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We had a lovely time at the Catalonia Royal. The room was huge and clean. The bed was big and comfy. Pool towels were changed in the room each evening. Very quiet at night. We overlooked the jacuzzi pool. We ate breakfast at the Thalassa restaurant each morning. There was plenty of choice and very fresh. We spent most of the day on the beautiful beach. I can't understand when people say there was no shade. No matter what time we got there, we had beds and a parasol. Admittedly, it wasn't directly on the beach, but still on the sand. We did find that sometimes the area around the beach bar smelt pretty bad. We ate lunch at the Terrace on one occasion, which was nice with a stunning view. Other than that, we popped to the family side restaurant for icecream however after seeing a child standing on the counter, we avoided it.|Evening meals....we had the best meals at the Thalassa restaurant, especially on Monday and Friday, which were buffet nights, and these nights were excellent. |We ate at the other restaurants and was not keen. We were very disappointed with Bloved, which had got rave reviews. I ordered the pork and apples .that's how it came, no veg or salad, nothing else, just weird!|The Chinese i ordered tasted like it had been cooked in orange fanta. |We had no problem with booking restaurants. |The actual hotel and grounds are beautiful. The staff are friendly and helpful |There was plenty on during the day if you wanted to join in. Stretchy stretchy and a dance class each day. Sea aerobics, hat painting, towel modelling, etc.|Evening entertainment, there was always a singer to start with and then some form of entertainment afterwards. On the whole it was very good. We loved the silent disco night and learning to dance salsa, etc. The entertainment staff worked hard and were very friendly.. The only thing we didn't enjoy were the Couples games, not really our thing. We just went for a walk.|Yes, they did speak mostly Spanish, but you're on holiday, give it ago.|On the whole, we had a fantastic time chilling on the beach. We had a couple of afternoons of rain, so we just came back and swam in the pool.|Oh, and no sargassum!!|We took one trip to Soana, which we booked online.|We plan on returning to the Dominican Republic and this hotel. All in all, we had a fabulous time.|P.s im a chilly person, so I had to ask for a blanket. It was in my room before I got back