Highly recommend.

Great place. Very comfortable rooms. Clean . Good service. The beach was always clean , beautiful palm trees and enough shade. Italian restaurant deserves a special review! Friendly staff. Very well taken care of , highly recommend!

Such an amazing place

The hotel staff are so outgoing and helpful. The grounds are beautifully keep and clean. The room was clean and cleaned every day. The ocean shore line and swimming area keep gorgeous. The swimming pools are pristine and alot of them. The is great and alot of choose from. A Beautiful place overall . Thanks Wendy 5 *

Amazing Resort

We've been to DR at least 8+ times, and by far this was the best resort. We did spoil ourselves with the Ocean Front Premium Level room, which had many perks associated with it, and well worth the extra few $$. The room location was as described - an actual ocean front room, very clean and modern looking. The beach was beautiful and very clean. The restaurants were fantastic, service, menu options and quality of meal. The staff was great pleasant and helpful. The kids loved the splash par [... read more]k, Pirate Island and the pools. And of course, the golfing was amazing! This resort is a 5 star +, and definitely one we will return to in the future.

Good value, not a 5 star

The resort is a bit outdated and in need of few renovations. Food is just OK, occasionally just bland and not properly cooked (e.g. "baked" potatoes are almost raw) . The resort is huge yet it's kept very clean. Beach is awesome, lots of shade under palm trees. Staff is friendly and helpful. Recommended for families with smaller kids as there is plenty of stuff to do all day long.

Best beach, nice people

This is a great resort to relax; the shallow water is safe for kids. we’ve been there in June and again in late August when the water was warm, air temperature was 31C. The French restaurant has one of the best chefs. However, all the restaurants are great. The buffet is diversified, even for vegetarians. The one at the second floor is more quiet than the one at the ground level. At the second floor Maria makes the best Spanish coffee. The only problem is the internet as we’ve got d [... read more]isconnected several times a day.

Great resort!

The resort is beautiful and massive with many pools and beach spots. Great place for friends, families or couples. There's a wide variety of restaurants for all tastes. The staff was very kind and made sure we had the best of times.

Wonderful vacation!!!!

My husband and I had a wonderful holiday at the Barcelo Bavaro Palace Hotel in Punta Cana, from the moment of our arrival all the staff was very friendly, polite and helpful. Our very nice room with good cleaning service, good air conditioning We liked the restaurants a la carte excellent attention and food all the staff very attentive and helpful The two buffets had varied and delicious food A beautiful white beach which we enjoyed very much under the shade of its beautiful palm trees the  [... read more]only thing that we did not like much were the recreationalists did not really show much enthusiasm the only one that we liked was the pool Good transport service, great disco ... In general we had a great vacation !!!!! Thank you

Good service9

Barceló bavaro place exceed all my expectations.it was beautiful staff are very happy and friendly. The service was good and the rooms were clean. The food is very good, and people were great. Had a good experience.

I loved it!

Barcelo Bavaro Palace exceded all my expectations. From the building itself, the quality and good taste of design, the service, the restaurants, beach etc. I was impressed and I am someone who has traveled quite a lot, so I can compare. I am already recommending this resort and I would certainly go back!

Barcelo Bavaro Palace is an Amazing Resort!

This Is a beautiful mega resort on the best beach in Punta Cana! It takes 20 minutes to walk on the beach from one end to the other end of the resort. Great restaurants and lots of things to do for both kids and adults. Staff are very friendly and professional. If you want to have a relaxing & fun vacation this is a great place to go. Thanks Eva @ Tripcentral Hillcrest Mall!

Beautiful resort

The resort exceeded my expectations. It was beautiful, so much to do and very clean. Food and restaurants were great and staff was friendly. Although there were a lot of people there, it never felt too crowded. Will definitely be coming back!

Wonderful vacation

Beautiful resort,lovely grounds. Beach was great and food was great as well. Something for everyone, highly recommended.Will definitely go back soon! Thank you again Jennifer for all your help. Ilona W

Great Resort

Overall, the resort was amazing! Rooms were nice and spacious, clean pools and beaches, food was diverse and tasted great. Lots of activities to do such as kayaking, tennis, windsurfing, bowling etc... open bar 24/7

Amazing resort with great staff

This resort was breathtaking with computer wallpaper views everywhere you looked. Everything was very clean and and the staff were mostly very nice. Just remember that if you treat people with respect they respect you back. Barcelo Bavaro Place is a top notch resort with a amazing beach

