Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Nice stay but for a luxury resort it fell short

We stayed her the last week of January. Over all it was a really nice place. Food was good, staff were professional and happy for the most part. No complaints with the room. Ala cartes were great ,as were the buffet’s . We'd go back in a heartbeat

Bahia Principe Explore Tulum: Beautiful bahia

Very nice resort ,the grounds are stunning . The staff are sweet , the rooms are big and very clean . Great entertainment . Will be returning , thx for a great vacation . The food was very tasty also the alacarts the service was fast . Friendly animals on the property . Thank you for a great time .maureen and Hank beekmans

Bahia Principe Escape Runaway Bay: Loved the Luxury Bahia Principe Resort in Runaway Bay, Jamaica

My only suggestion would be to choose your room wisely. We had a "garden view" there was no garden to view, just a very noisy highway. You may also want to bring a reusable plastic/metal straw if you like the slushie drinks. No straws on the resort. Otherwise the people, resort and food was excellent.

Bahia Principe Explore El Portillo: Perfect Family Vacation!

The staff is extremely hard working and each and every member of the team goes the extra mile to ensure your stay is a happy one. The grounds are clean and immaculate; trees and gardens are perfectly maintained. It feels very lush and tropical and the beach is stunning. There is a long coral reef that protects the beach which results in calm, crystal clear water. Beautiful view of the beach from the restaurants. Food is very tasty with plenty of choices for everyone and delicious fresh fruit. [... read more] Menu varies from day to day with different theme each day. Entertainment team made our stay fun and busy with activities! At first I was afraid that my kids will be bored but my 2 girls had fun all week long. Between volleyball, ping pong, darts and many other games the entertainers always kept them busy. The beach party was a nice ending to a week in paradise.

Bahia Principe Escape Sian Ka'an: Great Resort

The hotel although aging is still great , the service is impeccable from start to finish . We had a minor problem twice which was taken care of right away . We are repeat customers so that kind of says it all , the food is great , big variety, the waiter staff are friendly and right there to meet all your needs . Finally the golf course, it is pristine, if your a amateur or professional you’ll appreciate the course and how well it’s kept . See you next year Gerry .

Bahia Principe Explore Legend: Excellent amazing resort

We love Bahia principe fantasy top to bottom! Everything is amazing from staff to food amazing areas beautiful gardens is a 5 stars plus I’ll highly recommend this place to everyone is well though for kids as well as for adults

Bahia Principe Explore El Portillo: Bahia Principe Grand El Portillo – Excellent Vacation

