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Riu Merengue All Inclusive in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic |
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Riu Merengue All Inclusive
Bahia De Maimon
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
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| Surrounded by 18,000 square yards of tropical gardens, this resort is within 10 km (six miles) of downtown Puerto Plata and Ocean World. All 544 air-conditioned guestrooms, accessible via exterior corridors, include minibars, liquor dispensers, and complimentary bottled water. For recreation, the resort provides a full-service spa, three tennis courts, fitness equipment, and an outdoor swimming pool and spa tub.
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Amenities | Recreation | Features | Reviews
Riu Merengue All Inclusive Amenities
The majority of amenities, activities, and gratuities at this resort are included in the room rate; guests will not be charged extra for the majority of amenities and activities (scroll up to the All-Inclusive Details section for more information). A Caribbean-style street of brightly colored shops runs between this hotel and Riu Bachata Hotel. The street includes an art gallery, clothing boutiques, craft shops, a pharmacy, a pool room, a photo studio/lab, a hair salon, a medical center, a fitness center, and a spa with a unisex sauna and services such as waxing, the Mayan Mud Wrap, the Tropical Fruit Wrap, and open-air massage in beach cabanas. Open 4 PM to 3 AM, a casino at Riu Bachata contains slot machines, electronic-poker machines, and three blackjack, one Caribbean Stud Poker, and two roulette tables. Ground transportation:
Shuttle vans and private cars of varying prices are available. They can be reserved during the process of booking a reservation for this hotel, via this Web site, and added to the total trip cost.
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Recreation
The majority of recreational activities and facilities described below are included in the room rate for this resort (scroll up to the All-Inclusive Details section for more information). This hotel includes a 53.25m (175-ft) freeform pool and a 4.5m-square (15-ft) children's pool. Guests also enjoy access to pools at the resort's other two hotels, including a pool at Riu Bachata that contains an eight-person jetted section and a swimup bar. Padded lounge chairs and thatched-roof sunshades flank all pools. The resort faces an 800m (one-half mile) Atlantic Ocean beach. Sand extending inland under palm trees includes sports facilities. Maimón Bay, at the resort's western end, offers a beachfront water-sports center providing kayaks, snorkeling gear, Hobie Cat sailboats, pedal boats, windsurfers, and boogie boards as part of the All-Inclusive plan. Surcharges apply for parasailing, Jet Skiing, banana-boating, sailing lessons, windsurfing lessons, scuba-diving lessons and certification classes, and snorkeling and scuba-diving excursions. All-Inclusive facilities include three tennis courts at this hotel and two at the adjacent Riu Bachata Hotel. The nearest golf course, Campo de Golf, is 14 km (8.75 mi) away. The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the resort; fees may apply.
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Features
What to expect: Catering to an international clientele (possibility of topless sunbathing), the resort comprises three side-by-side hotels—, Riu Mambo, and Riu Bachata—sharing an 800m (about one-half mile) beach along the Atlantic Ocean. Connected by a paved walkway, the hotels resemble low-rise pastel-colored villages. Riu Merengue guests enjoy access to all resort facilities, entertainment, and activities. Each hotel has its own pools, children's club, open-air theater for nightly entertainment, activities schedule, and choice of restaurants, including theme-dinner buffets. Guests may drink at all hotels' bars and eat breakfast, lunch, and snacks at all restaurants. Guests must eat dinner at their own hotel’s restaurants. Riu Merengue Hotel was the first in the resort and is located in the middle. Like Riu Bachata, it includes a large, open-air, plaza-like bar, an amenity Riu Mambo does not have. Riu Bachata Hotel is the newest and largest. It adjoins the resort's water-sports beach on Maimón Bay. The casino is next to the lobby. Featuring a swimup bar and jetted section, its pool complex is the largest and most elaborate. This hotel includes ice machines, which the other hotels do not. Riu Mambo Hotel is the smallest of the three. Bars offer only domestic-brand liquors, although guests may enjoy international brands at the other hotels' bars. While all three hotels welcome children, Riu Mambo Hotel is especially family-friendly because it includes a supervised children's section in the main buffet restaurant at dinner.
Amenity highlights: This hotel includes a freeform pool and a children's pool. Guests also enjoy access to pools at the resort's other hotels, including one at Riu Bachata Hotel with a jetted section and swimup bar. Padded lounge chairs and thatched-roof sunshades flank pools. At the resort’s western end, Maimón Bay Beach features a water-sports center providing kayaks, snorkeling gear, sailboats, pedal boats, windsurfers, and boogie boards.
Insider tip: This area of the Dominican Republic is known as the Amber Coast for its rich deposits of the semi-precious stone. The Amber Museum in Puerto Plata 10 km (6.25 mi) east of the hotel is an excellent place to shop for amber.
The majority of meals and beverages, plus all gratuities, at the following restaurants, snack spots, and bars are included in the room rate for this resort (scroll up to the All-Inclusive Details section for more information).
La Roca - Open-air buffet restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, theme-dinner buffets.
Macumba - Open-air restaurant/bar serving late-morning Continental breakfast daily and light-meal/snack buffet all afternoon. Snacks served from late night to after midnight. Bar open from late morning to late night.
Mediterráneo - Half of Macumba restaurant becomes this à la carte dinner restaurant nightly. Reservations required. Dress code: No T-shirts.
Sample menu for Mediterráneo
Soup: Cream of potato-tomato
Main courses: Sea bass in Mallorca sauce Chicken breast stuffed with spinach, cheese with Roquefort sauce Beef filet with mushroom sauce Cannelloni with spinach, cheese in tomato sauce
Dessert: Bananas flambé
Steak House - Half of Macumba restaurant becomes this à la carte dinner restaurant nightly. Reservations required. Dress code: No T-shirts.
