The Eurostars Grand Cayacoa: Hard to Beat Views

There isn't really anything bad I can say about this resort. I have stayed at many resorts including Hard Rock in Punta Cana and this one was my faviourite. The views are just breathtaking and can't be beat. Because you are in a bay the ocean is always very calm, warm and great for swimming. The food was great and they always had a great selection. The one gourmet restaurant was by far the best and had the best steak I have ever had. We were in one of the villas which meant lots of stairs betwee [... read more]n us and everything else but the shuttles were pretty good so it wasn't too much of an issue. If you were older the stairs might be a problem but so long as you are in the main building you should be fine. The night shows were pretty good and they do have a Disco at night that I never went to but obviously places like Hard Rock would be better if you like the party scene but this place was perfect for us. Also even though the hotel was sold out, there was never more than maybe 10 people in the pool, almost never had any trouble finding a seat in the shade at the pool or the beach, and there was never a wait for the restaurants. Also the fact that the resort is right off the city is awesome and very different from any other resort I have ever been to. I will 100% be going back to this resort!

VH Gran Ventana Beach Resort: Wonderful Resort

This resort had everything I look for in a resort! It was very clean, the food was terrific, and the staff was amazing. Front desk was a breeze. Had a issue with the toilet flushing slowly, they had someone there in 20 minutes and front desk called the room that evening to make sure we were happy with the fix! The beach was clean and plenty of chairs. If you want a hut you will have to get up early and save but I haven't been to a resort yet you don't have to. The food was varied and delish. Onl [... read more]y disappointment was the evening entertainment. It wasn't worth staying up until 9:30 for. I would go back here in a heart beat.

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Great resort - treated like royalty !

Rooms were extraordinary. Food was the best I've had at a resort - eating lamb, duck and lobster - even for lunches ! Staff were very friendly and professional. We travelled with Tripcentral and Air Canada - they looked after us - everything was taken care of - excellent service. Only complaint I have for the resort is the chair reservations at the beach - the only way to get a lounge chair overlooking the ocean at the beach was to go reserve a chair at 4am. Even around the pool - there were a l [... read more]ot of chairs, but only way to get an umbrella was to go reserve it at 7:30 am. The resort should not allow this to happen.

Barcelo Bavaro Beach: Beautiful Resort

Really well kept grounds and clean resort. Beautiful white sand beach and sea very good for swimming. Staff mostly friendly but many spoke no English or only little. Any side trips were very expensive and we ended not taking any of them. Not a friendly location for non-smokers. Restaurants were smoke free but cigar and cigarette smokers were allowed to smoke inside all the buildings and spoiled the air for non-smokers. For this reason I would not recommend this resort for anyone who does not smo [... read more]ke. Smokers had no consideration for anyone else.

Bahia Principe Explore Esmeralda: Great family resort

Beautiful resort...close to beach...lots to do..nice rooms...especially the large bathrooms...good food...al carts okay...beach was clean..the staff were all great...they really love kids...both pools were nice...lots of great evening entertainment ...

Bahia Principe Explore Punta Cana: Trip to Punta cana

Fantastic resort, great food,very clean rooms, very friendly staff, eager to please, our second time there and hope to return next year!!!i would highly recommend this resort , beautiful white sandy beaches, lots of excursions available if you wish to do so, and much great entertainment during the day around the pools and on the beach. Plenty of entertainment in the evenings in the theatre or main lobbys

Be Live Experience Hamaca Suites: Fantastic Resort

Our room was 315 in main building and looked straight onto the ocean, it was just lovely...It was quite a large room with king size bed, two comfy chairs and a small coffee table...The balcony was huge with two wooden chairs and a small table...There was a large walk in closet and bathroom with tub and shower... The beach was just beautiful, and water crystal clear...The food and drinks were plentiful and very good !!!

Wyndham Alltra Punta Cana: Great Family Oriented Resort

My family (husband, two daughters and their husbands and two grandchildren aged 8 & 10) had a wonderful vacation at Dreams Punta Cana. The grounds are outstanding, food plentiful and very good. The entertainment team worked so hard to keep us all happy...can't say enough good things about them. Only con would be the rooms which were a little smaller and tired looking than the pictures indicated and the bathrooms dark. The housekeeping staff were very thorough however and despite the airline tran [... read more]sport bus company having lost a piece of my luggage on the way to the resort (still lost), we all had a very enjoyable holiday.

