Excellence Punta Cana All Inclusive

This peaceful hotel comprises 14 buildings with a total of 446 rooms. Facilities within the air-conditioned complex include a foyer with a 24-hour reception desk, lifts, a newspaper stand, a small supermarket, shops, a hairdresser's salon and a bar in addition to 9 bars (including 2 snack bars), a nightclub, a casino and 7 à la carte restaurants. This includes restaurants offerings Mexican, Italian and Oriental cuisine, a restaurant offering international dishes, a steakhouse and a seafood restaurant featuring Dominican specialities (respectable attire is required in this restaurant). Themed buffets are on offer on most nights of the week. There is also a public Internet terminal available for use and those arriving by car may make use of the car park and garage facilities. The 24-hour room service and laundry services round off the offerings.

The comfortable rooms each come with a bathroom with a hairdryer, a bathrobe a direct dial telephone, satellite/ cable TV, a hi-fi stereo system, a CD/ DVD player, Internet access, a minibar/ fridge, tea and coffee making facilities, individually controllable air conditioning, a hire safe and a balcony or terrace. Furthermore, there is an open-air hot tub, a fan, an ironing set as well as an alarm clock in each room.

Guests may select their breakfast and lunch from ample buffets; lunch and the evening meal may alternatively be taken à la carte.

In the sprawling outdoor complex there is a swimming pool, a poolside snack bar and a sun terrace with parasols and sun loungers laid out ready for use. Further leisure options include a spa area with a hot tub, a sauna, steam baths, a massage service (fees apply) and additional spa treatments such as hydrotherapy, manicures, pedicures and various other treatments. Water sports on offer include snorkelling, taster diving courses (conducted in the pool; dive school), windsurfing, sailing, catamaran sailing, canoeing and kayaking. Sports options include tennis, table tennis, squash, aerobics, or yoga, and guests may work out in the hotel gym, try out archery, go horse riding (hotel has its own stables), road or mountain biking, basketball, beach volleyball, billiards, darts and bocce. The entertainment programme with shows, live music and folklore evenings as well as the in-house nightclub and the casino provide some variation. There is also a jogging track, deep-sea fishing trip and a weekly Dominican artists' market on the complex.

Arrival: afternoons; departure: midday. Credit cards are necessary on arrival. There are no motorised water sports. This is an adults-only hotel. The minimum age of guests is 21 years.

From Punta Cana airport drive north towards Bavaro-Uvero Alto. Then follow the signs for the hotel.