Beautiful Resort

What can I say, it was a wonderful vacation! The weather was great! This resort is beautiful, everything is well kept, a shuttle is available if you need a ride. Pools are clean, entertainment staff awesome, beach is beautiful, food & drinks great. This was my second trip here!!

Nice on the surface, lacking in substance.

With many hotels in one only the VIPs get the service you would expect from a highly rated hotel. With so many people you are treated like a cash crop, and herded from one place to another. Wallet massage included.

Amazing Resort

We were booked to stay at the Grand Bahia Punta Cana and upon arrival we got upgraded to the Luxury Esmerelda which was a treat. Beautiful pools, grounds and rooms were so clean and always being manicured cleaned by staff 24hrs a day. The food here was delicious and staff were so welcoming and attentive. The whole resort was huge but awesome because there was so much to do and see. From shopping to casino to disco, tons of restaurants, activities throughout whole day, entertainment at night in t [... read more]heatre AND in main square. There is trolley service that runs every 5 mins if you don't want to walk from your resort to theatre, etc...so ppl really can't complain about how big resort is. You are fully accommodated in every section of resort. Beach was also great- clean, white sand, and sandy bottom where you swim. Constantly being raked and you can really see the difference this resort is with cleanliness, fun, and the beach compared to the Riu right beside it. This resort is big and very busy....but if you have trouble getting lawn chairs throughout day or beach chairs, just ask the guys on the beach and they will go grab you some and place them wherever you want. We 100% recommend this resort. We would never stay at the same resort twice BUT we will definitely be going back to this resort!

Nice resort

Decent resort although very busy, this was our second time there and last. It is big which we don't mind but found to many small kids this time that were loud. Also our plane home was cancelled and resort staff would not negotiate and a better rate for the one night extra we had to stay. They wanted $360 and the airline would only offer $250 for us, given we were there last year, just spent ten days there this time and they had rooms available we thought they should have done something for us so [... read more] we didn't have to transfer to another hotel for one night, they did nothing for us and were rude, we will not go to another Gran Bahia resort again! I would have thought that given they could make $250 instead of nothing for the night and keep their returning guests happy they would oblige, good business sense to me but no! As it turned out the Westin in Punta Cana where we were transferred to had much more comfortable beds, nicer bathroom and towels, the AC in the room actually kept you cool and the two meals we had were much better than the GB Bavaro. Gran Bahia resorts do not care about you, your needs or if you ever come back, and we won't be back.

Beautiful place

Travelled on Jan 23rd. It was a beautiful place, amazing beach and very clean. The rooms were great. Staff was friendly. Wifi was only in the lobby and was choppy at times. Food was ok. The BBQ restaurant was the best a la carte. The resort itself is huge. 5 resorts in one but you don't feel it cause there's buses that are constantly going to and from the beach/lobby. I would definitely recommend the place.

Amazing resort

The resort was extremely nice, the staff were wonderful, the food wasn't what we would have expected from this resort. The Internet usage is not enough and especially when you want to contact the kids back home. Internet kept cutting out.

Great trip!

We had a great time in this trip. The westjet flight was top notch! Amazing plane and service. The hotel was nice as well. the people are really nice and food is good. Lots of selection. The only thing is that the hotel is really big. Just be prepared to walk a lot or take the trolley everywhere. And also, the beach has a lot of seaweed. They try their best to clean it, but it's all over your feet when you go into the beach. The pools make up for it though! They are beautiful.

Great time!

We enjoyed our week stay at Grand Bahia Príncipe Bavaro, large resort but we were located 5 min walk from lobby and beach and 10 min walk to water park and mini golf. Alternatively there are trolleys all day. We would definitely stay again, food was very good, room for improvement but no one was sick in my party. Overall a great stay. Employees were all wonderful! Great for children as well!

Nice Resort

I'm not a huge vacationer, so when I go my expectations are fairly high. This hotel was very clean, but it is BIG! HUGE! There is constant shuttle service from spot to spot, so that isn't an issue. The room was mediocre - clean, but nothing to write home about. Same ol' musty smell. The one thing that I was shocked at was the below average service. The restaurants were nice and the food was good, but the servers were not kind, and there were MANY occasions where we had to ask for drinks over and [... read more] over again. One night I asked for hot chocolate and the server handed me a cup of hot water and a can of hot chocolate powder....?????? Anyway, all in all the vacation was fun - I was just surprised that a place based on customer service would be so lacking.

Amazing family oriented resort

Rooms were spacious enough and very well cleaned! Staff was very nice. Food choices was great. Restaurants amazing. Activities for all. Beaches were awesome- what more can you ask for? Will go again for sure

Grand Bahia Príncipe Bavaro

Very nice and big resort.Room was nice and clean . The three restaurants we went to we did not like at all,food much better at main buffet.Beach is beautiful,but is very hard to find loungers if not there very early.Main lobby is very nice with all seating for people to gather in the evening.Wonderful staff

Amazing resort very large

Grounds, pool, location, rooms, food were great. If you want to be near a pool and only a 7 minute walk in one direction to ocean, or other direction for 7 minute walk get block 31. It is right in middle of the Bavaro section