We stayed at the resort from Jan 27th to Feb 2nd 2020. Overall, it was a great experience and one of the most enjoyable Caribbean all-inclusive vacations I have had. Resort: The entire resort is a good size and very walkable. The layout is well planned and the main buffet/pool/lobby bar is all in close proximity. Everything is walkable. The nighttime shows are held in one of two areas depending upon the activity: either near the nightclub/disco (#46 on Map – Publeo Principe near main en [... read more]trance) or in the area west of the lobby (#24) and lobby bar (#25). We had standard rooms and stayed in buildings #13 and #14. These are excellent locations to stay in as they are in close proximity to the beach/buffet/pool/lobby and are quiet at night. Rooms In building #13 and #14 the rooms are of average size and are in stacked townhouse-type 2-story configuration. Two units are on the 2nd floor and require a short climb of stairs and 2 are on the ground floor. The rooms are a little dated and nothing great but nothing to complain about either. There are very few available wall outlets in the rooms, so if you have many devices to plug in to charge, you are advised to bring a multi-outlet splitter or power bar. The rooms require that you insert your room key into a slot before power and A/C is enabled, so sometimes the room gets warm when unoccupied. Each room has an ironing board and room safe in the closet to store your valuables. The room was also provisioned with a robe and slippers. Service to clean the room was good. The only issue for us was that the rooms were not serviced until late afternoon (4PM or later). We would have preferred the rooms were cleaned mid-morning. Beach The orientation of the resort means that the beach is facing north. In January, this means that the sun rises in the South-east and sets in the South-west. If you are facing the water, the sun will be pretty much at your back the entire day. The beach is not hugely wide and is densely packed with multiple rows of beach loungers. I always got to the beach early and so never had a problem getting a lounger. There are palapas available but they get reserved early. Slightly away from the beach, there are shady areas where palapas are not necessary. When the resort is crowded, if you show up after 9:30am you will need to hunt to find a free lounger. The sand is soft, powdery, and pleasant on the feet. The water is shallow gradually gets deeper. It is warm enough to be pleasant and yet cool enough to be refreshing after a hot day in the sun. There are many corral formations close to the beach and further out toward the ocean. There are few waves as the corral formations and the shallow water disperse the waves before reaching shore. Snorkeling was not great immediately in front of the resort but was much better if you walked west along the beach outside the resort. Outside the resort, the beach extends for miles and miles. We did an hour walk along the beach toward Las Terranas. It is a very pleasant walk and is sparsely populated. It is a recommended activity for those who like beach walks. Buffet The main buffet (#27) is close to the lobby. A smaller buffet (#38) is also available. In front of each buffet is also an area for near beach dining. The buffet is well stocked and the food was delicious. The staff service in the buffets was good. Servers are quick to offer you coffee at breakfast time or to fill your water glass in the afternoon. The buffet selection and food quality was as good as or better than any other resort that I have been to. A-la-carte Restaurants We had opportunity to try all four a-la-carte restaurants. They were all excellent. We were a group of 9 and could not agree on which was the best. Service was excellent. I had red wine with dinner each night. While the wine was somewhere between terrible and not great, I kept drinking more anyway. Tip: At the seafood restaurant, the seafood stew was excellent and included some large pieces of lobster. Overall, even though the buffet was good, I very much preferred the restaurant-type experience and excellent food at the a-la-carte restaurants. Activities The Animation staff coordinates a variety of activities during the day. They encourage visitors to participate and are very upbeat. If you like activities, there is no shortage of activities (e.g. ring toss, horse shoes, bean-bag toss, volleyball, dance lessons, yoga, etc.). My only disappointment was there was no archery activity during the week I was there even though there was a range on the resort. Cons: Lighting – the overhead lobby lights are turned off later in the evening so the lobby is pretty much in the dark. I you like playing cards at night or sitting around with friends in the lobby expect it to be dimply lit. Bar Closings – the lobby bar closes at 11PM. After that, the only drinks available are in the mini bar in your room or at the nightclub near the main entrance. Wi-fi – the free wi-fi is a pain to register. It is very slow and the signal strength is intermittent. 15 min of internet access are provided after registration until the email address entered at registration is validated, however some devices are unable to access email during those 15 min. In this day and age, easy and fast email access should be a given.

Bahia Principe Explore Tulum: We had a great time!!

