Vik Hotel Arena Blanca

Food Variety: The resort offers a wide range of food options, including a buffet with diverse choices and specialty restaurants such as Mexican and Italian. Guests appreciated the freshness and taste of the food, especially the breakfast selections and the buffet's self-service system.

You said: I am writing this review as a sincere warning, not out of anger, but out of genuine concern for others. I can’t say much about the resort itself, because I made a life-altering mistake during my stay: I visited the doctor at the medical clinic affiliated with and located at the VIK Arena Blanca. That decision resulted in me spending the remainder of my vacation in a predatory hospital called Hospiten Bávaro. I am a healthy 40-year-old woman with no prior neurological conditions. I went to the clinic on the "resort" for what was diagnosed as an infected bug bite. What followed was shocking... The doctor sent me to a hospital where he promised I would get "prompt treatment"....I was subjected to three days of IV antibiotics for a condition that did not warrant such aggressive treatment. They are masters at tricking tourists....During this first admission, I was continuously attached to an IV pump and repeatedly told that if I left against medical advice, my insurance would not cover the treatment and I would personally owe thousands of dollars.... I spent three days begging to be discharged. I felt completely trapped traveling alone with my 4-year old son. After three days, I was finally allowed to return to the resort... After they manipulatively extracted thousands of dollars from my insurance.... Shortly afterward, as a direct result of being severely overmedicated, I began feeling extremely ill.... I stayed for about 24 hours in the hotel room, feeling really ill but I knew it was a bad idea to return to the hospital.... I was desperate not to return to the same hospital, but my condition rapidly worsened. I began seizing and was taken back to Hospiten by ambulance. During my second admission, following the seizure, I was again continuously chained to an IV pump. I was told I had “late-onset epilepsy.” I have never had epilepsy, nor had I ever experienced a seizure prior to this incident. My doctors in Canada were appalled by both the medications I was prescribed and the volume of ***** administered. They confirmed that the treatment I received was excessive and inappropriate for my condition. Despite this, Hospiten billed my insurance thousands of dollars for medications and care that were ultimately deemed unnecessary. They tried to hold me for several more days which would have meant I missed my flight home however; as crazy as it sounds, I held a karaoke vigil where I sang in the hallway, a rewritten rendition of Elton John's: "Can you feel the love tonight?" Except I reworded it " Can you feel the insurance fraud" A lot of other patients came out of their rooms and some started recording me. I could see in their eyes they felt what I was singing because they were experiencing it too..... After a few minutes of me singing the doctors and admin staff rushed my room and said I could be discharged that day. It became very clear that this is a system designed to extract as much money as possible from travelers’ insurance. When re

Family vacation from December 15 to 22, 2025 with Air Transat. We travelled with two 14 years old and one 6 yo for 5800$. Weather was nice, which is the only thing we are looking for. I had not travelled in the the DR for the past few years as I had found then sellers annoying back in the days. - 2 big clean pools - 1 big buffet, never had to wait for a table, plenty of space but I’m unaware if the hotel was full or not - I don’t know if the it was the high tide or what but the beach in front of the hotel is almost not existant. You can walk a little bit further and it becomes larger. - Swimming is great although we had the yellow flag all week - Food was mostly ok. After a week you miss home cook food otherwise everybody can find something that suits them. Enough for everyone, you don’t have to go crazy when the doors open. - Room was clean, beds confortable considering, not the worst I have through the years - A little disappointed with the staff at the buffet. They are roaming around, not really looking or talking to you, not smiling even if you try to engage with them… Front desk staff, most of the bar tenders and room keepers were awesome. - There is a little bit of activities on the resort but if it’s not your thing like me they are not trying to get you to go anyway - There are sellers on the beach and around the pool but they are not all over you, they respect banderies and do not disturb you I would go again and recommend to my friends that are not looking for an upper 5 stars. We knew what we were getting ourselves into and were happy about our choice overall.