terrible vacation vacationed use term loosely barcelo dominican beach aug 8th aug 14th, party consisted husband 14 yr old sons.we booked vacation apple tours got pretty good deal 700 person, vacationed apple past normally stayed 5 apple resorts, rated 4 apple, thought okay stayed barcelo resorts mexico happy, exception.upon arrival told wait approx, 3 hours rooms ready not real problem, main problems fact staff spoke no english rude time, problems door lock took 5 hours fix 10 trips desk long walk, night extremely tired grouchy, staff did not care seeemed annoyed us.the second day started trip beach quite long walk, beach lots palms shade not problem, lot seaweed boat atraffic, little shanty town vendor area right beach constantly harassed vendors, hotel lets come right beach, stalked day, terrible trips beach unenjoyable.the pool closest room nice big pool not overly crowded lost umbrellas water hot really hot food fine lots selection no problems.our room bat lizard night, towels crack door small crawl under.if not booked vacation resort highly recommend, brush spanish good physical condition trip complex huge,  
terrible vacation vacationed use term loosely barcelo dominican beach aug 8th aug 14th, party consisted husband 14 yr old sons.we booked vacation apple tours got pretty good deal 700 person, vacationed apple past normally stayed 5 apple resorts, rated 4 apple, thought okay stayed barcelo resorts mexico happy, exception.upon arrival told wait approx, 3 hours rooms ready not real problem, main problems fact staff spoke no english rude time, problems door lock took 5 hours fix 10 trips desk long walk, night extremely tired grouchy, staff did not care seeemed annoyed us.the second day started trip beach quite long walk, beach lots palms shade not problem, lot seaweed boat atraffic, little shanty town vendor area right beach constantly harassed vendors, hotel lets come right beach, stalked day, terrible trips beach unenjoyable.the pool closest room nice big pool not overly crowded lost umbrellas water hot really hot food fine lots selection no problems.our room bat lizard night, towels crack door small crawl under.if not booked vacation resort highly recommend, brush spanish good physical condition trip complex huge,  