week paradise booked trip travel agent did lot research prior stay, research paid really great trip grand palladium, flew skyservice service excellent seating cramped, quickly pounced airport punta cana received luggage taken bus, spent short 30 minutes drive resort gave good perspective country, thing noticed canadian garbage, roadsides littered things shock leave beautiful airport drive poverty, glance resort grounds beautiful, kept entire stay staff visible maintaining grounds, got bus cold welcome drink checked resort, rooms not ready waited 3 pm, waiting boarded miniature trains tour grounds- recommend use, resorts royal suites make compound initially large quickly manageable, weather beautiful sunny 27 degrees celsius humid remained sunny stay bit rain night, just canadians dreamed, checked rooms quickly discovered best plan room cards, conserve energy elctricity shuts everytime room card removed slot inside room door left room fridge lost electricity leaving stocked mini-bar warm room just sticky, quickly settled began 7 days buffets great meals, buffets lots variety staff quick, watch seated meal quickly set places provide drinks, enjoyed wonderful fruity drinks bar lots variety, stayed deluxe room large room king bed fold couch separate bathroom whirlpool tub television pirated satellite dish provided 7 english channels minibar stocked daily, room located 2000 building 3rd floor gave partial ocean view pool view, said earlier lots excellent food..the la carte restaurants tried incredible, went mare nostrum italian tasty, el arreciffe steak seafood restaurant bit formal best t-bone steak tried, restaurant sampled mariachi texan-mexican place, laid atmosphere favorite, ladies need flip flops men no tank tops swimming trunks shorts shorter bermudas long pants best bet, sports facilities nice-well maintained activities sports bar provided break buffet order sandwiches fries, did not try spa looked amazing, booked trip signature tour guide max decided saona island, went catamaran saona island dominican national park, bus trip catamaran ride took approx 3 half hours boat trip involved lot rum beer rounds local girls dancing entertainment, girls rounds collected money dancing, advice choose trip-bring cash expect tip saona island ladies offering cheap massages lots cheap vendors, trip amazing lunch drinks included speed boat stop shallow area swim starfish, returned resort happy exhausted, return resort felt got moneys worth treated like kings queens wonderful experience trip dominican, things bring essential-obviously sunscreen lots it-a hat burn head like did..a book lazy days beach pool deck cards nights friends, forget store..they dollars want bad buy, tip..the electrical outlets appear trying accomodate different countries, 110 volts like canada u.s. recessed converters plugs not reach, canadian plug larger ones room easily fit tv stand plugs bought stores did n't second day, resort says star that..just n't indulge food drinks brush bottled water regret,