Room: The rooms were beautiful, though we didn't get a King size bed, but two full beds pushed together, which worked just fine. The door to the bathroom would stick and you would have to play with it a little to open the door. The flapper on the toilet kept getting stuck and needed a nudge so the toilet would refill after flushing. The bar fridge also had notably less stuff in it compared to other 4.5 star resorts. The shower was nice and the furnishings were great. The cleaning staff Roberta w [... read more]as also very friendly and accommodating. Things to do: Whatever short comings the room had was made up by the sheer amount of activities to do on the resort or group of resorts and how huge it is. The beach is absolutely stunning. There are these huge rocks near the shore that break the waves so the water is always calm on the beach, staff keep the beach very clean at all times, tables, disposal buckets for cigarettes everywhere if you smoke, palm shelters for shade. There is a beach bar, beach volleyball, there is buffet near the beach, and a swimming pool nearby if you prefer less sand. There are daily dolphin shows at noon, and you can pay extra to swim with the dolphins. There is beach volleyball, trivia, a pool bar, 24 hour snack bar, and the main buffet on Tulum is great. They rotate cultural themes nightly for dinner but also serve breakfast and lunch. Akumal Bar at Lobby Tulum has some of the fastest bartenders I've ever seen, it is a fantastic place for drinks and live music which varies nightly. Remember to tip your bartender! There is also an auditorium near Akumal Bar with nightly performances which are fun. There was a classic rock night, 80s night, and a Queen tribute. The shopping is pretty good on the resort, lots of souvenirs and there is a tequilaria that is decent as well. La Hacienda has some nice shopping, a casino, nightly live music and salsa dancing, and the disco is there if a club is more your scene which starts to get busy around midnight. The reservation based restaurants are all great except you need to aim to arrive before your reservation as it can take you up to 30 minutes to get from say Akumal Bar at Lobby Tulum, to one of the restaurants at Lobby Premier or Coba if you don't already know exactly where you are going. They hold a strict policy of only holding your reservation for 5 minutes and there is no option for walk-ins so if you are 10 minutes late you are turned away at the door. So you need to give yourself a good buffer as you'll be relying on catching bus carts to get around to other resorts. Also if you have any allergies you need to learn to say it in Spanish otherwise the staff might misunderstand what you are talking about. And for anything tricky like gluten, you need to speak with a manager; though we did have a server at Mediterranéo that was very knowledgeable about the menu and again at Don Pablo on our second visit. If you are in Maya Riviera you need to take a whole day in Playa Del Carmen. Best shopping and Mexican food accessible to tourists. Lots of bars with great night entertainment and very lively. Always think like everyone there is trying to gouge tourists. You need to shop around to find decent deals. We took a free bus ride out there sponsored by a private business called Tura in collaboration with BestDay tours. Tura is a jewelry company and they basically trap you in a jewelry store for an hour before bringing you to Playa for 3 hours before driving you back. It's better to spend the 36 USD each way to take a cab to Playa. We skipped on the bus ride back, and spent the evening in Playa and took a cab back that night because there was so much to see. And all the tequila to taste!! There are tours available through your agency at the hospitality desk which I would recommend sticking to, but there are all sorts of stalls throughout the resort. We did a catamaran trip with snorkeling and paddle boarding, as well as rappelling into, zip lining, and swimming in an underground cenote, then ate traditional Mayan cuisine all made from ingredients raised and grown on site. We explored the restored Mayan ruins of EkBalam. And participated in a Mayan protection ceremony. On our last night at Don Pablo they set up our table with flower pedals with a heart at the center. We had a wonderful last night. The trip was unforgettable. Would love to come back someday.

Bahia Principe Explore El Portillo: 5 star food !

Nice beach but there is a lot of sharp corral you have to watch out for. The layout at the beach is excellent with everything close by. The Bazillian BBQ restaurant was a hit and everyone liked the buffet especially the never ending bacon in the morning and the fresh fruit. Not really suitable for the party crowd but great for families, retired and relaxers! The only thing I would add is a swim up bar but for the money you can’t go wrong. I give it a solid 4.5 stars

Bahia Principe Explore Coba: Very nice and clean

I just came back from a week in the Coba resort. I would say that everyone were very very nice except for the pharmacist. I had to consult a doctor, who was great, but his secretary and the pharmacist so not deserve a good opinion because they were very rude.

Bahia Principe Escape Runaway Bay: Great Vacation!

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the Luxury Bahia Principe. Grounds are immaculately maintained. Room and balcony very spacious and clean. Resort is huge so lots of places to discover. Always something going on. Wonderful food and delicious drinks. Book a la cartes as soon as you arrive. Beach not the greatest but pool and daily activities so much fun. Staff friendly. No complaints!

Bahia Principe Escape Aquamarine: Fabulous!

This was our 5th time at this resort!!! Just love it!! The rooms, food and staff are all wonderful. The beach is amazing! We walk over an hour in the morning then again in the afternoon. After that we go to the swim up bar in the pool before going out for dinner and entertainment. Excellent resort!

