Puerto Plata International Gregorio Luperón Airport (POP): Approximate driving time is 20 minutes and distance is 12 miles (19.4 km.)

Driving directions from Puerto Plata International Gregorio Luperón Airport: Outside airport, turn right and continue straight on the main highway, Av Sosúa Puerto Plata, to the resort area of Playa Dorada. Turn right into Playa Dorada and follow signs to the hotel.

Getting there: The best way is by taxis which charge fares in the $16–$25 range. Rental cars and limousines are also more than $36. Fees subject to change without notice. Rental cars are available online.

Getting around: The hotel is in a popular beach area so guests can walk to many shops and restaurants immediately around the hotel. A taxi or rental car is needed to get farther afield and taxi fare to the town of Puerto Plata is in the $5–$15 range. Fees subject to change without notice.

Rooms are available only in the All-Inclusive Plan.

All-Inclusive Plan - Price includes the following:

Not included: lobster, fine wines, fine cuts of meat, and imported liquor and beer; dinner at El Cortijo restaurant; coin-operated pool tables; in-room safes; laundry and dry cleaning; telephone calls; and massage.

Las Reses - Located in a second-floor arcade above shops, this dinner-only ŕ la carte restaurant offers grilled items in a rustic setting with red-and-white-checked tablecloths. Reservations required.

Via Veneto - Directly across from Las Reses, the intimate Via Veneto serves Italian fare from an ŕ la carte menu for dinner. Reservations required.

La Hacienda - Serving fast foods during the day when it's known as El Lago, this second-floor, open-air spot by the pool dresses in table linens for dinner and features ŕ la carte Mexican specialties. Reservations required.

La Fontana - Designed as a rooftop piazza complete with white wrought-iron tables and chairs and globe streetlights, this evening destination draws crowds for ice cream and pizza from a wood-fired brick oven.

El Cortijo - Adjacent to La Fontana, this air-conditioned restaurant offers an international dinner menu in a setting featuring white lace over blue tablecloths and rustic wood ceilings. Fixed-price meals are not part of the All-Inclusive Plan. Reservations required.

Las Marismas - Set up indoors or outdoors, Las Marismas offers a barbecue buffet during the early afternoon.

El Tablao - During the day when this open-air spot serves as a beach bar, drinks are part of the All-Inclusive Plan. But during disco hours from 11 PM until 3 AM, drinks must be purchased separately.

Six bars offer drinks as part of the All-Inclusive Plan, with two open until midnight.

The resort does not offer room service.

Amenity highlights: The main, freeform pool includes a swim-up bar and offers sundeck thatched-roof palapas for shade. Another, smaller pool has a children's section. From the resort's buildings, a 30-yard stroll takes guests to an expansive beach, where the Atlantic rolls in gently. Under tropically appropriate palapas, revelers dance until 3 AM on a wood floor in an authentic, open-air disco with the sea as a backdrop.

Insider tip: A cool passage during the day, a paving-stone walkway under a closed canopy of arched trees offers a romantic stroll when softly illuminated after dark.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.