Bahia Principe Explore La Romana

I have just returned from the Bahia Principe Explore La Ramana this morning... The grounds are lovely and well looked after. The beach was nice to relax but the sea was full of seaweed. The TUI rep here was something else.... Told you one thing, before you book an excursion, including different prices. When you pull him up on what he had said, he denied saying it or said it was another excursion. The 3 speciality restaurants were good, but the buffet not so, On a couple of occasions the food tasted as if it had gone off, especially the salmon. I arrived on Wednesday late afternoon, and on Sunday morning I was ill. Everything was going through me. I tried not eating for 24 hours, but this did not work, I took Imodium all day on Tuesday, and Wednesday as I was worried about the flight home. Arrived home and still poorly.... On speaking to others, it seems that there were a lot of people suffering the same...... It really spoilt what should have been a lovely all inclusive holiday.

A big bahia fan and this place was perfect for us to relax which we did. It wasn't busy due to the time of the year but that suited us. It's not a typical bahia resort as it quite small ish as no buggies needed to get around.The pool is great and the beach is lovely but not fantastic water,you cant see through it.Had to watch out for jelly fish and one day we could hardly get in due to mass seaweed but just the one day. The room was great and well looked after and clean, perfect.Food wise the separate upgrade restaurants were actually really good.The buffets as expected were decent but not always the best quality produce but a great variety and real care and attention was noticed,it did us well.Special mention in the restaurants was a guy called Francisco, very bubbly and sunny. I left my expensive sunglasses in a restaurant and went back and they had gone.contacted the reception and somehow they tracked them down 2 days later(I'm not asking how) The LOVELY Diana especially was a great help on getting them back for me as well as wilmer All in all would we go back ,at the right price ? Yes we would :)

We came here as a family of 3 (son 19). We stayed in the family side of the hotel but could also access the Bougainville adults only hotel as well the A la Carte restaurants there. Everyone at the hotel is extremely welcoming. The A la Carte restaurants on the family side are good but the ones on the Bougainville side are excellent. The Churrasco and Gourmet in particular are fantastic. The pools are lovely and again we did prefer the adult side for both beach and pools. This was just our preference as there was waiter/waitress service on the beach. Both buffet restaurants serve pretty much the same food but Bougainville did tend to have crab and better seafood. Our room was good and kept exceptionally clean - no complaints whatsoever. The beach itself is beautiful but sadly the sea is not the greatest for swimming and my son did get stung. However, the pools make up for this. We had one organised trip to Catalina island which was lovely but for other trips to San Pedro and Santo Domingo we got an uber as we prefer to do our own thing. I highly recommend this hotel for friendliness, cleanliness and food but if you like a holiday full of watersports this isn't the resort for you.

Lovely hotel for the price BUT beware the weekends! Locals must get some sort of deal because they swarm the place. Families with several kids turn up and take over everything. I am all for mixing with local people but these seem to go mad. Parents leave kids to get up to whatever they want and parents themselves seem to want to facetime anybody and everybody as loudly as they possibly can. If you can afford the extra to go to the adults only part, the do it, its worth the extra at weekends.

I stayed at this beautiful hotel for 1 week early September. Pros - Rooms are really big i stayed in block 20, wasnt much of a view but quiet! Air-conditioning was lovely after a hot day outside. Hairdryer, coffee machine, fridge stocked when needed. All great 👍 Staff worked very hard and were all very friendly! I booked a trip through amstar (next to dining room!) Was a brilliant trip out to Saona Island i highly recommend! Beach was absolutely stunning, yes the sea is cloudy but you could take a dip..just be careful of jellyfish! Cons- If you do enjoy travelling out and about this isnt the hotel for you as surrounding is golfing, a nail salon and a small shop. To be out and about you would have to either go on an excursion or take a taxi. The hotel bar does close around 11pm, there is a nightclub however in the square 😃 Floor around the pool can be alittle slippy when wet so just take care around there. All in all beautiful stay and met some truly great people! 💜