beautiful resort, r trip report melia caribe royal service june 17 24we young couple twenties travelling punta cana time, arrival flight attendants passed white form complete customs passed blue form essentially items, filled went custom, later couple white just fine, customs baggage claims attacked porters just courteous firm gracias__<c7>, tour operator directed bus parking lot, small group going resort bus air conditioned went direct hotel no stops, great eager settle, check-in little welcome sign rs guests, just point lead vip lounge checked, mimosa served maps room key towel cards provided, tied lovely wooden bracelets wrists opposed general plastic variety, personal concierge/butler awesome trip, run resort stopped say hi make sure going us.room excellent, just advertised, complaint toilet separated semi frosted glass door not lot privacy, blow dryer standard hotel toiletries provided, iron ironing board available, none rs villas beach views close beach, trust close lounge restaurants evening.grounds ponds fountains palm trees lush greens abundance flowers, peacocks peahens babes roaming, resort really large okay walking intense heat rode rs carts times, drivers stop ask need ride spot, want handy rs perks, beach picturesque, seaweed not problem sea, walked barcelo resorts comparison melia beach nicer wider significantly seaweed, rs private beach bartender comes serving drinks, earlier week beach fairly quiet end like lot people arrived resort, trouble finding lounge chair beach, daily activities pickup schedule beach activities house, participated water aerobics beach volleyball, paradisus resort door comparison got way palapas melia beach regardless section resort.pool spent time exploring resort beach, hung rs pool afternoon quiet relaxing, jacuzzi pool centre powerful jets, caribe pool tropicale pool busier not chaotic, met nice people pool bars, kids resort usually behaved, food tried breakfasts/ lunches turey agora atables, gabbi best breakfast lunch, paella pans grill restaurants impressive, choices suppers tried gourmet french seafood dominican italian gabbi, no trouble making reservations maybe rs, preferred later dinner seating, offers 3 course dinners, loved seafood menu, beef filet lobster fusion gourmet delicious, italian restaurant serves late night food 5, went, did midnight snack complete mussels freshly grilled beef, felt food met exceeded expectations dominican rep inclusive resorts, keeping mind not fine dining cuisines interpretations french italian, activities kept busy lying pool beach, climbing wall zipline euro bungee thing 6 fee, steam room sauna jacuzzi free spa, did truck safari tour recommended informative got good deals rum organic coffee, left breakfast returned supper, parasailing expensive compared bali worth view amazing, snorkel fun amateurs like got feed fishes, night life tapered 11. usually tired stay, night happening party avenue bar complete breathers live band, animation team tried hard activities going not vacationer willing participants, disappointed water sport olympics cancelled, vacation make stomach issues day fabulous time, did not drink eat partner did, theory body just not used climate food water require period adjustment, went open minds did not looking flaws, suggestion map book lots info, folks need read fine prints offered complain, recommend resort rs friends knowing enjoy perks offered,