Grand Palladium Bavaro Suites and Spa

My family and I enjoyed a wonderful stay at this fabulous resort. I traveled with my husband and 15 month old daughter. The hotel grounds are gorgeous and clean. The resort is huge, and there are trolleys on the grounds to shuttle guests to different locations. We personally walked everywhere, and didn't feel that the resort was so big that we necessarily needed a shuttle. Check-in was a bit hectic and disorganized, as there seemed to be some confusion with our room. They also offered us a welcome drink, but never brought it to us. The check in process took a while for us, but it wasn't a huge deal. Immediately upon arriving to our room we noticed that they had given us a room with 2 full sized beds (that were slightly bigger than a twin size), rather than the king size bed that we requested. There also wasn't a crib in the room, which we also requested in advance. They did offer to switch our room the next day, but we ended up just staying in ours. And once I called for the crib, they did send one, and set it up for us. We stayed at the rooftop duplex room, and it was very nice. I will say parts of the room needed some TLC, for example one of the outlet covers fell off in my hand, and looked very old. Aso, the stairs to the rooftop are the same material as the floors, which I think are marble. They look lovely, but are very slippery and seem like a bit of a death trap. Despite these slight hiccups though, the room was clean and beautiful, and it was pretty awesome having a rooftop jacuzzi. The pools were big and fun. I think we visited 3 of them, including one with an adjacent kiddie pool. There were daily activities at the pools, such as a bartending class and dance classes. Swim up bars were fab. The food at the resort I thought was very good, especially for resort food. Our favorite was the Argentinean restaurant. We also tried the Asian, Steakhouse, Spanish, and Mexican restaurants. The only one we were a bit disappointed with was Mexican, and it wasn't bad, just left a bit to be desired. The rest were very good and the service was excellent. The beach is gorgeous. There was some seaweed but hey, that's nature. I will say one annoying aspect of the trip was having to sit through their travel club presentation. It honestly sounded like a decent deal overall, but unless you're willing to drop 20k on the spot for 60 weeks of vacations for 30 years, just skip the presentation. It's just annoying, high pressure sales tactics. I'm not sure how we got suckered into attending lol. Overall, despite the few hangups that I discussed above, we loved our stay at the Grand Palladium. I wanted to go to the town since it is so close to the resort, but we did not find any need to. Everything we needed was on the resort. And the staff at the restaurants were great at providing me with milk for my daughter. Check out was easy and a breeze. We had a wonderful stay at this resort and would definitely return one day. This is my 4th visit to Punta Cana, and it was an absolutely wonderful one.

This is our 8th time staying in the Grand Palladium Bavaro. The experience is great because of the staff especially Franklin Watley. He is very professional and caring. We like the accommodations and the access to the beach. We like the private jacuzzi on the roof. In addition to the buffet’s there are many great restaurants. Our favorite is the Japanese Hibachi with the show. We are impressed with Kid’s club. Our children had fun with zip lining and many other activities in Kid’s club. We love our vacation in Grand Palladium Bavaro.

Great resort and amazing staff. A wonderful vacation from the start to the end. The food was amazing never had any bad food. The staff is very friendly and will make sure you have a good time. There is always something to do and many different pools to go relax at. The nightly activity is fun and would recommend going to see the shows.