Huge resort with many amenities

The huge resort grounds are very lush and well maintained. There are 5 Bahia Principe hotels within the complex. BEACH: The beach loungers were packed even though I was there in the off-season, but I could still find seats. The sand condition was great. Staff was continuously cleaning the beach by raking seaweed. GETTING AROUND: There is a convenient and frequent trolley transit system that takes you to all areas of the resort. Walking is also easy. SPORTS ACTIVITIES: The free sports activities  [... read more]are minimal. I only tried the limited 45 minute bicycle ride in the morning and mini-put golf. The boogie boards were only good for an hour. The snorkeling equipment for an hour is useless because it's only good for the shoreline which had too many waves. There was no bow at the archery. The bumper car area was extremely small and only had a few working cars. EVENING ENTERTAINMENT: Good entertainment, but the shows do not repeat on the same night. So if you miss a show, hopefully they'll have it on a separate night. I think the entertainers travel from resort to resort. DINING: I tried the Santa Fe, Japanese and Caribbean buffet a la carte restaurants, which were all fair at best. The general buffets are just as good or better with a very large selection of international cuisine. ACCOMMODATIONS: My room was is good condition, but the bathtub and roof above was worn out and needed some extensive repairs (Room 79103). CHILDREN: The resort was very accommodating and friendly to children of all ages. My child was only 11 months old and he had a great time. However, I had to request a crib several times, but it did come with extra padding and sheets.

Amazing resort

Fantastic resort amazing staff and food, upgraded our stay from bavaro ( more family orientated - lots of teens) to the Esmeralda (all share the same resort) Room was nice, could use a face lift compared to other 5 stars I have been to, however, the service staff and food made up for it! Beautiful lobbys; and the luxury of enjoying all the amenities of 5 resorts in one by being able to use all their facilities was awesome! Make sure you ask for a Sammy Sosa at the Esmeralda pool bar. Best slush [... read more]y drink ever.. Great vacation over all even bought into their priveliege club for exclusive benefits! Try it out this resort will not dissapointed. . Whether you want to have an adult romance getaway at the Ambar or Esmeralda - or a family fun activity packed vacation with runs foe the kids to do and their own entertainment and water slides and endless adventures then this resort is definitely for you :-) hope I've helped me and my fiancé will be back!

Recommending with Caution. Know what to expect

Let me start by saying we enjoyed our stay and had 10 happy days here. With just a few improvements it could be back to it's past most fabulous destinations. We have stayed here before and it certainly was a little less than in the past. The staff were not nearly as friendly as before, the food and a la carte restaurants were all quite good. Cleanliness was OK but could be better. Example of this is in the past we daily saw pool people scrubbing the tiles etc. as well as the lobby. Now the pool  [... read more]tiles were filled with black mold although the pool itself was always clean. Could be better. There were also a few areas around the pool bars that had big broken pieces that needed to be replaced. Time for an upgrade there. The rooms were cleaned daily but certainly not very well, even though we left a tip every day. I had a blood stained pillow case one day (gross) and the whole room in itself was cleaned within 5 minutes literally. I watched. The room fridge NEVER was cooler than room temp. even after asking several times for a adjustment. Our companions who are senior ladies with a few disabilities and in a handicapped suite, had their room broken into. Luckily nothing was stolen as they always carried their valuables with them but very unsettling never the less. When nicely informing the hotel about this immediately the door was fixed..... however..... it had not been fixed properly as the next morning it would not lock. After having been broken in the evening before it was quite disturbing for 2 senior ladies who were afraid to be in the room alone and also afraid to leave the room unattended. We informed the reception desk and spoke with "CARLOS" and never got even a sorry for our trouble. Just "that shouldn't have happened. we will look into it. I would expect a bit more to make their guests feel better about their stay. Also the time share people trying to get you to go spend some of our vacation time with them and listen to their sales pitch was never ending. A friendly No thank you should have been enough to let them know we were not interested. These people are not on the beach but on the Hotel itself and continuously interrupting conversations to make their pitch. Annoying. The beach was fabulous. Loved every minute down there. Grande Bahia Principe Bavaro, Punta Cana, we will be back to Punta Cana but not here.

Great place

We stayed here for one week Sept 16-23 it was a great trip, beautiful resort! The food was good the Japanese restaurant was our favourite very good sushi. It is a large resort which we don't tend to do as we enjoy the smaller ones but it was always easy to get around with the shuttle , the beach was beautiful a little seaweed a few days but the workers tried very hard to keep that under control! Beautiful grounds and friendly staff overall o great trip!

Okay!

The rooms, reception area are beautiful well maintain, the resort it is really big, the down fall for this resort is there is no coffee in the morning ,good coffee, real coffee water and alcohol very poor quality, beach towels very hard to get.

Good resort!

Pro: Nice hotel (small buildings) and nice facilities. Excellent food. Perfect place to go with children - waterpark was fantastic. Con: Not a very clean hotel, for a 5 star expectation. (the room and te bedsheets were smelly)

Trip Central Vacations

We booked with Trip Central to Grand Bahia Principe Bavaro Punta Cana It was excellent. Great food variety, room close to all amenities. Get sport activity variety. Beach is sensational. Dining room service excellent I would return. Trip Central was an excellent travel agent

Great resort, great people!

The hotel was very nice, very well up-kept, the food at the buffet was very good, a little bit for everyone, the buffet was huge so never went hungry! Every day there was something different at the buffet so it made for a nice change. The restaurant choices were equally excellent. Activities at the resort were great. Very relaxing stay. Staff was friendly, nice gift shops around, excellent alcohol! Location is great! Would go back for sure!!