Grand Bahia Principe San Juan 5 * is a cottage complex for a beach holiday, located almost on the seashore. This is the north coast of the Republic of Dominican Republic. And the name of the province is shown in the name of the hotel - Rio San Juan. The hotel belongs to the Bahia Principe line. Arriving here, you feel as if on a desert island. Many believe that this is a wonderful place where you can relax with your loved one, company or family. Excellent service, stunning nature and tropical sun will allow those who decide on such a trip to forget for a while about worries and problems. Did not each of us at least once in our life dream of such a vacation? But is a hotel complex really capable of providing such a relaxation? How do tourists evaluate the service and leisure at the hotel? Now we find out.
Puerto Plata and surroundings
The area where the province of Rio San Juan is located is the north of the Dominican Republic. It is famous for its beautiful long sandy beaches and pristine jungle. Between his cities and villages, they move either by taxi or by local buses. The latter are very cheap, they travel slowly, stop near each pillar, but with their help you can literally get to any place of interest. Therefore, it is worthwhile to understand their schedule and directions. Breathtaking beaches stretch for about a hundred kilometers. One of the best restaurants in the resort is located in the village of Cabarete, not far from our Grand Bahia Principe hotel. The capital of the resort is interesting for its colonial architectural style, mansions and palaces of Spanish aristocrats. She is also known as one of the first places where the famous discoverer Christopher Columbus arrived.
How to get there
Grand Bahia Principe San Juan 5 * Resort is located seventy kilometers from Puerto Plata Airport. Despite such an insignificant distance, the transfer to the hotel is quite tiring. From Punta Cana you travel almost across the island, it is about five, or even seven hours. If we add a twelve-hour flight from Russia by this time, the journey turns out to be very long and difficult. However, the wonderful service of the hotel helps to quickly forget about the inconvenience and begin to enjoy life. This is the north of the Dominican Republic, where nature is much more beautiful than in the south, because the real jungle has been preserved. Here you will be entertained by unseen birds all day with their twittering, and palm twigs will create a welcome coolness. Eight kilometers from the hotel is the famous Playa Grande Beach. At 5 km - a large supermarket "Gaspar Hernandez."
Territory and infrastructure
The Grand Bahia Principe San Juan 5 * complex spreads over a vast area of one and a half million square meters, covered with tropical gardens and mangroves. You can walk for hours on its shady alleys. There are many secluded places where people retire, dream, meditate, and relax. Everywhere greens, lawns, flower beds, flowers and coconut palms. The hotel has a doctor and a pharmacist. A lot of shops and boutiques are open on the territory: with photos and video products, souvenirs, jewelry and musical instruments. There is a small casino and free private parking. The hotel is very well guarded. Even when you take a taxi, the hotel security service records his number.
Resettlement
All rooms at the Grand Bahia Principe San Juan 5 * hotel are located in villas. There are 941 of them in the hotel complex. Each villa has four rooms. Two of them are at the top, and two at the bottom. The houses are scattered throughout the territory, the distance to the sea from some is only 20 meters, and from the farthest - 150. Each room has air conditioning and a ceiling fan, depending on your preferences or weather, you can use one or the other. Also in the rooms there are large spacious and comfortable beds, bathrooms, TVs, minibars, paid safes. Each villa has a wide terrace. The rooms here are of different categories. There are one-room, standard. Club rooms are located around the pool, and their guests use the special Hacienda program. And the closest to the sea are the exclusive rooms where guests live with the so-called “Principe gold cards”. All villas are decorated in aquamarine colors.
Nutrition
The system of food organization for guests at the Grand Bahia Principe San Juan 5 * hotel in Puerto Plata is highly praised by tourists. It works in all inclusive mode. This system can be used in the main restaurant for breakfast, lunch and dinner in the main restaurant, as well as local drinks and alcoholic drinks and snacks in most bars, except for wine in La Casita Blanca and service in Pueblo Principe. All Inclusive is valid until eleven in the evening. In addition, the hotel has four a la carte restaurants . Guests are entitled to 4 dinners per week in any of them. These are fish, Mexican, Mediterranean and Italian restaurants, but you need to register in advance. In addition, a dress code has been adopted in these establishments; clothing should be strict or evening. The hotel has many bars - two of them are in the lobby, one is by the pool, there are eateries especially for entertainment and karaoke. But the pride of the complex is the recreation center “Pueblo Principe” stylized as a Dominican fishing village. The bar is open all day, there is a fish restaurant "La Pescador", a snack bar "Hamburger", "Rock Cafe" and a disco "Caribbean Club", where all hotel guests can come.
