Stayed for 3 nights in July 2009, my husband and I had a great time. We had an ocean view room, very clean and spacious. The hotel location is secluded and the private beaches provide very good snorkeling.

The one thing to watch out for is the hotel 'club' desk will want to sell you this $30k club membership. I guess that could be OK for some but we got a free breakfast and a US$60 voucher for listening to 2 hours of sales pitch so that's OK.

The other thing to watch out for is the same 'club' desk will try to steer you to the 'Fury catamaran'. We signed up it but I didn't want to pay over the phone (I'd rather pay cash) so when we got to the main pier, they canceled our reservation! (Sold our spots to some other people) This turns out to be OK because there were lots of other snorkeling tours around, we went with a glass bottom boat to do some shallow snorkeling around the cruise terminal for 1/2 the price. Then we went with Scuba Du's snorkeling tour for the 'deep' reefs the next day.

If you like to spend maximum amount of time in the water snorkeling and don't really care much about beer, beach party, or being on a big boat, stay away from Fury. We watched them in the hotel, the boat is like 100 people and the line to get on and off the boat is long. You don't spend a lot of time snorkeling. We took Scuba Du's 4-5 hours (with lunch) for US$56 (cash), there were 7 of us, plus the guide (Sandra), photographer (Laura) and captain on a fast boat. We spent a ton of time in the water. And you don't have to take a taxi (US$16 r/t) to town to board the ship (as you have to with Fury).

For shallow water snorkeling, try to snorkel around the hotel beaches. They cordoned up two sections where no boat comes. We rented gear from Scuba Du (US$10 per day) and snorkeled around for hours, taking our time. And BTW, the safety jacket is $5 rental, I found out when we return the gear, renter's beware.

The Paradiso reef is not much better than the hotel beaches. Whatever you do, *DON't TOUCH THOSE LINES around the float*. We ended up with painful welts where we touched them, must be some micro-organisms secreting some poison.

As far as food is concerned, Alfredo is pretty good. We followed Fodor's advise and try Guido (so-so and overpriced) and Dennis Cafe (excellent). Dennis Cafe's conch meat dish is fabulous!

Beautiful resort and wonderful service. Do rent a jeep and explore the island. We went around to the other side of the island and had frozen margaritas and stretched out on hammocks on the beach and watched a wind surfer do flips that were amazing!

The rooms are just specatular and the staff was so friendly and helpful.

Beautiful setting, incredible service, serene and luxurious. Each morning we walked out of our beachside room straight onto the beach and into the sea for a morning dip. Coffee & breakfast were delivered within minutes to our oceanfront terrace as we watched the early morning traverses of boats & ships. Scuba Du dive shop and pier were 30 yards from our room. Most professional dive operation I've ever gone out with. Resort pools were beautiful and clean with one available for adults only. Sea Side bar & restaurant provided a soothing vista of the sea for lunch or watching the sunset over a cigar and a drink. The only negative point at all was the poolside bar of the adult pool was not open. We will return to this facility many times over in the years to come. 2 hour flight for us from Houston, Tx makes it a tropical paradise virtually just around the corner from home.

We went to the Presidente June 19-22, and believe me, we earned it. Our flight out on the 18th was cancelled due to bad weather, so we had to re-book for the next day. The problem was, the airline refused to retrieve our checked bags in time for our flight, becasue they were too backed up with all the cancellations to have staff available for backage retrieval (we were told this after waiting in line for 5 hours to get our bags back). Man, you can't beat that system with a stick! So, we had a flight lined up, but no baggage.

Group decision time - do we cancel the trip or go with the clothes on our back? Then we remembered we had a 3 hour layover in Houston, so we decided to rush out of the airport, head to the nearest Wal-Mart and get as many replacement clothes as we could, then rush back to the airport. We made it back the the gate as the plane was boarding. Whew! Okay, the nightmare was over, and we were finally headed to paradise.

We were picked up by Jorge at the airport, who had cold towels and drinks for us in the shuttle. After a quick 15 minute drive, we were at the resort, where we were met by several members of the staff with more towels and drinks. Check in was very fast, and we were on the beach within an hour.

After spending months reading great reviews, I was afraid I may have over hyped the resort in my head. That was certainly not the case, this place does not disappoint. Three different beaches, all beautiful, and none of them crowded. The snorkeling is fantastic, I saw a lot of variety of fish and corals, plus a spotted eagle ray, a moray eel, and an octopus. You can't beat that right off your beach!

The grounds are immaculate, the rooms very clean (towel animals are great), and the food was very good. We had dinner twice in town, once at Senor Frogs (if you go there, be ready to party), and at Pepe's Grill, which had some of the best seafood I've ever had, pretty pricey though. Another great thing was sitting on the beach at night, we thought we'd get assualted by mosquitos, but never did.

About the only complaint we had (very minor) was that the beachside bar and restuarant both close early (7), so when you're sitting at the beach or pool and want a drink after 7, good luck. It would be better if they closed at 9, but like I said, very minor complaint. When you're sitting there watching the sunset, you really don't care.

Anyway, it was fantastic, and we're already planning on going back next year. Anyone feel free to ask questions.