TRS Turquesa: Great resort

Big resort with 4 sections. Royal suites has the biggest perks. Well worth the extra as you get a la carte reservations to all the different restaurants made by your butler, a couple of restaurants exclusive to you, golf carts to take you around the resort, and a pool and bar open very late if you want to enjoy a swim at night. Rooms were very nice. Washrooms at beach and other public areas were very clean at all times. Plenty of food and choices to please everyone. Activities were available for [... read more] those that wanted some extra fun. Lots of variety for entertainment at night. Employees were very friendly and pleasant. Would return to the Royal Suites section.

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Great hotel for a vacation : Luxury Ambar

Hotel is for adult only. 2 sections with Pools (one near the beach, other further but excellent for afternoon quiet time. Great restaurants. Many to choose from. Excellent service everywhere from staff.

Grand Sirenis Punta Cana Resort: Very nice resort

Old hotel, but clean, people try to do reparations. We always had a hot water in our room, the food was good, very nice shows at night - good dancers and decorations, and beach is nice too. The only thing I didn’t like its that we had to liberate our room at 12am, but at 11am they already cut our accesses and I had to go reception and make them to correct it.

Barcelo Bavaro Beach: One resort that delivers...

We were 2 mature couples who traveled the world including a few inclusive/adult resorts, with more than high expectations. The location "Punta Cana" was outstanding; the resort "spotless"; the entertainment and food better than average; the staff from the booking to the shuttle, the Hotel and cleaning was more than accommodating. It was a relaxed and smooth vacation in spite of the size of the complex (adult and family-over 1000 rooms) although separate from each other shared restaurants. The co [... read more]mplex spread along the beach made for wonderful walks but also offered constant shuttle trains as alternative. Of course there might be dishes that were not to our likes, neighbors with total luck of consideration (noisy/smokers/w/sense of entitlement: reserving chairs). The way I see it, these individuals make their presence in any type of resort, no fault to the complex. One thing that could be improved? make wifi available and free even if in lobby only.

Coral Costa Caribe: Good resort, just good

Food was no problem, grounds were kept superb. Staff in general was good. I felt they could've seemed to care a little more. Never waited long time for anything, some stood above the rest. Rooms need work. Well ours did, we were in main c building, 4th floor. It's just old and the plumbing will work ...usually. We have good water pressure compared to most as our friends didn't, we had great flushing toilet where our other friends didn't. A/c was leaking a lot of water even tho we didn't even hav [... read more]e it on. I've been to better resorts and worse. Beach was great, clean at resort but the venders are a pain except for some who are fun. But they pester you a lot and are aggressive. The games played on the beach are good, same all the time tho. Needs imagination is all. Simple layout change would go a long way. 24 hour food is nowhere near 24 bar. Not even a bar near the 24 food. Mexican a la carte was great, dominican and Italian not so much, disappointing actually. Something at sometime made us all feel bad , only for about 12 hours or so, then somehow it turns around. Not sure what, possibly the food being washed in the tap water,The tiny fruit fly like bugs that were everywhere? We travel with friends and we make a good time no matter where we go. We are open minded and take it all in as good. So minor things, the hotel was good! You gets what you pay for as this place was cheaper than most. Location of hotel from Punta Cana is far, but the drivers sure can get you there fast!! LOL

Emotions by Hodelpa Puerto Plata: Good for a 3 star

Rooms were very clean and well kept, my only complaint was the lack of hot water ! Wasn't impressed with the food , and the a la carte restaurant was the same meals for Italian, Mexican, and Caribbean, and they never had enough food even though we were the first reservation.. But we made due. Beach was very nice, the locals are very nice, we did one excursion of going out on the dune buggies!, was a blast... Booking with William was great, he is such a friendly helping man and gives you a good d [... read more]eal.

Majestic Colonial Punta Cana Beach Resort: Excellent resort

Grounds were well groomed, staff were super, beach was superb! Great time at this resort! It was a great vacation! Shows were very entertaining, the Michael Jackson show was the greatest! The resort will not disappoint!

Marien Puerto Plata Hotel: GREAT WEEK

We arrived around 2 pm and was processed , escorted to our room and on the beach with a drink in our hand .Staff in all areas were extremely pleasant. Rooms were clean and had no strange odors .We would go back again.

