Name: Bella Vida Hotel
Address: Calle Aruba #26, Bavaro, Bavaro, Bavaro, 23000, Dominican Republic
Rating: 6

Smoke-free property

No elevators

Reception desk

General

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Free parking

Parking

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Extra decontamination measures

Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

Location

At the hotel

Palma Real Shopping Village

Cocotal Golf and Country Club

Cortecito Beach

Princess Tower Casino Punta Cana

White Sands Golf Course

Iberostar Golf Course

Arena Gorda Beach

Punta Cana International Airport

Macao Beach

Indigenous Eyes Ecological Park

Sirenis Aquagames Water Park

Cap Cana Golf Club

Punta Espada Golf Course

La Romana Airport

Bella Vida Hotel

Bavaro

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

11-beds

12-beds

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14-beds

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18-beds

19-beds

2-beds

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27-beds

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3-beds

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32-beds

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39-beds

4-beds

40-beds

5-beds

6-beds

7-beds

8-beds

9-beds

king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

I made a reservation for 3 rooms for 3 couples. 

When we arrived at the hotel on Wednesday night, the lobby staff told us that there are no rooms available after having paid 270 dollars. 

We waited 1 hour while they were trying it to get us a room and without any result, we had to go out to look for another hotel at 1 AM (midnight) , in a city where everything was full.

The hotel didn’t care about our safety.

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Hice una reserva de 3 habitaciones para 3 parejas. Cuando llegamos al hotel el miércoles por la noche, el personal del lobby nos dijo que no había habitaciones disponibles después de haber pagado 270 dólares. Esperamos 1 hora mientras intentaban conseguirnos una habitación y sin resultado, tuvimos que salir a buscar otro hotel a la 1 de la madrugada, en una ciudad donde estaba todo lleno. Al hotel no le importaba nuestra seguridad.

Very unpleasant and irresponsible experience - Terrible experience

Bella Vida is a small 13 room hotel located about 500m from the beach. View in the area, surroundings, is not that pretty, but area is calm and you will get good sleep. Lot of shops and restaurants near by. Nice clean room and friendly staff. My room included bathroom, TV, free WiFi (which is working good), balcone with small kitchen, fridge, A/C (room wont come too hot even if you keep balcone door open) and a good bed. 
Breakfast is included. It varyed in different day (coffee, toast, fruits, eggs etc). It was ok. 
There is a small pool, but nothing to mention of it. It is not important to me as the sea is that close :) 
They also privide laundry service if needed. Staff won't do housekeeping, unless guest request that. I think this is good. 

Three weeks vacation 

Positive:

- The location.  this hotel is located at 7 minutes walk from the beach and guests can find what they need at a supermarket at 2 minutes walk.

- the staff is welcoming and joyful.

Negative.
- the rooms are not cleaned everyday.

_ many important items like matches, salt. pepper and oven mitts are missing.
-the shower has problem to evacuate water properly.

- the property has no security guards, there is no wall and everything is as being done in the street. Rooms windows 101, 102 and 103 and directly in the street

A nice hidden gem in Punta Cana

In my review below, I am not telling you to avoid this hotel. But I am trying to give you information to make your decision. Money value is different for different people. In the future, I will not pay more than $30/night for this hotel. 

This is 1.5 star hotel by American standards on an unpaved dirt road.
The safe box was a joke. They gave me a small box which anyone can pick and take away.  The password could be set only as 1234. But I did not lose anything during my stay. The hotel entrance has security cameras.
The water in the shower had pungent smell for first minute or two.
There is no elevator so be aware if you plan to take a room on higher floors.
There is no beach view from any windows. About 7 minute walk  to beach.
Room is not cleaned daily. You have to repeatedly ask for house keeping to get your room cleaned.
The Kitchen utensils are of poor quality.
I was not given Airport transportation because the owner told me that he was in Santo Domingo (different city).
You can hear loud music until 11 pm / 11;30 pm from a tiny bar attached to this hotel.

PROS:
You don’t need  a car because there are plenty of restaurants / mini markets / spas / pharmacy / gift shops / money exchange / laundry  are at walking distance. It’s near PLAZA EL DORADO.
The hotel staff is helpful and try to address your concerns promptly.
Air conditioner worked on hot afternoons!
Once you are on the beach you can walk miles and miles in either direction! The beaches are mesmerizing!!
You would want to come back to the area again and again!

I am not telling you to avoid this hotel

Upon our arrival from the UK in January 2020, we stayed at the Tomasol for two nights.  Tucked away at the bottom of a dusty street, this aparthotel was ideal.  We had a room on the ground floor which was large enough to move around and clean.

When booking, if you want to stay on the ground floor ask to be away from the air conditioning unit as this does hum during the night.

There are a number of eating places along the street that serve different food.  If you are a coffee person, just 3 properties up is a wonderful place where you can enjoy a coffee in the garden.  At the top of the street you can catch local buses, which run on a regular basis across the island.

We would stay here again if back in Bavaro.

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