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We just came back from our second trip to this beautiful paradise!(Dec 11-18 2024)We were there last April 2024! Again this time we had an amazing experience!First of all as soon as we arrive we were welcome by Luis and his boss Fiordaliza! Fiordaliza treated us like VIP! She listened and solved our request in a quickly manner1For example she helped us solve our room issue (smell smoke) and we know that was not her fault! She quickly fix the problem!She is the main reason as why our experience was amazing! Well done and thank you Fiordaliza! For the rest at the resort was also very nice: for example the french restaurant (La Comedie) was excellent (the food and the service were amazing) The beach was excellent (white and fine sand,no wave, no rocks.......) We just came back and we are already planning to go early 2025! Thank you everyone ans especially Fiordaliza for an amezing experience! See you all soon! Silvia and Jean from Toronto Canada!

The lobby looked promising… but the experience got worse as you go. Once you walk into the room you’re smacked in the face with the smell of bleach, most likely to cover up the stench of sewage coming from the toilets and shower drains and the musty smelling room. The room was not cleaned well we were greeted to someone’s hair ball on the floor and shower and what looked like boogers on the headboard. A fight almost broke out amongst the locals. Most of the staff do not know English and pool entertainment was in Spanish. Food was subpar. Tbh, not sure if this is a mall or resort…

Do yourselves a favor and spend the just under $300 a night for the Panoramic Suite Ocean front. This was by far the best hotel room I have ever stayed in. It was beyond my imagination, just as the whole resort was. It was so worth the money at the end of the day and cant wait to do it again.

Barcelo Bavaro Palace is a great all inclusive resort to stay and the price was for a week stay was excellent.

We had a great time at Barcelo Bavaro Palace! The grounds are beautiful, the rooms comfortable and clean. We were a group of 21 and celebrated a birthday while there and the resort was able to accommodate our large group for an a la carte dinner and brought in a surprise birthday cake. We were very impressed with the overall service and effort. The food in general was good - the buffet was a little repetitive, but overall tasty. The best a La carte by far is the Japanese! That was the best meal we had at the resort, great chef and entertainment. The evening shows were hit and miss - we went to most of them while we were there. The only two note worthy were the Circus show and Michael Jackson show. The Michael Jackson show being the shining star - it really was very entertaining! The rest were mediocre at best. We enjoyed the sports bar for late night eats, it always had a decent buffet regardless of the time of day. They have a big screen and played most sports; football, basketball, baseball and soccer - only issue we had being from Canada we were unable to convince them to put on any hockey games (we had a couple avid Leaf's fans with us who were disappointed they didn't get to watch them lose ha). The pools were great and had both adult friendly and kid friendly spaces, we particularly enjoyed the water park, we received a free day as we stayed in the frailly rooms. The reason my review is 4 instead of 5 - Room service was not included in the all inclusive package No servers in the pool and beach area - you had to go to the bar to get your own drinks (not the end of the world I imagine it's due to the resort size), but at other resorts we have been to there is servers present in the pool and beach areas. Music in the disco - we went 3 nights and all 3 nights we found the same thing the dance floor would be full and then the music would change to a techno playlist and it would clear. The techno play list was to long and eventually people would leave. I am all for a variety of music, but I think there also needs to be more flexibility and changes based on the current crowd you have. The DJ was not interested in taking music requests either. This was really the most disappointing as we love to dance to Dominican music and American music. Overall this did not stop us from having a great time, I would stay here again.