The apartment at Cabarete Town House is very large, with huge living areas and kitchen, 2 nice balconies (one out of the living room and one out of the master bedroom - from which you have a wonderful ocean view to wake up to). The bedrooms are big, each with large closets and nice in-room bathrooms. The whole place was very clean, and small issues were solved immediately through fast communication and intervention of Fabio and the rest of the staff in loco. Everyone on site was very helpful. It is useful if you speak a little Spanish. The place is literally around the corner from a non-touristy, isolated and peaceful beach, where swimming is not recommended as the waves can be rough (at least they were in January), but my kids had fun jumping waves and playing in the sand. If you like photography or drawing, these scenarios will be very inspiring! You will fall asleep and wake up to the sound of ocean waves and roosters, sometimes the caretaker sweeping leaves down the driveway..The communal pool and Jacuzzi were nice, although the Jacuzzi's jets do not work and the water is NOT heated (which seems common in the whole country as electricity is expensive and the weather always warm). The adjacent restaurant just reopened (as it was closed for a while when we arrived) and it has absolutly wonderful food, nice and cozy ambience and friendly staff (name is Kathmandu). Nearby there are a few 'colmados' (small stores where you can buy fairly cheap essentials from the locals), but the supermarket is about 25/30 min walk (on a very dangerous road with no sidewalks and crazy drivers going around), but adults can walk it no problem being careful, just I could not take my kids more than 2-300 meters down the road. There are a couple of more nice on-the-beach bars/restaurants walking distance with reasonable prices. For Cabarete downtown and any other place you would need to take a guagua (small busy buses where you will literally sit on other people's lap! but it is worth the experience and we took it daily, with kids, who had a blast in it..). The only 2 things I would improve are: the lack of sufficient kitchenware and microwave (if you plan on cooking full meals every day for 4 or more people it will be challenging but possible), and the wifi quality: we had to go downtown almost every day as we work remotely and it was not reliable nor stable. Overall we had a great time and we recommend this to anyone looking for a pieceful gateway.
