fit princess, arrived punta cana princess 6.30 pm check-in quick easy, given room 5004 attached label luggage walked room, bags delivered minutes room, did not upgrade vip package ground floor room near beach overlooking pool, bath robes provided beach towels room given towel cards, room pleasant double beds separate seating area, coffee maker digital clock ample storage space hangers tv good number channels english, pleased room safe provided free charge programmable numerical code, fridge containing soft drinks beer, touched soft drinks couple beers not sure fridge replenished, 2l bottle water used bathroom teeth cleaning make coffee, left note morning requesting extra water got, room kept spotlessly clean day fresh towels provided, tipped small day flowers towel sculptures left maid, reviewers said beach fabulous, great people playing game__<c7> early risers actually sitting beach 8 palapas near ocean reserved, no big deal place liked sat day, towels provided beach collected aquatic centre open 9 5 pm did not think quite long, actual towels really poor condition holey, let hotel opinion, pool really nice hotel adults felt crowded, moved pool mid-afternoon trouble finding beds shade, reason moved beach received number insect bites late afternoon beach, badly bitten face eyes ended having hotel doctor, eye badly swollen closed, looked ghastly, doctor located 24 hours caribe club, spoke phone bellboy took golf buggy, doctor spoke excellent english thorough treatment, incident thing mar really excellent vacation, breakfast everyday main buffet restaurant, liked fact young lady meets greets shows table, did service buffet erratic, no shortage staff willingness waiters waitresses rush lot not achieve, not good topping water wine dinner just minor irritation, food hot cold required, variety not huge acceptable, preferred eat dinner la carte restaurants possible, lunch taken beach bar, setting superb did really good job keeping sand, food varied enjoyable, waiters went bar drinks, days did barbeque beach provided delicious sangria, monday night chairs buffet beach, mare nostrum buffet night, just personal opinion, absolutely hated, walk sand good sandals dark not table impossible drink, food not nice, allow traders set stalls path beach unpleasantly persistent.. resolved not beach night second monday able book tex mex night, no problems booking la carte restaurants, went lobby evening guest services waited couple minutes, book 3 nights, went la cartes princess twice dominican caribe, dominican far favourite, staff surly food tepid, friend upset stomach dined, tummy troubles, enjoyed restaurants punta cana princess, le petite fondue fun melted chocolate dessert die, italian good portions huge, pizza manage couple slices, worried wrong wanted, just stuffed, tex mex excellent recommend fillet mignon, not big meat eater enjoyed, went trip booked aquatic centre, catamaran trip, cost 84 day, walked left hotel boat brought jeep 20 minute drive fine, catamaran smaller ones traveled puerta plata nice, day varied trip wreck located iberostar snorkeling time big beach slide visit shark/ray sanctuary natural swimming pool, bar included light lunch, lovely day, evening animation team kind lobby, did not like, unsophisticated not keeping 5 star adults resort, preferable say pianist playing night, not great deal seating lobby improved, alternative beach bar, beautiful location drinks served paper cups not great night, conclusion rated punta cana princess highly return, fact no kids huge bonus, walked sister hotels atmosphere manic, glad return calm hotel, quite number hotels dominican republic years perfect doubt negatives hotel far outweighed positives,