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Bahia Principe Resorts
Bahia Principe Resorts - Gran Bahía Príncipe
Bávaro is located on the east coast of the Dominican
Republic, just 20 km from Bávaro airport (40 minutes
by car) and 70 km from La Romana airport (90 minutes by
car). It is 50 minutes from the town of Higüey, in
the province of La Altagracia.
The Bahia Principe
Resorts Akumal - Cancun, Mexico
The Bahia Principe Resorts is formed by two 5 stars hotels
(Tulum and Akumal) with a total of 1242 rooms, the commercial
and entertainment center "Hacienda Doña Isabel"
and the best variety of services in the Caribbean.
Thanks to its situation, its project and its facilities
and services, the Hotel Bahia Principe Akumal is known in
the Riviera Maya as an excelent hotel of five stars. The
resort follows patterns of sustained tourism.
Walking through the property you can admire the wonderful
tropical vegetation, nice gardens and protected areas where
ecology and architecure combine perfectly.
A great variety of "all inclusive" with 5 restaurants
and 6 bars, sporting activities, dive, spa, horse back riding,
sailing, mini-golf, professional shows, entertainment, drinks
in the bars and in the disco of the hacienda doña
isabel… all this with the warmth of mexican people
and an excelent personalized service.
The
Bahia Principe Resorts is an All Inclusive Resort
Our "All-inclusive" system includes all meals,
snacks, national drinks and cocktails at all the restaurants
and bars within the hotel's ( Tulum and Akumal) confines
24 hours ( only in the Snack-bar.Please check schedule of
bars and restaurants). You'll also be able to enjoy towel
services, sunshades and hammocks in the swimming-pool and
beach areas.
Your sole concern will be to have fun, because you'll have
free entry and local drinks in " La Rancherita"
disco and in several bars in the Dona Isabel Hacienda, will
enjoy special entertainment programmes, and will be able
to take merengue and aerobics classes and practice countless
sports.
Facilities and Services
Two swimming pools, one of them with three jacuzzi and
one near the beach with one jacuzzi, both of them with children
section, one natural pool with salt water on the beach.
Large sun terraces and gardens with sun beds and sunshades.
SPA and fitness center. Towel-service at pools and beach.
Children playground and children activities club (Mini Club
age 4-12). Amphitheatre for entertainment programs and shows
. 3 Tennis courts (with floodlight). Water Sports Centre
on the beach and Diving Centre, Mini Golf, Horse Ranch,
Bank / exchange office, excursions.
Non-motorised water sports: wind-surf, catamaran, sunfish,
kajaks, boogie-boards, snorkelling, diving clinic in pool.
Tennis, mountain bikes, volleyball, soccer, gym lessons,
body building, aerobic. Merengue and Salsa lessons. Day
and night entertainment programmes for adults and children.
According to the demand, certain services, sports or activities
might have use-limitations, require previous reservation,
or be changed without previous advice.
Leisure and Sports
You'll be able to enjoy the following sports: kayaking;
windsurfing; catamarans; diving and scuba (free demonstration
in the swimming-pool and courses for advanced divers); bikes
for use within the hotel's confines; 3 (floodlit) tennis
courts; golf on two courses in the surrounding area; badminton;
football; basketball; volleyball; aerobics; riding, etc.
And if that's not enough for you, you can always follow
our programmes of daytime and evening entertainment for
adults and children, with the participation of our entertainment
team.
Health and Beauty Club
Bahia Principe Akumal adds a full service SPA to the available
on-site services ( water sports, tennis, aerobic and dancing
lessons, gymnasium, hairdresser,… ).
Now, our guests can decide to be pampered with massages,
facials and relaxing therapies at the newly opened Marine
Spa.
The following treatments are offered:
Facials: deep cleansing, European Aroma therapeutic, hydrating.
Body treatments: Exfoliating, tired legs, body hydration,
Marine Mud wrap, Seaweed and Marine Salt wrap.
Massage: Relaxing, relaxing Caribbean style, Caribbean Aroma
therapeutic, deep muscular, lymphatic drainage, Shiatsu,
reflexology. Choose from our wide variety of massage therapies
we have offer, sharing the magical effects with your loved
one, or in the comfort of your own room.
Waxing services
Sauna, steam and Jacuzzi.
Beauty Parlor: Manicure and pedicure.
For the Children
The Bahia Principe Resorts hotel offers the facilities
of a Mini-Club called "Pinochio" for the enjoyment
and healthy entertainment of children, located next to the
amphitheatre right on the beach, very near the central swimming-pool.
