An elegant resort with Colonial-style architecture, the Iberostar Costa Dorada gets wonderful reviews. Offering comprehensive family friendly activities, this resort enjoys a great location on a lovely stretch of beach with calm waters perfect for swimming.

Located on beautiful Playa Dorada Beach, Iberostar Costa Dorada offers a truly memorable All-Inclusive vacation. this elegant, spacious, colonial-style complex contains 498 guestrooms and 18 junior suites located in 9 three-story buildings. All rooms have either 2 single beds or 1 king size bed, a private bath and shower, ceiling fan, mini-bar and either a balcony or terrace.

Enjoy quiet days stretched across a private expanse of white sand beach, seek relief from the warm Caribbean sun within the cool waters of the lake-style swimming pool, improve your swing on one of two lighted tennis courts, and enjoy nightly entertainment in the hotel theater. The resort also offers Lucy's Mini-Club where children ages 3-12 can enjoy a variety of fun, supervised activities, while adults participate in the watersports program or relax by the pool with a cool, tropical elixir.

The meticulously-decorated hall is absolutely beautiful. Enjoy beautiful nights amongst fountains under the starry sky. What could be more enjoyable than a massage with the sound of the sea and the palms in the background. The Lobby Bar seems to invite one to spend long hours chatting with friends, and the atmosphere in the small square is incredible. For the inexhaustible, the Road 66 discotheque is the place to be. The hotel has a SPA center with fitness-room and sauna.

The resort offers a variety of entertainment and activities including sports, games and Merengue lessons. Guests can take part in aerobics, water polo, archery and 1 hour of tennis court usage per person per day. Windsurfing, sailing and kayaking are also very popular. The resort includes a CDC PADI Gold Palm Resort Dive Center, which offers various diving courses from beginner to instructor levels. In the evening, there are a host of shows, dance performances and live music.

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The Iberostar Costa Dorada resort boasts 3 specialty restaurants, including one adjacent to the beach, and 4 bars are situated throughout the complex. All drinks, including a selection of international beverages, 24-hour bar service, mineral water, soft drinks and beer from the mini-bar, are
included.

The complete Spa offers guests the chance to indulge in a variety of massages and beauty treatments for both the face and body. "El Spa" has a Turkish bath and also offers a hair stylist and manicure and pedicure services.

HOTEL AMENITIES
Massage; Children's Activities
Parking; Hospitality Desk
Jacuzzi (outdoor); Wedding Coordinator
Babysitting Services ($); Pool (outdoor)
Umbrellas (beach); Barber Shop ($)
Snack Bar ($); Water Aerobics ($)
Tennis Court (lighted) ($); Towels (beach) ($)
Currency Exchange; Beach (onsite)
Doctor (on call) ($); Car Rental Desk
Children's Playground; Fitness Center
Medical Services ($); Gift Shop
Ping Pong; Ice Machines
Laundry Service; Activities Desk
Wedding Site; Ballroom
Restaurants; Umbrellas (pool)
Spa ($); Watersports (non-motorized) ($)
Tennis Instructor ($); Bars
Disco; Beauty Salon ($)
Entertainment; Casino (nearby)
Concierge; Flower Shop
Meeting Room ($); Golf (nearby) ($)
Pool (children's); Internet Access ($)
Aerobics (aqua); Towels (pool) ($)
Banquet Room ($); Security (24-hour)
Volleyball (beach); Taxi Stand ($)
Tour Desk ($); Basketball Court
Dive Center; Breakfast Room
Exercise Classes; Front Desk (24-hour)
Billiards (2); Conference Rooms (3) ($)
Physically Challenged Accommodations (4)
Aerobic Classes (2)

($) Denotes a fee may be charged.

Please note: Some hotel amenities listed above may have an additional fee associated with them.

Casino Nearby (Occidental Allegro Puerto Plata)

HOTEL DETAILS
Beach: The property borders a long stretch of clean, private beachfront.
Total Rooms: 516
Year Opened: 1999

Credit Cards: Visa, Master Card, American Express

HOTEL RESTRICTIONS
Men are required to wear long pants for dinner. A coupon system for dinner in a la carte restaurants applies. Dress code in effect at restaurants. No spring breakers. Each room must have someone who is at least 21 yrs old.

ACCOMMODATION CATEGORIES AND DESCRIPTIONS
Arrival/Departure Time:
Check-in-time: 3:00 pm Check-out-time: 1:00 pm

Early check-in and late checkout on request, and subject to availability.

Children Policy:
Children 3 and under are free of charge, when sharing room with 2 paying adults.

Maximum Occupancy:
Standard - 3 adults or 2 adults and 2 children.

Standard
Bedding: 2 twin beds or 1 king bed.

All accommodations include: hairdryer, mini-bar, shower, coffee/tea maker, housekeeping, balcony, television (remote controlled, satellite),
telephone, desk, iron (on request), bathtub, safety deposit box and safe (in accommodation).

