Just got back from a few days in Santiago and Puerto Plata. I only went to Sosua one day on Monday to go to the beach. I just want to give you guys a heads up about Be Live in Puerto Plata. I would not recommend this hotel. I just wanted a 3 day getaway with my "novia" so I was looking into all-inclusive in POP and chose this dump. I got the VIP package...the BEST room and it is on the same level as a New Garden room. I will say they do treat the VIP guess good though. The beach is not as nice as sosua. I was surprised that it is mostly Dominicans from Santiago who go here. I had no problem with that, but was surprised that 90% of the people were Dominican and very few American/European tourist. The worst part though was the food. I am not picky, but it was horrible. Even the breakfast! How do you mess up breakfast!!! It was so bad one night my girl and i had to race to puerto plata to get something to eat before curfew. An i am not some picky American who dont eat Dominican food either. I love Mangu, salami, and queso frito, but it wasnt even that. It was like vienna sausages and just horrible. Just want to give a heads up.