Bahia Principe Explore Esmeralda

It looks good. The buses are scary because there speeding. The beach is nice as the surf board platform 👌 from UK nice wooping 9 hours 😀

Everyone is very welcoming, clean and beautiful atmosphere! Clean beach,Recommend!!!

So we are 3 days into a 7 day break. If you are thinking of coming here, do it. Ignore any negative reviews. Believe me, I want 5 star, this is it. 10 out of 10 so far, staff, service, rooms, attention to detail, all of it. Spot on.

Our first time in DR and we had a really nice week despite a couple issues with our room and the beach. The staff were so welcoming and we were very impressed with the service level here. Food was also very good. Really enjoyed being able to book an alacartes every night. You can book on an app up to 10 days prior to your vacation I believe. If you don’t have kids try MEAT and Limbo on Ambar side. Loved the morning coffee in the sports bar. Entertainment staff do a good job too, really enjoyed the daily aerobics in the pool and the nightly shows. The downsides were that our room had a mold smell which was very unpleasant and the room in general could have gone with a deeper clean. The shower gel was empty the whole time and never refilled so be sure to bring your own soap. The biggest issue for us was the beach situation. Management needs to do something about the reserving of beach chairs. You needed to get up really early to reserve a spot and we were very crammed together. Also the front row on the legend and Esmeralda side was reserved for Bali bed rentals with everyone else forced behind those. Walking up and down the beach no other resort seemed to have done this (force their patrons to pay if they wanted front row to the ocean). Also the constant barrage of vendors circulating asking if we wanted to buy cigars, parasailing, braids etc made it difficult to really relax into a book. Is it really necessary to allow that many vendors constant access to your clientele? Again compared to nearby resorts, the Bahia property seemed to have the most vendors on their section of the beach. Possibly because the Bahia property also seems the most densely packed in on the beach. Overall the resort experience was very good but the beach situation would likely have us looking at another option next time.

Our visit to Esmeralda was very enjoyable. The resort is beautiful, well maintained and the staff hard working. We particularly enjoyed our time at the pool bar, Amana . Our server Katheryn was attentive and friendly. I wish I had more Spanish so we could have shared more. One of Katheryn’s assistants Johanna was also very friendly and helpful. We also were treated very well at the beach bar, Atbey. By Orlando and Marienus. My only negative about the resort is the lack of communication about what activities and entertainment are available. We did come upon various activities but a printed daily sheet would have been helpful. The app information was not accurate and very limited. Overall a good relaxing resort.