Sample menu for Steak House
Soup: Cream of tomato
Main courses: Ribeye steak Lamb chops Beef filet Pork chops
Desserts: Crêpes Suzette Fruit flan with ice cream
La Plaza - Large, covered, open-air, plaza-like bar. Open from mid-morning to late night. La Rumba - Open-air bar/lounge open from early evening to late night. Pacha - Air-conditioned disco at adjoining Riu Mambo Hotel. Bar open 10 PM to 2 AM. (Hours subject to change. Minimum age 16. Closed Mondays.)
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Riu Merengue All Inclusive Reviews
| Traveler Ratings Summary for Riu Merengue All Inclusive
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Overall: 4.38 |
Service
4.69 |
Condition
4.46 |
Cleanliness
4.62 |
Comfort
4.00 |
Recommend
92.31 % |
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| very good! |
Overall: 4 |
Service
5 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
4 |
Recommend
Yes |
| very nice place,clean,great service,if i have something to change,it will be some of the shows every night ,because they are missing something,and they should have more food choices.but the place was very good and the service too!
Reviewed by traveler from new york on August 16, 2006 |
| Time of my life |
Overall: 5 |
Service
5 |
Condition
4 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| The hotel staff was friendly and outgoing. The room was spacious and comfortable. The buffets were great and always had varity and quanity, the wait staff, charming and helpful. All-inclusive was what was advertised. Looking forwaed to doing this trip again soon.
Reviewed by traveler from Newport RI. on August 4, 2006 |
| Great June Trip '06 |
Overall: 5 |
Service
5 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| My wife and I stayed at the Hotel Merengue during the last two weeks in June. The hotel was a pleasure to stay in. . We stayed in an upstairs room where the huge bed was comfortable and firm. The large balcony made for an enjoyable cocktail atmosphere before dinner with the view magnificent overlooking a myriad of beautiful palms. The food was very good with a wide assortment for every meal. You name it, they had it. What we enjoyed most were the wonderful lounge chairs. They were incredibly comfortable, an asset to those of us who love to get under some palms, look at the ocean, and read. We enjoyed this aspect the most along with the absolutely delightful staff. We only have two rather minor qualms. The first was the use of very load speaker systems starting around ten in the morning to get people involved in the different activities. It would be nice if the speaker volume could be turned down a little The second qualm is that although the drinks are unlimited, the rum, wine, and other liquors were of low quality. But hey, you could drink as much as you wanted
Reviewed by traveler from Columbia, South Carolina on July 6, 2006 |
| Best Family Vacation |
Overall: 5 |
Service
5 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
4 |
Recommend
Yes |
| I was very impress with the condition and cleanliness of the hotel. The hotel grounds are well kept, pool was great, beach was good, food was great and plentyfull. Negative: sometimes the A/C was not cool enought during the night.
Reviewed by traveler from Melbourne, Florida on July 5, 2006 |
| Very good hotel complex |
Overall: 5 |
Service
5 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
4 |
Recommend
Yes |
| Good shows at nigth and they have one disco for the complex so is allways crowded.The food is not the best but you can live with it.The service is very good and the facilitys are in very good conditions.The beach is not bad.We can go again any time.
Reviewed by traveler from Dorado, Puerto Rico on June 28, 2006 |
| Not what I expected |
Overall: 2 |
Service
4 |
Condition
3 |
Cleanliness
3 |
Comfort
2 |
Recommend
No |
| This is not a 4* resort in any sense. It was mediocre. I was expecting 4* and got more like 3*. There wasn't much of a selection as far as food. Not to mention it wasn't that tasty. There is a restaurant where you need to make reservations, which I had to stand in line for about 20 minutes to get. And after all the hoopla the food was terrible. The hotel room never did get quite cold enough. As a result of the humidity all of my clothes in my suitcase smelled of mildew. Don't drink the water. The drinks were never very cold. No umbrellas in the drinks. Just a dissappointment all around. Won't be going back.
Reviewed by traveler from New York, NY on June 21, 2006 |
| I would go back to the Riu |
Overall: 4 |
Service
5 |
Condition
4 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| The hotel is very nice and clean. Only thing is that the beach is rocky, you need Aqua socks to get in the water without hurting your feet. The food was generally good. The shuttle service was not a complementry service from the hotel.
Reviewed by traveler on May 31, 2006 |
| it was awesome |
Overall: 5 |
Service
4 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
4 |
Comfort
4 |
Recommend
Yes |
| people at the hotel where very nice and hospitable...
Reviewed by traveler from Savannah, Georgia on May 17, 2006 |
| can't wait to go back |
Overall: 5 |
Service
5 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| everything was great.....
Reviewed by traveler from new york on May 10, 2006 |
| Nice Time |
Overall: 4 |
Service
4 |
Condition
3 |
Cleanliness
4 |
Comfort
3 |
Recommend
Yes |
| The Riu Merengue was a nice all inclusive. The food was good considering- don't expect some high class meal, it is buffet style with a lot of options from seafood, beef, pork and chicken. It is nice to lay next to the pool but you have to wake up early to get a chair (they rarely become available throughout the day), bring spf 30 sunscreen. The beach is private, we didn't go in the water but it looked fairly clean. There are activities throughout the day and a show at night, also the "disco" is open for dancing. The crowd is a mix of families, singles and couples as well and European, Canadian, and Americans- an interesting group. Overall it is a nice place, I won't go back only because I like new experiences. I will stay in another "Riu" hotel though.
Reviewed by traveler from York, PA on April 6, 2006 |
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