The location is excellent for exploring within the Historic Colonial Area - just about everything in easy walking distance - even for this old man on a hot & humid day. Everything surrounding is pleasant, well maintained neighborhoods easy to walk through. This is an amazingly clean area and looks as though it should be far safer than American cities. In the hotel the floors are all clean shining tile. The rooms are very small... the word tiny comes to mind - about 9' x 14'. Everything in the room is in good condition and squeaky clean. The problem is that there isn't enough of anything in the room. There is a bed with a sheet and pillows - no blanket and it is difficult to explain what a blanket is with an English/Spanish language barrier. I finally end up with what I believe must have once been a mattress pad some time back. There is no glass and the clerk wonders why I would want a drinking glass. There is one light - the ceiling light. Admittedly, after the ceiling light is turned off and one is going back to bed, the light from the A/C unit acts as a very welcome ”night light”. The room has a chair and a dresser with a TV mounted just over the top of the dresser - effectively killing some of the space available there. There are good, large drawers in the dresser where one can unload their clothes. That's good because there is no place to put a suitcase to ”live out of” it. Can't hang clothes either unless you bring your own hangers - and you need to be VERY, VERY TALL. The hanger bar is almost 8 feet high from the floor. There is a light. It would be helpful in seeing the numbers on the little safe - IF there was a way to turn it on... There is a single ceiling light in the bathroom and when it is turned on the loud and powerful vent fan comes on with it. The bathroom is clean and functional and the hot water was quick and plentiful. The free wi-fi works well. On the 2nd & 3rd floors there is a balcony area open to the street where one can relax, eat, smoke, etc. The people who work here are ever so nice! If you don't speak a little Spanish, have your Google Translate on your phone ready to go :-) Everything was good that was here except tiny size of room - my less than stellar rating is based on what ISN'T here. Minor changes would make a huge difference: Night stand by bed with light on it; move dresser just a twitch and put a folding luggage holder; put a drinking glass or 2 on a little tray on the dresser; have a blanket for each room in the closet; lower the hanger bar in the closet to a reasonable height and add 6 or so hangers. When I took a 2 day trip to Puerto Plata and returned to Santo Domingo - I switched to a different hotel.
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