I've just today returned from a week long holiday at the Bahia Principe in Rio San Juan in the Dominican Republic. This is my review for all of you to read ad I hope you find it useful...please make sure you read the very last paragraph. Very important.

Flight: Standard First Choice charter flight from Bristol to Puerto Plata... read more

What can we say? We were expecting a relaxing, high quality/service holiday (as we had previously stayed at another Bahia Principe resort and that was how it was). The first week in the San Juan resort was pretty much how we had expected, it was a little rowdy from about 20 or30 (at a guess) university students, but c'est la vie, we thought... read more

Bahia Principe is a wonderful hotel!!!! It is rated 4****+ but I totally give it *****! We just got home at 4am and I'm still sniffling! The resort itself is in between 2 cities. 18km form Gaspar and 14km from San Juan. The advantage is that it has no other resorts surrounding it so there are no disturbances... read more

What a wonderful relaxing holiday resort - luxurious and fabulous!

Don't go for the wild night life but if you want to lie on a beach for 2 weeks reading with the occasional dip in the pool or sea then this is the place for you. Our room was lovely and cleaned daily - plus mini bar refills... read more

We stayed at the Bahia Principe San Juan at the same time as all the problems were being reported on the news.

We had a fabulous time there with relatively no problem at all, only the air-con but that was soon fixed. The food was very varied and always fresh and well presented... read more

We arrived on the 22nd July 2007 and the transfer was approx 1 1/2 hours.

The staff are very friendly and the hotel looks impressive. People always pack themsleves around the main pool. Could never understand this as there is a beautiful beach with plenty of sun loungers and of course plenty of shade... read more

I'm writing this 4 weeks after the return of my holiday, and would advise anyone not to book a holiday at his complex.

On arrival it looks absolutely wonderful, but two days into my holiday the real implications of booking a holiday in such a poor country started to set in... read more

Well where I start... We booked our holiday through First Choice and decided that we would upgrade on the flights to premiere class that was our first mistake.

Not only were our seats not together, there were hardly any soft drinks available... read more

We were really scared after reading other reviews, so we went prepared and couldn't believe what we found. It was amazing, from the people to the beach and the food, every part was brilliant. Ignore the reviews that say it’s horrible and old they are wrong... read more

On arrival to your hotel you will get a very warm welcome and a nice fruit cocktail, which is just what you want after a long day!

Your may find your room a little basic but then you are only using it to shower and sleep in! The hotel grounds are fantastic and very well looked after... read more

The hotel was so incredible I keep begging my mum and dad to take me again. The rooms are very clean and the maids even leave you little chocolates on your bed or make swans out of your towels which I thought was really sweet.

The animation team are so awesome and they have poolside games every day for you to join in with... read more

We travelled with 2 children age 3 and 7. The food was great but the wait for the a la carte dining was a bit too long for the kids. The staff was friendly. The grounds nice

The gild club would be best choice. We went with other family that were able watch the kids for a day and did the paradise island day trip... read more

We arrived at the airport, put on a coach and the check in procedure was done on the coach.

So on arrival at the hotel we taken straight to our room, we could not believe what we were seeing!

The room smelt really bad, and was not very clean, nothing in the room matched - even curtains and pelmet were different fabrics... read more

This holiday was amazing. Everything was really good.

Ok the rooms were basic, but you don't need a fancy room when your on holiday because all you do is sleep in it. So as long as there is a comfy bed and storage for you to put your clothes away... read more

We came back on 26 November 2006.

Rooms. Our room was average was not what we expected but it was cleaned everyday and fresh towels so can’t complain really. The mini bar was good could have done with some more alcohol and would have been nice to have snacks in there nuts or crisps... read more