend 100 vip package, simply not worth money, options cheaper, enjoyed horseback riding beach advice 1. adjust stirrups leave, did not sore legs ankles, 2. extend 30 minutes hour, takes 10 minutes beach 10 n't time beach beautiful, pictures leave offer cd picture bottle rum picture, kinda cheesy fun souvenir, bought 15 cd.spa ok n't spa, daughter just loved, spas best experience best price, 125 massage facial exfoliation body mud wrap hydrotherapy tub fabulous, arrive spa just 2-3 minutes door resort beautiful garden fountains waterfalls, attendant professionally dressed uniform takes path beautifully landscaped area waterfalls, little hut tub shower massage table, aware european experiences words casual nudity massage upper body no qualms not sexual way just experience just, tipped 5 grateful.the room room perfect cool remember ask extra card leave air conditioner cleaned fresh flowers arranged towels create animals, fridge stocked drank asked diet pepsi delivered immediately, no problems getting towels, did leave small gifts maid n't second day great service, building 5 3rd floor wonderful ocean view thanks review recommended, tell travel agent people tried ocean view arrived n't succesful.sickness did terribly sick luckily got home, thing pinpoint casual brushing teeth tap water daughter used bottled water, sick, definitely bacteria not food lasted days finally antibiotic, try just using bottled water, shopping night big barbecue/party beach vendors set tables sell things, did shopping, amazed number people thought beautiful local stone larimar turquoise, research country visit, bought beautiful necklaces bracelets earrings larimar amber area, not pay 1/2 ask, not embarrassed expect haggle, general beach beautiful seen sugar white sand lovely palm trees, went topless felt extremely daring women topless, conclusion great experience recommend resort,