Beautiful with it's own issues

We stayed at one of the sister hotels (Barceló Maya) last year so we had a an expectation of the same quality and experience going into this. Upon arrival, we were greeted and directed promptly. The wait to check in was a bit on the long side. We arrived after 1pm and was told the rooms were not ready. They gave us a beeper and directed us to go and eat lunch and come back when the beeper went off or 3pm. We went back to find the rooms still were not ready so they gave us 2 rooms 8 rooms [... read more] apart. This was disappointing as I did contact the hotel twice previous requesting joining rooms, however I also understand it is subject to availability. The rooms were clean, but well used! a closet door didn't work in each of our rooms as well as the TV in 1 room and an alarm clock. However, when we contacted the operator, someone was always sent promptly. The resort is large. The train that operates is a nice way to get around. The childrens areas are great, however be prepared to pay for extras (Pirate ship splash area, Bowling, Golf, Games) It is setup to still take money from you after you have already paid the money to get there. Golf was no different. Golf is included with your stay! BONUS RIGHT! well, a $75 mandatory cart fee is ridiculous! $35 rental clubs for used or $45 for brand new! So included golf isn't so included! The food was OK. A La Carte were great but the buffets, like all resorts, you get sick of by day 5. Service staff were present however not always working for you it felt like. After a few days, they realized we tipped and service did improve. Some people my have an opinion regarding the lack of English speaking staff, however, I took it as I have travelled to a different country, why should I expect them to speak my language. The beech was the best beech I have been to. Clean shore, clean sand, so clean it was hard for the kids to collect rocks or shells! Pools were large and great. Chairs get snagged up early. The hotel even posts just because a towel is on the chair, doesn't entitle you to it however, who enforces that? We went early and did the same like everyone else. Overall we had a great time. The hotel has shown its age or use at least but it is still beautiful. The experience was great but the extra charges are enough to make you think "Is this place better then others?"

Beautiful Resort

We had a great trip with no issues. The room, the beach the food, the staff were all great. We would definitely come back and definitely recommend the Barcelo Bravo Palace. The location of the resort to the airport was great as well no long drives

Great place BUT

My child contracted Hand-foot-and-mouth disease on the third day. This is a very contagious virus so it is obviously lurking all over this resort. We met other people whose kids got it too and found out after that there is an outbreak of this disease in Punta Cana, and has been for a few weeks already. We met people at the airport who stayed at different resorts whose kids were also infected. This REALLY spoils your vacation. And the worst part is - this is a known issue. Many children were seen [... read more] by a doctor and have confirmation notes of this disease. At the airport, the check-in agent knew right away what it was and told me to go straight to the doctor when I get home. We should have been notified prior to the trip of this outbreak especially given the young age of our children who are most at risk. For four out of seven days we stayed in our room watching movies because my daughter had a high fever and a painful, itchy rash. Huge waste of money for us. This resort is not cheap. Otherwise the place is pretty good and I would return. Great amenities. The food is ok. The rooms were not my favourite but that's probably because we stayed in ours so much that I had time to notice every little imperfection.

Way Way Too Busy

The grounds were beautiful, the beach was nice and the weather was gorgeous. However, the food was just okay. We couldn’t always find something appetizing at the buffet and the a la cartes food was worse than the buffet. The room had a great view of the beach but no privacy on the balcony, even though each had a jaccuzzi you had to deal with parting neighbours staring at you. The bathroom in the room did not have a private door- just a frosted glass slider with a hole in it as a handle. The se [... read more]rvice unfortunately was one of the worst parts. We could head to the buffet for breakfast and not one server would acknowledge us or offer water. We did stumble across a couple friendly staff, but that was not the norm. We also decided to stay at the palace because we were told you could stay at one and “play” at them all, however when we tried to go to the the adults only “beach resort” for some much needed quiet to relax at the beach, we were told we were not allowed to get drinks at the bar. And the front desk confirmed this. If we were just looking for warm weather and ocean breeze we would have been happy. However we wanted a quiet romantic getaway with great food- and this wasn’t it.

Amazing Resort

This resort is fantastic. We were not sure how we would feel about how big it was....but honestly you don't feel the size at all. Everything is quite close and walkable. Great for kids. Tons to do. We would definitely return!

Family Resort

We just returned from a week at the Barcelo Bavaro Palace. We travelled as a family of 10 including 4 children aged 4 months to 6. The Palace is a family resort with many activities for kids. They particularly enjoyed the water park. The resort and the grounds are beautiful and very well maintained, with staff constantly cleaning. The buffet was fairly standard and the a la cartes were good. Check in and dinner reservations were a breeze and we did not pay for the upgrade. The beach is beautif [... read more]ul, perfect for kids with lots of palm trees for shade.. We only saw one show however it was very well done. We stayed in building 5 which was close to everything. The rooms are large and were cleaned promptly, yes there is a lack of privacy in the bathroom area. We had a couple of minor issues in the room: the safe needed new batteries and the iron did not work, Both issues resolved very promptly. All of the staff were friendly and helpful, the service was great all over the resort. We would definitely recommend this resort.