Hotel Luis V

Pros: Excellent hotel for the price. Very close to the colonial city and a block away from the palace.

Cons: Very run down area and noisy.

Pros: The staff was very helpful and friendly. There was always someone at the front desk who spoke English and gave us advice about visiting tourist sites. Our room was cleaned every day. We were given a ...

Cons: The only negative thing of our stay in this hotel was the loud music from the nearby buildings which went until late every night we were there. Bring earplugs.

Good for sleep and a hot shower

Pros: The room was clean, the shower was new and the hot water was incredible, the best of any Santo Domingo hotel we've stayed at. The front desk couldn't find our reservation, but checked my email reservation, the amount I paid online, and quickly checked us into our room. Air conditioning was good too.

Cons: The continental breakfast was limited to one item, I've never seen that in any hotel in this country. The hot tub should be removed from the list of accommodations, as I read a person put in March that the jacuzzi was broken, yet I assumed in a 6 month period it had been fixed. I was wrong, and my boyfriend and I were really looking forward to that aspect of the stay as our weekend getaway. There were a lot of mold spores on the shower tiles. Location might make some travelers from outside DR nervous, it's fairly dark and desolate at night,but we both live here so it wasn't an issue. It's good for a short walk to anything you want to see in Zona Colonial.