Gran Bahia Principe El Portillo / Reviews

Very nice place, it is the most beautiful place of the Republic (landscape, city of Samana etc. ..) The hotel is very nice and the space is well distributed throughout the complex

Clean room, very friendly staff, you can not get bored with facilitators who are all excellent as each other The beach is great, you can make long walks That's a relief not to have to reserve chairs on the beach there was enough for everyone. The food is very good and the a la carte restaurants too. Short while we left a good memory

Nothing negative to say about this hotel

3rd stay in this hotel and it is not the last place very clean, well maintained, beautiful beach with corals for snorkeling and swimming areas in the crystal clear water. Employees are dedicated, respectful and appreciative of the respect given to them ($ $ and greetings). The buffet is varied and very good, the desserts are amazing .. the a la carte restaurants are excellent, the steak restaurant at the orchid (gourmet) is to choose the restaurant pesquador is fine, the Italian way for me, but my girlfriend loves a lot, so you have to discover, unfortunately they closed the Asian .. The Snack bar on the beach of the south is very good, sea view with shade to sit.

The bus takes Boulevard atlantico now, which makes us a journey of approximately 35 minutes instead of 1hres40 before, very very appreciated and the views are stunning evening unfortunately we get, but we leave again day ...

Sellers of timeshares, luxury cars in the parking lot belong to them, then they are quite harassing lolllll

Stay from 5 to 12 May 2012

All staff is excellent site too ... I loved going there without hesitation not Forget gardeners deserve the Tips also they work hard

It's 1:30 in the airport I knew it before the road is well made but fortunately not very wide drivers are good drivers :)

Would recommend to all.

cleanliness, beach, food, employees

none, except perhaps the distance from the airport, but nothing to do with the hotel. Pool a little small.

Samana 1st to December 8, 2011 Bahia Principe El Portillo We enjoyed this place. The hotel offers a very large room, hot water galore, air conditioning that works very well and excellent service from the maid. The restoration is impeccable. Easy to book the a la carte restaurants and the buffet offers a different theme every night. No matter where you eat, the food is exquisite. In addition, various bars offer cocktails and sparkling quality is part of 5A 7. Furthermore, it should be noted the cleanliness of public bathrooms, the luster of the floor to the lobby, walkways and beautiful gardens in the Bahia Principe El Portillo. The only negative is that we have to mention the limited space reserved for non-smokers, outside the restaurants. On either side the hotel, the beach is lined with coconut trees, is magical! When you leave the boundaries of the Resort, you must give the keeper, the number of your room. It's written on a sheet with the time of your visit. Morning at the beach, no fuss for sunbeds. The beach is cleaned continuously. The sand is perhaps not one of the nicest we've walked, however, it is comfortable for walking. In the sea, a few places where there is vegetation, you may notice the presence of small tropical fish swirling around us. Poolside, there are two, a little in a quiet area, located between the 10 villas, 11, 12. Another slightly larger near the beach. Pools, it is the weakest point of the hotel. During our stay in Samana, we did not take excursions. Indeed, there was none that attracted our attention. We must say that the Bahia Principe El Portillo is one of our favorite places from which we 'residence. All staff is very friendly and proactive. Upon receipt, you even have a reception and service in impeccable French. Réanne & Serge Brunet

Cleanliness and staff of the Bahia Principe El Portillo

Narrow pool and limited space reserved for nonsmokers

Very nice location, even if there are 500 rooms in different buildings all around, this does not appear on the beach, the latter being very large.

The food is very good in all restaurants and buffets are variée.Le great staff!

