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Las Dunas Hotel

5.0 of 5
Ruta 10, Km 163 | Manantiales La Barra, Punta del Este, Uruguay
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Las Dunas Hotel
Ranked #67 of 76 hotels in Punta del Este
2.5 of 5 stars 33 Reviews
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Austin, Texas
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10 reviews 10 reviews
Reviews in 7 cities Reviews in 7 cities
8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 March 2012
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Am a frequent visitor to Punta, and this year due to poor planning on my part I ended up at Las Dunas n Manantiales. What a terrile experince! Was planning on a four days stay, ended up fleeing after the first day to the always wonderful and reliable L'Auberge. Las Dunas is beyind repair. No care is being taken in... More

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16 reviews 16 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 December 2011
1
person found this review helpful

It is a classic example of poor management or lack of it. It could perfectly be a 5 stars hotel but it hardly arrives to 3. Rusted air conditioners, dirty bed covers, and plenty of unrepaired furniture. Its only advantage is its good location. More

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I visit Punta del Este with my kids at least twice every year, this time we booked Las Dunas as it had good rates, it has a great location and claims to be a 5 star hotel. First of all, everything is old and dirty. Our suite had a disgusting carpet, old furniture, old tv, really old airconditioning, old curtains,... More

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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 October 2011
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PLEASE DO NOT STAY AT "LAS DUNAS". Let me explain further. I am Argentiean/American. I stayed there a week ago, and I can asure you you will be DEFINETELY dissapointed with all aspects of the services, except location. -Breakfast: cheap orange juice, cheap bread, reaaally cheap coffee -Infraestructure: Baby chairs broken/cheap just "one", Staff not happy with their employer and... More

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Johannesburg, South Africa
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 January 2011
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Not sure who rates Hotels in Uruguay, thus hotel claims to be 5 star, more like 2 star. Iron burn on the carpet, peeling and stained wallpaper, broken toilet seat - see photo, AC kept tripping electricity. On the beach but you have to walk about 500m across the dunes to get to the water. All in all wouldnt recommend... More

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Montevideo
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3 reviews 3 reviews
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 April 2009

Perfect location but the hotel is more an appart-hotel than anything else. It is built with cheap materials, decoration is old-fashionned and already threadbare and it is not recommendable. Very disappointing. More

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Helsinki
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13 helpful votes 13 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 March 2009

The hotel is situated by the beach after a small town called La Barra, 20 minutes drive from the centre of Punta del Este. This was a nightmare, we were supposed to stay at hotel Conrad, but they had no rooms available so our travel agency chose this, Las Dunas instead without knowing the truth about it... There was no... More

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helsinki
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6 reviews 6 reviews
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4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 March 2009

Horrible place. The five stars is a real joke. Rundown, ugly, moisty. Zero value for the money. We stayed here for one night. After that we changed hotel to lovely Mantra resort and Casino. Las Dunas is one of the worst places I ever stayed at. More

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montevideo, Uruguay
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 November 2008

I went to this hotel through RCI and it was just great!!! the rooms are excellent the spa services are really good. dont expect a resort like those in Mexico because it is not. however, you can expect very nice people... comfortable accomodations, great views and becah. Great spot for a relaxing holliday in the blue season...and the ost exciting... More

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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 August 2008
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A friend of mine, who never stays in hotels in Punta, recommended I stay there. Needless to say, he's not a friend anymore! Honestly, I'm writing this now because it's taken me a year to get over that hotel experience. Completely overpriced, no room service, maids woke me up in the morning yelling in Spanish, when I had my DO... More

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