El Beso, Ocean El Faro Resort, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

I spent the last week at Ocean El Faro, in Uvero Alto (Punta Cana), Dominican Republic, and had a fun time!

I stayed at El Beso, the adult side.

Here's my building, #17. Great location ... overlooking one of the pools and nearest to the beach.

Here was my room ... it was huge! It overlooked the quieter of the two El Beso pools.

This bracelet was my key

The shower room

At each end of the shower room were
a rain shower head and a hand held (so 2 of each!)

The fridge was stocked with water, pop and beer

This was a cute beach bar on the El Beso side ... it was a few minutes from my building.

In the main square of El Faro, there were lots of restaurant and bars.

The piano bar was lovely

I ate at the main buffet twice (once for supper and once for lunch) and wasn't impressed. Instead I checked out the other restaurants:

• Ocean Burger - a casual hot dog/burger stand
• Pez Dama, an à la carte restaurant that specializes in Caribbean flavours for supper
• Pez Dama, an à la carte restaurant that specializes in Caribbean flavours for lunch
• Route 66, an à la carte restaurant specializing in American BBQ
• Snack El Beso, a snack bar between the pools on the El Beso side (adults only)
• La Dolce Vita, an à la carte Italian restaurant
• Steakhouse, an à la carte restaurant specializing in grilled meats
• Pez Dama, an à la carte restaurant that specializes in Caribbean flavours for lunch
• Blue Moon, a "romantic" à la carte restaurant with gourmet cuisine
• Route 66, an à la carte restaurant specializing in American BBQ

There were lots of photo opps.

There is a lazy river where you can go 'round and 'round and 'round on a float, which I did. It was fun!

If you are a beach person, this is not the resort for you as it's not a great beach.

Next door , though, is a nicer beach (aka "the lagoon"). Because it's public, we were advised not to bring anything of value. Plus there were no loungers. But it was a fun beach ... the water was warm and the waves were wavy. It was a 2 minute walk from my building.

Looking at the public beach from my building

There was a lighthouse and the views on the third level were good.

There were lots of kitties and a couple dogs running around on the property.

Shake a bag of treats and kitties always come running!

Mama kitty

There was a foam party in one of the El Beso pools one afternoon that was fun.

Jerry arrived about 3 weeks ago with a lady friend. When she left after a week, he wasn’t ready to go home so stayed on. Different people had taken him in and Jeff and Wendy of Hamilton were taking care of him when I finally met him. He has a Facebook profile and had gained quite a reputation with the ladies.