It has furniture designed with children in mind, mini baths
and a wide variety of games and activities. The entire area
is properly closed off for the children's safety and has
shaded areas to protect them from the Caribbean sun. Our
monitors talk several languages.
The club also organises evening activities including a
children's show. Use of the children's club is subject to
specific rules that parents must respect to guarantee their
children's complete safety.
Caribbean Weddings
More and more couples are deciding to enjoy the extraordinary
experience of getting married in the Caribbean. Our hotel
is equipped to host the perfect wedding, catering for your
every need: floral decoration in the location, bouquet for
the bride and buttonhole for the groom, wedding cake, live
music, etc.
Thanks to its location and facilities, Bahia Principe
Resorts Akumal is the ideal setting for an unforgettable
honeymoon; the hotel offers newlyweds a basket of tropical
fruit, a bottle of tequila and special attention.
Golf
The hotel has two golf courses in the surrounding area:
one par 36, 9-hole course in Puerto Aventuras; and the par
72, 18-hole Van Haage Course in Playacar.
Enjoy a Bahia Principe Clubs & Resorts Vacation
At the Bahia Principe Clubs and Resorts you can relax and
enjoy the beautiful gardens throughout the properties. These
tropical all-inclusive beach resorts are located on private
beaches sheltered by natural coral reefs. A perfect paradise
for all travelers.
This Bahia Principe Resort is situated on a private beach,
partly protected by a natural coral reef and surrounded
by 275 miles of tropical vegetation.
The Bahia Principe San Juan stands on a private long beach
sheltered by a coral reef, and covers an area that is surrounded
by lush tropical vegetation with myriad mangroves. This
all-inclusive Caribbean resort also has several tropical
gardens along whose paths guests can stroll while enjoying
the sea breeze and cool natural surroundings.
Bahia Principe Punta Cana is a Caribbean style hotel with
touches of Colonial decorations, surrounded by tropical
vegetation. The Bahia Principe hotel is located on a beautiful
white sandy beach just 15 minutes from the Punta Cana airport.
Set along a long stretch of pristine beach and sheltered
by a coral reef, this hotel provides cool relaxation and
memorable vacation experiences. Surrounded by lush tropical
vegetation and a myriad of lush Mangroves, guests can enjoy
fresh sea breezes and the cool natural surroundings during
visits to this polished hideaway.
Room categories offered for this property are listed on
the right. To explore different room amenities, click on
the links shown. Please check availability for your preferred
travel dates. Room categories may not be available at all
times.
Gran Bahía Príncipe Bávaro is located
on the east coast of the Dominican Republic, just 20 km
from Bávaro airport (40 minutes by car) and 70 km
from La Romana airport (90 minutes by car). It is 50 minutes
from the town of Higüey, in the province of La Altagracia.
Gran Bahía Príncipe Bávaro is set above
a beach of white sand, with 500 m of beach front. It extends
over half a million square metres and has numerous tropical
gardens, holding paths where clients can walk and, at the
same time, enjoy the soft sea breezes and the freshness
of their natural surroundings.
The Dominican Republic shares the Island of Hispaniola
with the Republic of Haiti. Covering an area of 48,400 km2,
it is the second largest country in the Caribbean. Thanks
to its climate and seemingly endless miles of beach, the
Dominican Republic has become a top quality tourist destination
connected with the world's leading cities.
It has an estimated population of 7,600,000 inhabitants,
a mixture of different, mainly urban influences, with around
2,000,000 inhabitants living in the capital, Santo Domingo.
The landscape is varied and includes Lake Enriquillo, which,
at 144 metres below sea level, is the lowest point in the
Caribbean, and Pico Duarte, the highest in the Caribbean,
with an altitude of 3,175 metres. The Cibao Valley is the
main agricultural area.
DOCUMENTATION: Passport valid for at least 6 months for
Spanish citizens.
LANGUAGE: The official language of the Dominican Republic
is Spanish. In the main tourist resorts, it is common to
find people who talk English, French, Italian and German.
CLIMATE: The climate in the coastal area is mainly warm,
as is typical in the tropics. The temperatures are cooler
in the middle of the country. The average temperature all
year long is 25ºC, or 77ºF.
CURRENCY: The unit of currency in the Dominican Republic
is the Dominican peso, with an official exchange rate of:
DR$15.35 per US dollar; DR$2.38 per French Franc; and DR$17.00
per Euro.
