Palladium Bavaro 5*

Written: 22 march 2009
Travel time: 1 — 7 march 2009
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TERRITORY. The huge one consists of three 5 * hotels: Bavaro, in the middle of Punta Cana, followed by the Palace. You can use the services of the entire complex. Bavaro has a more elongated territory and from the reception to the sea about 1 km. Palace - the territory is the most compact. Reception, behind it is a pool, behind it is a restaurant on the beach and a beach. In Bavaro, we were settled near the reception, it was close to the restaurant, far from the sea. But it's even good to take a walk after such hearty breakfasts. The reception, the lobby bar is not very good, it's better in the Palace. Bavaro has a disco and an amphitheater. In general, you should not be lazy, but you should use the maximum of the territory, and not sit in one place. A train runs around the territory, but we hardly used it, we walked on foot. In the very first days, we climbed the entire territory of the complex, learned all the short cuts. Lots of shops near Bavaro and Palace.
ROOM. Excellent, spacious, bathroom is huge, with shower, jacuzzi and toilet. There are toiletries, a hair dryer, a safe, a mini-bar replenished as it was empty, a coffee maker, coffee, tea, main board, iron, air conditioning (almost never used), a fan, a TV in the closet, in general, everything you need. The rooms were cleaned normally, no what insects were not (and on the territory in general). The room was dry (because far from the water), although our friends from Punta Cana and Palas (we met there) complained about the humidity in the rooms.
POOLS. Everyone liked the pools in Punta Cana more, they went there to see friends. In general, there are about 4 of them in the whole complex.

RESTAURANTS. The best main restaurant in Bavaro, friends from Punta Cana and Palace came to us for breakfast and dinner. The choice is simply HUGE, there are a lot of vegetables, meat, fish, fruits, fresh juices in the morning, etc. We dined we are in a restaurant on the beach, there is less choice, but we just didn’t want to trudge into the main restaurants. In Bavaro, there are more a la carte restaurants. For a change, we visited almost everything, we liked it. Reservations are not required in advance. If the tables are occupied, they give you a type of pager, while you are walking, the table is free and it calls.
BARS. There are a lot of them - on the beach, in the pools, at the reception, etc. , you will be given a map where they are all indicated. Delicious cocktails are made in the lobby at the reception.
SERVICE. Unhurried, you just have to take it for granted and relax. Almost no tips were given. The staff is very friendly and smiling. They don’t speak Russian. Our hotel guide Vadim (Tez Tour) was at the reception in the Palace every evening, all issues could be resolved with him , although there weren’t many questions. In the Palace at the reception there was one Dominican Michel cat. He understood and spoke a little Russian. He advised us to go to the Palma Real shopping center, the bus runs from the reception free of charge according to the schedule. There we bought a SIM card for a mobile phone Orange
BEACH. It is beautiful, I won’t write much, it’s written about it everywhere. Sunbeds (which are under umbrellas) must be occupied in the morning. We went to the Palace on the beach. By the way, if you go further along the beach behind the Palace there is a market with souvenirs. You have to bargain (3-5 times the prices are too high)
EXCURSIONS. We went to the City of Artists - Saona (SUPER!!! ), Santo Domingo (didn't really like it, boring) and the Dominican outback.
All in all, we enjoyed our vacation immensely! The main thing is not to bother with all sorts of little things, which are full everywhere in which country and hotel you will not go.
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