Barcelo Bavaro Beach: Great Resort for the Price

Just arrived back from the resort, rested, tanned and a few pounds heavier thanks to the great food. AirTransat personnel was great for fixing quickly issues or concerns. Busy place but relaxing. Booking a King bed doesn't mean you get one, at least right away if you don't mind switching rooms later. Otherwise you are stuck with two double beds. If you are on bottom or middle floors, the noise from people walking or furniture moving is rather obvious. Otherwise, rooms were clean and spacious. Fo [... read more]od…AMAZING! Drinks are very generous. Suggest you bring your insulated travel mugs (Big Bubba's are ideal). Adults side, things shut down at midnight with food stopping at 10:30pm. Otherwise you have to go to the Deluxe side where families are to get 24h food and beverage. No swim up bar on the adults side which is different but no one seemed to mind. You never wait long for your drinks from the friendly staff. Grounds are well maintained and cleaned including the beach front. Excursions being offered are quite pricey given they are in US dollars ($100US avg per person) Some excursions like the sailing adventure we wouldn't recommend. It's $115US /person. and it's 4 hrs on a boat that simply passes by the front of the hotel and stops just down the beach. The place is busy with the beach stretching down a line of resorts. All the excursions pass in front of the hotel so there are lots of boats with music pumping up and down running up and down the beach. Also, the helicopters…average of 4-5 of them buzzing overhead that felt like you were at a military base. With all that aside, we did enjoy ourselves, met some great people and did relax with some great weather. Don't be afraid to try this place, you won't be disappointed.

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Wonderful Holiday

Second time at this resort but we stayed in the punta cana section the first time and decided to try Ambar. Best decision .We were 7 people and had 4 rooms , 2 in Ambar 1 and 2 in Ambar 2 despite having requested all rooms in Ambar 1 because we are all beach bums and wanted to be close to the beach. The rooms in Ambar 2 are newer than 1 but both were equally beautiful. Check in is done at the Ambar 3 lobby (this is only a lobby - there is not an Ambar3 section). They checked us all in together a [... read more]s a group and the girl that checked us in was not very friendly. Fortunately it was the only time this happened during our 7 days there. All staff no matter where you were , beach , lobby etc went out of their way to accommodate us. We were beside the Ambar 2 pool and the only time we were there was when we would walk through it to get to the beach. It was like walking through a cemetery it was so quiet. Ambar 1 pool on the other hand was very busy and not so quiet when we walked through it on our way to the beach. We had to get up every morning before 6 and get a palapa because we wanted shade and if you don't you wont get a chair let alone shade. By 7 oclock you wont get one and by 8 good luck finding a chair. There are guys on the beach with yellow shirts that brush the sand off your chair all day long and they will find you a chair if you cant find one. The waiters on the beach are very friendly and work very hard running up and down the beach to get drinks for you . The beach is amazing and hardly any seaweed all week and if there was it was raked up very quickly. I had e-mailed the resort ahead of time for a la cartes reservations but didn't have any when we got there but had no problem booking 3 for the 7 of us although I did hear other people saying that they could not get any.The restaurant by the beach was our go to for lunch. They bbq'd every day , chicken pork , beef and burgers. The buffets were nice and we found that the Ambar 2 buffet better and less busy. All 3 a la cartes we went to were very good and a change from the buffet. We walked around a lot at night checking out all the lobbys and found entertainment in every lobby (seems like they rotate from one lobby to the other ) so you never know what is where and in what lobby. We tried to go to the Micheal Jackson show but it was so crowded we could not get in but sat outside and listened so if you want to go, go early. We did not go to any other show so can't comment on them. We did go to the pueblo principe a lot for shopping and once at night where they had a band and people were dancing.We had blast and wanted to return but ran out of time. If you are thinking about booking this resort don't hesitate. Champagne for breakfast , caviar ,sushi ,lobster for dinner , great a la cartes , great drinks, beautiful rooms , great weather. One thing I will say though, when we were booking we noticed that all the sections were pretty much the same price.If you don't have kids choose the Ambar it is much less crowded and you have more room at the beach. They are packed like sardines in the other sections. There is no way this resort can expand anymore because of the limited beach space unless they build to the left where there seems to be space between the next resort. We loved this resort and hope that we can return soon for a third visit.

Barcelo Bavaro Palace: very clean and enough to do.

Hotel is spread out,would like to know where your room is going to be.ground floor or higher.Rooms are clean and toilet and showers excellent.Meals in special location are great.Buffet lot of food.No free wi-fi in loby is nuisance.

Grand Sirenis Tropical Suites: disappointed with the rooms expecting more for pri

Like that the resort is near the beach. Food was good. Loved the catch of the day but overall not the best resort I have been too. A bit disappointed for such an expensive resort. Would not come back ever.