Swim_mom
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Just got back on Sunday:
We flew Thomas Cook non stop from Toronto. Surprisingly comfortable, meal and wine included.
Breezes: Huge room in Royal tower, 5th floor, ocean view. Spotless, nothing to complain about. Beautiful view. Location noisy until 11 pm.
Food - ok, not a huge selection, but tasty. Breakfast was best meal.
Staff was great! Smiles everywhere, very helpful.
We picked Breezes because of the price $969 all inclusive including taxes. Couldn't be beat.
Eating out: We ate at Rancho el Sobrino, and Fishalicious. Had Lionfish at Fishalicious. Delicious! But bill was $140 for 3 people, with no alcohol. Still, great restaurant.
Rancho is more moderately priced, good burgers.
Shore diving: - one dive per day is included at Breezes - we took advantage of it. Good reef. Ocean Encounters at Breezes - great people, very helpful, but but boat dives were full before we could get down to them (about 1 hour after we arrived).
Diving:
Rented a car for a couple of days, dove PortoMari, and Kleine Knip. PortoMari is very convenient, they let you drive down to the dive shop and unload your gear. Washrooms, showers and a dunk tank all at this beach. They have air available. The reef is a double reef, and could easily spend the day here (or more). Kleine Knip has the best visibility we have seen on the island, and great snorkelling too! By far my favourite.
Director's Bay: Nice wall left, and we saw a hawksbill turtle on the right hand side! We dove here with the Dive bus. Great group, very helpful, loved diving with them!
We wanted to dive tug boat but were advised not to, since we had a land camera with us. Apparently lots of smashed windows at this location.
Porto Mari and Director's Bay both had security in the parking areas.
We also saw a pod of dolphins at Breezes.
We flew Thomas Cook non stop from Toronto. Surprisingly comfortable, meal and wine included.
Breezes: Huge room in Royal tower, 5th floor, ocean view. Spotless, nothing to complain about. Beautiful view. Location noisy until 11 pm.
Food - ok, not a huge selection, but tasty. Breakfast was best meal.
Staff was great! Smiles everywhere, very helpful.
We picked Breezes because of the price $969 all inclusive including taxes. Couldn't be beat.
Eating out: We ate at Rancho el Sobrino, and Fishalicious. Had Lionfish at Fishalicious. Delicious! But bill was $140 for 3 people, with no alcohol. Still, great restaurant.
Rancho is more moderately priced, good burgers.
Shore diving: - one dive per day is included at Breezes - we took advantage of it. Good reef. Ocean Encounters at Breezes - great people, very helpful, but but boat dives were full before we could get down to them (about 1 hour after we arrived).
Diving:
Rented a car for a couple of days, dove PortoMari, and Kleine Knip. PortoMari is very convenient, they let you drive down to the dive shop and unload your gear. Washrooms, showers and a dunk tank all at this beach. They have air available. The reef is a double reef, and could easily spend the day here (or more). Kleine Knip has the best visibility we have seen on the island, and great snorkelling too! By far my favourite.
Director's Bay: Nice wall left, and we saw a hawksbill turtle on the right hand side! We dove here with the Dive bus. Great group, very helpful, loved diving with them!
We wanted to dive tug boat but were advised not to, since we had a land camera with us. Apparently lots of smashed windows at this location.
Porto Mari and Director's Bay both had security in the parking areas.
We also saw a pod of dolphins at Breezes.
