hey griffgrouch,

we went in 2005 and it all depends where you are in the hotel zone, to how far away downtown is, the bus ride from our hotel was about 15 mins, seemed like longer but that was because it was our first time there and we were trying to work out where to get off , taxi ride back was about 5 or 10 mins again may have been quicker had the roads not been a river

sorry cant help much (memory seems to be fading lol)

laura

No problem - thanks anyway!

hey griffgrouch

i do remeber one hotel that i would stay away from as it was a swingers hotel (unless you like that) and that was the blue bay getaway, im sure it was on watchdog.

we stayed at riu caribe, and it was very nice, nice food entertainment was good and all staff members very friendly.

if you look in the review section and see who gets the overall best comments it might help, hope you have a great time where ever you go

laura

I'll be on my own so no swinging. I will have a look but everything at Christmas is so expensive.

hi

me and my family have been twice, first time we stayed at Crown Paradise Hotel which is a taxi ride away from downtown but very nice, then we stayed at Riu Caribe which was even better, it is a nice steady walk or a short taxi ride. I would recommend both hotels, they both had good points but no negative ones. have a good one.

The first time we arrived there on new years eve and the second time we arrived a week later in january and weather was brill