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Summary of the Grand Bahia Principe El Portillo (from July 9 to 16) flight (round trip) with air canada is very much more passé.de with air canada, sureties deposit boxes are free (otherwise it's 4 $ per day). was also entitled to four a la carte restaurants (with other tour operators, it is 3) and one could keep the room jusqu'à13h instead of noon. I went to el portillo for snorkeling and I must say I was a little disappointed. Yes, there are fish right on but if you go a little further, there is not much to see. I found the seabed very nice, by contre.j 've been to a place where there were about 30' of water and could see very well at the bottom. A friend of mine who I was, just saw a small barracuda and me, a kind of goldfish, and that's it. For snorkeling, I preferred the blau costa verde in Holguin. The beach is nice but you have to go to Las Terrenas beach starting from the left (1 hour walk), and the scenery is beautiful. The ranchon on the edge of the sea is very well placed but not much choice (I guess it's because of the low season). Otherwise the buffet, I found the food very good (better that for à la carte). in terms of a la carte restaurants, (I made the 4) was the best in Italian followed pescador, the gourmet (orquideas) and finally, oriental. There are theme parties every night with an evening buffet and oriental you are better off going to the buffet rather than reserved to the East. (Ca not worth the trouble) theme nights are marked on a chart at right the entrance to the buffet. I found the entrance to the hotel, very pretty with its marble floor and beautiful lamps. The hotel website is beautiful with its beautiful végétation.les gardeners work hard. Spoil them, they deserve it. We booked a standard room and we were treated to a junior suite in Block 7 (just off the lobby). All requests that I made before I arrived by mail, have been met. The rooms are very bien.le only downside I had the room was that there were a few cockroaches. but had very propre.les junior suites are large with a nice bathroom and shower is great. I was in room 7203 at the second étage.le block 7 is very well placed and if I go back, I think I'll ask again, block 7. the pool is not so big but its comfortable pool chairs I found the drinks they served at the pool bar were generally too sweet. There is another small pool with a bar more relaxed (but is closed during low season). I've been there twice in the late after noon and was very relaxing. (For a nap, it's very good) there is the pueblo or there are a few shops, the disco. There is also a doctor and a shop or you can purchase the photos they have taken on the beach during the day. (Tours and Cruises photographers on the site that day and you can have your picture taken with parrots or an iguana.) I enjoyed my week at the El Portillo but I do not stay in this hotel (bus ride too long) but they are building a road, at the moment and the journey should be cut in half. Right now it is 1:30 to 1:45.

Nice hotel, decent food, eating out is fun. 1:30 is a long road after 4 h of air. Casing and bracelet given to the bus, it's great, it saves time. There rest the key of the safe to retrieve the receipt.

People of the animation super dynamic, beach party, very easy to get service in French (most in English) People are smiling polite and very fast service (restaurants, bars). Maid service every day of the decoration is different bed with pretty flowers. We were not on it was okay but the view from our room very flat. Y return, I would take the $ 20 suite.Pour we went to Las Terrenas by taxi ($ 10) and income passengers on a scooter (2 scooters $ 5 each). Beautiful walk funny. In Las Terrenas beautiful necklaces, we booked our trip to Los Haitises with Nicolas and Monica from Flora Tours. They picked us up and go to our hotel.

Mostly cloudy, windy. He was 28 but with the wind no more than 22. Many street vendors but no thank you and they leave. Why dogs?? Eating a la carte to book early, we went to pm and there were only 21h of

The site is small and clean with plenty of vegetation. The rooms are large and renovated (new mattresses). The beach is great and the sand is golden, there are Coreaux and fish outside the hotel a little further and the beach is ideal for swimming. The buffet is small and the food is good. The a la carte restaurants are easy to book and the quality of food is no more correct. The staff is friendly and fast. It is a peaceful hotel that offers some excursions. The animation team is effective. There is no music at the beach but justej the pool is ideal for travelers who love tranquility. The representative JOEL Air Canada is really friendly.

The buffet is not large enough, there were queues and it was July, I guess in December PHEW! It is a small very different from Bahia Gran Bahia Principe Riviera Maya of Mexico. There are many stray dogs they are nice but it's not pleasant. The shows in the theater is open air at night are very amateur and not very hot air.