The journey from the airport took about one 1/2 hours, which is nice as you get to see a bit of the country. We actually checked into the hotel on the coach, given our bands & our room key so we didn’t have the hassle of checking in once we arrived.
We were greeted with a welcome drink which was much appreciated & our luggage was taken to our room quite quickly. The rooms are OK. Clean but need updating (which they are actually doing now).
Your mini bar is stocked daily (hide your drinks if you don’t use them as they won’t restock if you have them in your mini bar). You only get a couple of beers, a bottle of water, a coke & a 7up. The pools were nice but I actually only ever saw them cleaned a few times (two people in our group had ear infection). Whether this was due to the pools or not I don’t know. …
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First the good part of this package holiday, very clean spotless, & only 15 minutes from airport. Complex is stunning. Beach is stunning. I booked this holiday for my girlfriend’s 40th birthday & our 21 years together.
It rained for the first 6 days. Once you get wet you can’t get warm, the air conditioning is set to cold & you can’t alter it. The food was bad, freezing cold, & flies all over the food. I got food poisoning on day 4 & spent girlfriend’s 40th in bed; she went ill on 6th day.
The 8th day my youngest would not eat, all she ate was cake & bread. All we ate after this was toast, tea, & coffee, cereal & yogurt, so much for all inclusive. We ate at two restaurants on site but had to give 72 hours notice to book them; these where OK (hot food). …
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Grand Bahia Principe Cayo Levantado is their flagship resort. Standard in the package that are extras at other Bahia resorts are things like room safe, 24 hour room service, unlimited a-la-cartes, internet access with wifi & branded spirits.
If you know the Bahia resorts already, it’s as if the whole resort is a Golden Club/Don Pablo upgrade. There are 194 rooms in total which makes any early morning rush to grab a sun lounger unnecessary.
The best rooms to go for (IMHO) are the superior junior suites which are located in villas dotted around the island. The mini-bar is topped up daily with two beers (Presidente), Pepsi, 7Up, & Fanta along with miniature whisky, vodka & Barcadi bottles. …
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Not much to say apart from the worst hotel that I have ever stayed in. It was a last minute package holiday we booked. The staff only smile when you are giving them money, the hotel is at best 3 star with bare wires hanging out everywhere, minibar never restocked, and the food was the same for the whole two weeks.
The maids are not to be trusted, the beach is so far away that you have to take a bus to get to it, and it’s so full of people you’re literally side by side. There is also a smell of sewage waste all over the resort. Take my advice please visit the Dominican Republic, just give this hotel a very wide berth.
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