Rooms are dated, what I would best describe as a typical older road side hotel you find while traveling along the Interstates in the US. Acceptable, but nothing special. The pool is nice and big, with music playing throughout the day and until about 10:00pm.
As indicated in some of the other reports, the staff is not very nice or friendly....but this seems to be the norm all around the island and not just specific to this hotel. My wife commented many times on how unfriendly everyone was. However, the second day at the hotel as we stayed friendly and smiling, tipping a little here and there for breakfast service, bar service, etc, the staff started to warm up.
When I booked the hotel, the daily rate came in around $160 with taxes...however, it was very easy to drop this price quite significantly.....here is my biggest tip pretty much to anyone traveling to the island - Use the "parallel currency exchange market"...more on this, read my tip posted under "Currency exchange" under the "Before you go section". I got 7Bsf to $1.00USD (the official rate is 4.3) when I conducted my currency exchange in Caracas, which brought the cash price per night down to about $98USD.
Overall, there is not much to do on the island....nightlife is poor. One of the positives of this hotel is its proximity to the little nightlife there is, i.e the "old Hilton" casino, the new shopping center with its couple of bars and nightclubs, as well as restaurants.
Most desirable beaches are about a 30 minute taxi ride from the hotel, like Playa El Agua. The taxi from the hotel to the beach typically averages about 80Bsf ($18USD at official exchange rate, or about $12 at the parallel exchange rate). It seemed difficult to find a taxi at the actual beaches themselves, so I would recommend setting a time with the taxi driver to pick you back up for the return trip to the hotel.
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