I went there with my husband's family and had an amazing time. My only super minor complaint was that we rarely had hot water to shower but given how hot it was down there. A cold shower the odd time was refreshing.

We arrived late at night. Got booked in quite quickly and were driven on a cart to our room.

The room was clean. No complaints with the maid service there. They were wonderful!

I have to say the beach was gorgeous. If you can, canoe, pedal boat to a secluded beach to the right of the resort. I found great seashells there and we enjoyed just hanging out there for a bit away from the other people.

The buffet had a great selection of food. Many things to tempt your palate. Most nights they had theme nights and so we enjoyed the buffet very much.

The a la carte meals were good too.

The shops in front of the resort are pricey but we had a great time at the disco and had a BLAST with karaoke.

Because there were so many of us, we really didn't bother with the entertainment but it looked like they had the same thing every night? We did catch the Friday night show because it was different and it was okay.

The main pool was great. No complaints there. Loved having the swim up pool but we stayed at the beach for most of our stay.

The best drink ever were the Bahama Mama's! You can get them at the beach bar and they were so good. The Coco Loco's are quite good too.

Overall, it was a great experience and I would recommend it for anyone looking for a good, reasonably priced vacation in the Dominican Republic. Also, Jose on the shop strip is great! We didn't even have to call him for another round of drinks, he just brought them!

This was our first trip to the Dominican Republic and it was real value for money. We found the food was wonderful and the main restuarant had different themes every night. They still catered for the "normal" foods as well on these evenings.

They have provided anti bacterial gel at all the entrances to the restuarants and everyone is encouraged to use it on their hands before they enter. In the two weeks we stayed there, we never experienced any stomach cramps etc. and thoroughly enjoyed the variety of foods available.

We went on the fiesta night, Laguna Trek and did the dolphin swim. Each activity was enjoyable, entertaining and memorable. The one thing that could be improved is the quality of food provided by the offsite restuarant when doing the fiesta night and Laguna Trek. But I think the large variety at the resort probably spoilt us!

The resort is rather isolated from any nearby towns and we needed to take a taxi with at least half an hour's drive to reach the nearest town. This isolation was one of the major drawbacks for the resort. It meant that we could not just walk off the premises and go shopping or sight-seeing. The shops available on site are obviously more expensive than what would be available at the many markets offsite.

Another drawback was that the main bar closed at 11pm. This meant that you had to walk up to the Hard Rock Cafe if you wanted to carry on socialising and drinking. The resort does provide a cart service which can be used by one and all to catch a lift to the Hard Rock or to take them back to their rooms after a long night at the Hard Rock! This is an invaluable service for anyone with a hip problem, limp, etc. (It just takes a call to reception asking them to send the cart up to the cafe or catch it just outside of reception.) But still, the bar could have remained open until at least 1 or 2am.

The entertainment shows were another area that could be improved. The staff are friendly and really try hard. They are talented and beautiful. They just a better choreographer!

The rooms were clean and comfortable. The mini bar is a bit of a joke as it only had one sprite, one coke, one lager and water. These get replaced every day. But hey, ho! With all inclusive this really was not a major issue!

We really missed not hearing the latest music while in the resort and by the end of two weeks we were tired of the local music. We thought that they could have varied it better e.g. played international music during the day and local music during breakfast, lunch and dinner. (The disco played the latest international music so it is not as if they did not have access to any cds.) It would have been nice to sing along and relax to music we knew while swimming, sunbathing, sitting and drinking, etc.

Overall, we would rate our stay there 8 out of 10 and definitely would go back again. It was a wonderful holiday at a wonderful resort with wonderful staff.

Just returned from a 2 week trip to this hotel. A little teething problem at the start - room had 1 bed and we asked for 2 beds - only took them 3 tries to get it right and the room we ended up with couldnt be faulted.
The hotel and its grounds are lovely, but the Prinicpe Shopping Street was very disappointing. Everything was very over priced - obviously to get you to spend your holiday money as there were no other shops/malls in walking distance. I paid £1.00 for a Twix - oh well what you have to do for a bit chocolate! You are warned - you must only stay at this hotel if you are looking to just relax and unwind for the 2 weeks as you are 1hr 15 mins from the airport and you are in the middle of a field!
The buffet food was nice, but a bit repetative and their 'themed' nights a bit pathetic. There was always a queue for the bacon on the days that they had it, but all in all you couldnt fault the amount to choose from.
The Mediteranean restaurant was nice and the food there was lovely, although not a lot of choice for starters and desserts. The Italian restaurant was dire - buffet for starters and sweet with your main course being served to you - you can get the exact same pasta dishes every night at the buffet, but it was nice to be served part of your meal.
We never managed to watch the nightly entertainment - passing and watching them entertain the kids was bad enough without the thought of having to go back at 10pm to watch them try and entertain the adults - mainly full of people drinking to excess and people wanting to ignore their kids for a few hours.
The staff are very helpful and courteous - we had a good laugh trying to hide from the guys who were working at the Scuba Centre - in the last week we had to run into the sea to get away from them, but they were polite just a bit full on.
We did the Carribean excursion - we were flown in a 16 seater aeroplane, bused to an old sugar plantation, walked down 200 steep steps (you dont have to climb back up them though), on a paddle boat for breakfast (we had been starving before this as it was now 10.30a.m. and we were picked up from the hotel at 5.30a.m.,) picked up by speed boat out onto the Carribean - this was superb and the speed boat captain was good fun. We stopped at what they called their public baths where we swam in crystal clear water with white white sand - looked at starfish and fish, then off to Sanoa Island for 3 hours where we were wined and dined then back on a catamarran with more alcohol then off to another beach (it did start to rain then, but we had enjoyed ourselves so much on Sanoa Island that it didnt matter) back to airport - got to hotel at 9.00p.m. all costing $309.00 - very good value for money although the tour guide was dire and managed to speak german much more fluent than english!!!
All in all this holiday and hotel were really good value for money and I would advise anyone that is looking for a lovely relaxing 2 weeks away from it all to book into this hotel. Oh and one more thing remember to take some nappy sacks as you are not allowed to flush your toilet roll (I thought yeuch when I had read this in other reviews, but it actually wasnt bad and there were no smells coming from our bathroom!!) If you are reading this review enjoy your holiday and ignore anything said about people pinching from hotel safes or food poisoning - the people and resort are very friendly and keen. Just make sure you give them a tip at the end of your stay - they really really appreciate it.

Came back my holiday from the Dominican at the Bahia Principe about 3 weeks ago with my Fiance and 4 year old daughter. Took us a few weeks to get back to normal. Didn't want to leave as it was so good and never feel like this about holidays, we are normally glad to get home. We even hoped my flight would get delayed.
The Hotel was cleaned every day, the mini bar was filled every day also. The staff and people couldn't be nicer.
There was 4 restaurants, one big main buffet restaurant, a Mexican, an Italian and a Meditteranian. The food was delicious.
There was 3 pools, mini golf, tennis court, Casino, quite a few different bars, even a swim up bar, a disco, a kids club, swingpark and the beach was literally at your door.
I could go on and on. We enjoyed it that much that we are thinking of going back next year to get married there.