Bahia Principe Explore Esmeralda: OK resort

The grounds and public areas were clean and well taken care of. The food could have been a lot tastier and more variety. Pina Colada was a cheap mix. Restaurant food was not much better and the portions were small.

Bahia Principe Escape Runaway Bay: Great Resort!

We stayed on the Luxury side. It was all worth it. Beautiful clean room, jacuzzi tub and shower, spectacular view of the turquoise water of the ocean and nice clean pool. Friendly and courteous staff! Oh and the food at buffets and à la carte restaurants was all great! Would definitely go back

Bahia Principe Escape Samana: Beautiful resort!

This was our first time in Samana but we have been to other areas in DR. Absolutely beautiful hotel. Breathtaking setting. Smaller but just what we wanted. We upgraded to ocean view and it was worth it! Elegant, clean rooms. Lovely staff, very friendly. Great food - nice variety. We will definitely go back.

Bahia Principe Explore La Romana: Wonderful Beach!

The resort had a long, very walkable private beach. Much of the beach was lined with palm trees and sun lounges. One end even featured a beach bar. As I enjoy snorkelling it was unfortunate that the resort is near a river. The silt from the river tends to make the water by resort cloudy, a sort of grey-blue colour. However, the further one walked from the river the clearer the water became. I was able to snorkel at the furthest beach. The 3 restaurants on the resort offered wonderful meal [... read more]s. There was a cappuccino bar which I enjoyed. The buffet restaurant always served an interesting and wide variety of selections. My room held a new model television and fully equipped bathroom. I appreciated the magnifying mirror. There were also free bicycles and a great number of safe biking roads around the golf course and new housing developments.

Bahia Principe Escape Aquamarine: Beautiful Resort!

The grounds, restaurants, our room and beach were all beautiful and very clean. We found booking a la carte dinners frustrating. We love the dinning out experience and found even though we were booking within an hour of checkin, places were no longer available and if they were they were booking between 8:30-9:30pm. When we would walk by the restaurant, half the tables would be empty. The best was the Brazilian meat place and Mashua Nikkei. The pool in the Aquamarine was beautiful although i [... read more]t was hard to find chairs available. The shows that we were able to make were great! (Burlesque, karaoke, through ages). It was our first time in Punta Cana so maybe it’s normal but there were a lot of people trying to sell you something. Overall it was a good stay but I wouldn’t rush back.

The Eurostars Grand Cayacoa: Amazing

Everything was great and we would go again. The only thing we found is that other guests paid less than us so we wouldn’t book as early as we did next time. We would also stay 10 days instead of 7. The food was good. The seafood restaurant was the only one that wasn’t very good, but the service was still good

Cayo Levantado Resort: Excellent resort!

This resort was beautiful. The grounds were kept so well maintained. Food was amazing and the staff were great! There really was nothing bad to say! The a la carte restaurants were great and the Brazilian was very entertaining . The veetamina was always good!! Would highly recommend!!

Bahia Principe Explore Jamaica: Fun resort - not my style though

We just returned from our 1 week holiday. Overall I had a good experience at this resort. I typically wouldn’t pick a resort this large, I prefer smaller resorts. A few reasons why I didn’t love my stay: I found the staff rude even when I tipped them and went out of my way to be polite, the food was mediocre, I kept hearing how fabulous Jamaican food is but I wasn’t impressed by the overall quality, you can only book 3 al la cartes for an entire week - this is a major down fall. If you’r [... read more]e traveling with a group of more than 2 people, it’s impossible to get into the al la cartes at reasonable meal times, all of our reservations were 9 pm or later. They also messed up our reservation all 3 times so we stood waiting for our table for a while. We tipped our maids however, they didn’t clean our room every day and I continued to ask for water refills while other guests had refills provided daily. The resort is well kept and clean, the pools and beach was very enjoyable. However, I wouldnt return to this resort.