Services
In the Grand Bahia Principe San Juan 5 * hotel (Dominican Republic) you can rent scooters and cars. There is good animation, entertaining contests and games, and shows continue from morning to night. Particularly good are “Caribbean Nights”, which are held in the theater salon. In the afternoon at the hotel you can take lessons of incendiary Latin dances, especially merengue, engage in bodybuilding and fitness. Many services are included in the all-inclusive system. For example, for an hour a day, all guests can use the equipment for windsurfing and snorkeling, catamarans, mountain bikes for free. In addition, guests staying in exclusive rooms have their own bonuses. So, the Hacienda program of the Grand Bahia Principe (Punta Cana) hotel includes the use of beach towels, which you will be provided with directly in your room. Upon arrival you will be given a cocktail or a refreshing drink, and cosmetic products are provided in VIP class. Bathrobes and a coffee maker are provided upon request. Guests using this program have access to the Beach Golden bar, and also have the opportunity to dine for free at one of the à la carte restaurants four times a week. They have their own club lounge with a games room, library and internet. The Principe Gold Card holders have access to all the Hacienda services. In addition, they are provided with cold snacks in their rooms from eight in the morning until one in the morning, they are entitled to breakfast and lunch in the main restaurant according to a special, exclusive program and to use the VIP pool.
Paid service. What is provided for children?
The Grand Bahia Principe San Juan 5 * hotel (Puerto Plata) provides a number of services that are not included in the basic cost of the permit. These are various boat trips on a catamaran and a boat, organization of fishing, training in diving and windsurfing, water activities - scooter, banana, skiing, horseback riding and golf. Paid hotel services include the ability to check in laundry. Imported drinks and service at the Pueblo Principe Bar are also paid. You must also pay for calling a doctor, babysitting services and using tennis courts, which are four units here. For young guests, the hotel has children's animation, and during the day there are various entertainment programs. In the evenings, a Donald disco is organized.
Beach vacation
At the Grand Bahia Principe San Juan 5 * hotel, tourists come for relaxation. One and a half kilometer beach of Escondida on the empty coast can provide it. It is well equipped, with umbrellas and sunbeds throughout its length. There are no ocean waves on the beach. Therefore, there are good conditions for children. From the coast into the ocean leaves many breakwaters, protecting from restless winds. In addition, the hotel has two outdoor pools in the form of lagoons. One of them has a jacuzzi, each has a children's section. There is also a sports pool and several solariums.
Excursions
Grand Bahia Principe (Punta Cana) is surrounded by local villages. Some tourists have enough that they can walk along the jungle through the gentle sand. To get on a long excursion, you need to rent a car or buy travel from hotel guides. There are minibuses near the hotel. You can use them and visit neighboring towns and villages, walk through the shops, visit the nearby beach with a lagoon. From excursions, a boat trip to the islands is good. It is also worth going to the city of Puerto Plata itself, to look at the church where the first Mass in America took place, as well as the ruins of the house of Columbus. The hotel organizes trips to the “Dominican Alps,” namely Santo Domingo.
Hotel Grand Bahia Principe San Juan 5 *: reviews
Guests praised the large and well-groomed area of the complex. There are not very many Russians here, mainly Canadians, Germans, Americans. Tourists praise the delicious seafood served every day in the main restaurant. A la carte establishments here are designed for gourmets. The best, according to reviews, Mediterranean restaurant. Great coffee is prepared here. In the mornings, on its terrace you can meet gorgeous sunrises, and in the evenings admire the beautiful sunsets. Fun animation and kind, helpful staff are especially noted in the reviews. The north of the Dominican Republic is not as popular with tourists as the south, so it is very calm here. For this reason, many recommend the Grand Bahia Principe San Juan 5 * hotel (Puerto Plata) to friends and acquaintances. Accommodation prices here range from 5500 to 14 700 rubles per room per day, depending on the season and location of the villa. Tourists also liked the special concepts of family fun, adult-only entertainment, and wedding arrangements. The complaints of some guests are caused only by not entirely new equipment in the rooms and water outages. But the hotel staff is trying to quickly solve all the problems, so minor defects are not reflected in the quality of the rest.