SHOPPING: Haggling is accepted in markets and small shops,
but not in department stores, where prices are fixed. The
most interesting items are handicrafts, pottery, typical
naive paintings, coffee, tobacco and rum.
International credit cards (Visa, MasterCard and American
Express) are accepted in most of the country's shopping
centres and restaurants.
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY: The power supply in homes and hotels
is 110/220 volts and 60 Hz.
TIPPING AND TAXES: In the Dominican Republic, 10% is included
in the bill's total for service, although it is common practice
to leave tips at restaurants, hotels (especially for room
service) airports, etc. Most commercial establishments include
the legally required 8% tax in the price of their goods.
However, hotels and other establishments include this percentage
at the bottom of the bill.
SHOP OPENING TIMES: The vast majority of commercial establishments
are open non-stop between 9.00am and 7.00pm from Monday
to Saturday. Commercial banks are open between 8.00am and
4.00pm from Monday to Friday. At night and on public holidays,
automated banking services are available in almost all the
country's commercial establishments
Gran Bahia Principe
Resorts Bávaro
We stayed at the Bahia Principe at the end of November
for a week and it was decent for the money we spent. We
usually go to Sandals resorts in Jamaica but found a great
deal through Selloffvactions and thought we would try something
different. We knew it wouldn't be as good but we also spent
a lot less.
The rooms and grounds are kept up nicely for a huge resort.
There is nothing special about the rooms and the beds do
not have box springs so they were a little uncomfortable,
but the rooms were clean and we always had a stocked cooler.
The resort is almost too big and spread out very far. We
usually like to get to the gym 2-3 times during the week
when we are away, but it was soo far on the other side of
the resort we never felt like going. Although, we did walk
so much that it was like working out anyway. I thought the
gym, minature golf, and other activities could have been
more centrally located.
The food was ok at best. We did like the Mexican and Mediteranean
restaurants. The buffett was ok. They had some sort of chocolate
syrup for the french toast and pancakes but no maple syrup.
I love chocolate but not that way. The burger stand was
decent for lunch.
The drinks - BAD!! They water everything down including
the orange juice at the breakfast buffett. I could have
drank mixed drinks for 24 hours straight and not even got
a buzz. You might find and occasional bartender who makes
a decent drink but I have never seen such blatent watered
down drinks. You may want to buy some bottles and have a
few drinks before you go out at night, although I guess
that kind of goes against the all-inclusive idea.
The main pool was very nice and that is where we spent
most of the daytime. The beach was not anything special.
We didn't really experience any of the sand flea problems
other people seem to have had because we were around the
pool more.
We did the Jeep Safari tour through Campo tours at the
end of the resort. The resort will tell you not to use them,
but they do a great job and are a decent amount cheaper.
The place looks a little shady when you go down to talk
to them, but after reading other posts on here, I knew we
could trust them. I hightly recommend doing the Jeep Safari
Tour. It's a great way to see the country and how they live.
It is a full day tour and it was the only time I got buzzed
all week because they give you rum and coke through the
whole tour that is not watered down. Bring some pens, pencils,
candy, etc to throw to the kids.
The entertainment at night got a little old after the third
day there. They did dance routines just about every night.
At 11 PM, the entertainment moves to the street and to the
bars on the street. They seemed to mix up the entertainment
a little more there each night.
Any vacation is only as good as you make it and overall
we had a good time. The weather was great all week, and
we met some great people from the UK that we spent a lot
of time with during the week and a lot of nice people from
Canada. The majority of people at the resort seemed to be
from Canada, the UK, and Germany. We actually didn't meet
another person from the US all week. We had a good time
but we definitely would not rush back to this resort.
It was great!!! At first when i read everyone's reviews
before we left i thought it was going to be soso, but when
we got there we had a lot of fun. I went with my family
for 1 week, and it was unforgetable the rooms were average,
& pretty clean. We met many people on the trip especially
playing volleyball, and the pool games. The staff was very
friendly,and the resort is huge!!!The food although was
ok not great (but try the mexican restaurant). There are
little trians (long golf carts) that take you everywhere
if you need, and there is a street right outside the entrance
(for the guests)to shop, drink, and have fun. There is a
casino , many bars, a club, restaurants, and little shops.
Here are some tips though:
~bring lots of single dollars (american dollars) for tips
~ bring bug spray, and sun screen
~ bring towels just in case, becasue there is a high demand
at the pool
~ don't buy any excurions off of people on the beach, but
them directly through the office
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