Specific bedding and/or special requests are fulfilled based on availability and cannot always be guaranteed.

FOOD AND BEVERAGE OUTLETS
El Bohio - Daytime snack bar, pool bar. Swimsuit cover or t-shirt and proper footwear is required.

El Chiringuito, beach bar

El Mercado buffet restaurant - A buffet restaurant with show-cooking, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Men are required to wear a shirt with sleeves, Bermuda shorts are allowed and proper footwear.

El Rodizio - An a la carte Brazilian restaurant serving dinner only. Reservations are required. Men are required to wear a dress shirt, long pants (no jeans or Bermuda shorts), and proper footwear.

El Tropical - Dinner a la carte restaurant. Reservations are required. Men are required to wear a dress shirt, long pants (no jeans or Bermuda shorts), and proper footwear.

La Fuente, lobby bar

La Hacienda - An a la carte Mexican restaurant serving dinner only. Reservations are required. Men are required to wear a dress shirt, long pants (no jeans or Bermuda shorts) and proper footwear.

La Plaza, theater bar

Route 66, Disco

ACTIVITIES & ENTERTAINMENT

Daily Activities & Entertainment:
Organize daily activities for adults and children. Merengue classes, beach games, etc.

Nightly Activities & Entertainment:

Nightly Entertainment with the "Star Friends" at the theater. Route 66 disco (11pm-2am).

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS
Way's Mini-Club is available for children between the ages 4 thru 12, with supervised activities, a kiddie pool, playground, and mini-disco.
Applicable Ages: 4 to 12 years old.

Children's Facilities
Playground
Game Room

Babysitting Fee: Yes
Advance Notice for Babysitting: Yes

Iberostar Costa Dorada Review

We have just returned from the Iberostar Costa Dorada, we were there from 20th Sept - 4th October. The holiday was fantastic from start to finish. We traveled with Mytravel from Manchester and upgraded to Premier Gold. It was well worth the extra money (pre flight drink, free magazine, free drinks and extra films and comfortable leather seats with lots of leg room). We also booked a taxi from the airport to the hotel and were checked in and off to our room before anyone else arrived.

We were greeted with a drink and check in was smooth the staff friendly. We had a room in block 6 on the ground floor which had a view of the sea and gardens. We were very pleased with the location of the room. We had requested a Junior Suite, but there were none available, however this was a good room between the pool and beach bars and very quiet. The room was always cleaned really well, only on one occasion the maid had forgotten to leave us towels, when we telephoned they were brought to us within minutes. The mini bar was stocked daily even though they stated it would be every other day.

The food was excellent especially the buffets. There was ample choice and if you couldn't find anything to suit you here then you won't eat anything anywhere. It was always fresh, I never heard of anyone with a bad stomach in this resort. There were also a la carte restaurants. We tried the Mexican, which we enjoyed, but preferred the variety in the buffet restaurant. If you are late getting up in the morning and miss the breakfast in the main restaurant, you can get one in the pool bar restaurant from 10am till 12 noon. From 12 noon onwards lunch is available, and you can also have lunch in the main buffet restaurant. While we were there they did a barbecue on the beach twice at lunchtimes.

The pool was massive with a Jacuzzi in the middle. There were plenty of sun loungers round the pool, we did find people reserving beds early in the morning, but if you weren't bothered where you sunbathed then you would always find somewhere. It was very hot round the pool area because there was no breeze there from the sea. There was also the beach with a lot of sunbeds and plenty of shade under the trees. We sunbathed on the terraces overlooking the beach, we thought we had best of both worlds there. You could walk down to the sea or back to the pool, it was also near the beach bar and the pool bar and near our room.

We tried a massage with we both enjoyed, it was $30 for half an hour or $60 for an hour. I booked half an hour but was there an hour, so that was good value.

I had at least 2 Pine Coladas every day, they were gorgeous. If you wanted soft drinks during the day, then you just helped yourself. You only needed to ask at the bar for alcoholic drinks. The service in the evenings of drinks was very good, we never waited long to get served.

The entertainment was on the whole very good, some of the shows were very professional, and some others were the usual games etc which many other hotels have. It must be hard to find something different for 14 nights. The singers before the main show started from 9 - 9.30pm were very good. During the day there was always something going on if you wanted to take part, but you were never pressurized, so it was up to yourself what kind of holiday you had.

The staff were all really friendly, and couldn't do enough for you. It didn't seem to make any difference whether or not you tipped them, you were treated just the same.

The grounds were immaculate, and the garden staff worked really hard in the sweltering heat. There were peacocks strolling around the grounds and mummy had some babies with her while we were there. There were also flamingos, Koi Karp and turtles.

The shop at the hotel was very expensive, take plenty of sun tan lotion and toiletries with you. A British daily newspaper is also very expensive.

We would definitely return again, maybe during the winter months when I believe it isn't as humid.

All in all a wonderful holiday, I wish we were still there.