Une évasion dans la nature ou le temps prend une autre dimension. La gentillesse de l’accueil et une séance de yoga très agréable

In een woord Fantastisch ! Geweldige ecolodge aan het strand bij Cabarete , een heel gezellig dorp aan het strand met meerdere leuke restaurants / bars en winkels. Het verblijf in Ecolodge Maraville wordt aangenaam gemaakt door erg lief en hartelijk personeel . Prachtige kamers ( wij hadden de grote met uitzicht op zee ) Een 5 sterren ontbijt bereid door lieve dames . Top cocktails aan de strandbar ( Pina Collada is goddelijk ) en eten op bestelling dat ik tot nu toe het best vond van heel.onxe reis door zdominicaanse Rep. Kortom alles om een week te genieten !!

Minder zon...maar das net pech hebben nu , zoals wij veel wolken en regen hadden.

il posto è stupendo immerso nella natura, con la spiaggia privata

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EVERYTHING THE MOST MAGICAL PLACE.

Nothing

Everything at Eco Lodge works well. Breakfast is cook to order, The owner and staff are all very helpful arranging Kite lessons or other activities.. There is a convenient italian restaurant within the Perla Marina gated secure area. I stayed extra days at this relaxing, fun resort.

It's all OK

the view over the ocean.

The place is overrated, shabby and with out atmosphere. The breakfast was poor (fore example the guacamole wasnt freshmade but just taken from a tub). There is no sand beach in front of the lodge. It is all rocks. Our room needed more cleaning. The reception didnt tell anything about the facilities or the surroundings.

The location is phenomenal. A 10 sec walk to the beach.

To be fair, I am awful at language. I try, but language is very hard for me (I had to work for years to be able to effectively convey a message in my native tongue). I try to speak Spanish but the issue is that my Spanish is ineffectual at times. I can understand more than I can speak out of timidity. So when I tried to convey what I was saying, I could understand the workers talking about me and how I am hard to understand. While I know I am the ugly American visiting another city, I take an approach of humble respect for whatever country I am in. However after traveling many places where my language has not been good, this by far has been the largest negative response I’ve had in a foreign country. Again, it is my own fault that I do not know the language, however I tried and my tries were frowned upon and I was avoided. In turn I felt like I couldn’t be around the workers (except the kitchen women who were very kind). It all changed when Mark the owner came back, and then it seemed like order was restored, but I can say I didn’t feel 100% comfortable after the start. However, I am resourceful and made do with a bad situation. After staying I read that a previous solo traveler had a similar experience so I chalk it up to this: a great place for Spanish speaking families, couples, etc. Perhaps not as great for the lone female traveler who is bad at language.

The place is very well located, in particular the little bar / restaurant with view on the sea. Note that the food is very good (especially the plato typico). There are 2 pools: one one the front that is very nice and one on the back that could be cleaner (water was not transparent)

We had the very unfortunate surprise of discovering just before our last night that someone entered our room and stole money in cash as well as manipulated our credit cards (the cards were misplaced in the wallet, and the wallet never left the room during our whole stay at Cabarete). We noticed that suspicious expenses were made with those credit cards. When we informed the hotel staff of the situation, their reaction was... surprising and not cooperative. They didn't seem to believe us, checked our room in case we placed the money elsewhere and just left without saying anything until the next morning. We didn't feel very safe at this point. The next day we spoke to another co-manager who was a better listener, however they still didn't seem to believe us probably (suggested that the credit card payments could have been done during our stay at our previous hotel, which is impossible as cards were in the right order when we arrived in Cabarete). We understand that they wanted to protect the hotel reputation and staff, only that it's important also to protect your guests. Note that the door of the locker in the room was not functional. In addition, no camera is pointing to the staircase leading to our room, and they are aware of that.