It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. That old acronym can be thrown right out of the picture window upon arriving at the luxurious Barcelo Punta Cana resort in the Dominican Republic. Picture perfect, it is bound to leave you speechless. Its tropical beauty seems to welcome you like an old friend, and your relaxing... more

Husband and I just returned from a 10 day trip to Punta Cana. Overall experience very pleasant if you like extremely hot and humid weather. The Barcelo Bavaro Beach Resort complex has 5 different hotels. We stayed at the Barcelo Casino. We found the casino to not be very popular and usually empty. This hotel and the Barcelo Golf were... more

This is a beautiful resort and the food is above average for an all inclusive. Our vacation, however, did have some problems. As many other reviewers have said, our reservation was mixed up. Despite calling and verifying the day before we arrived, when we arrived we were told that we were not booked at the Barcelo Bavaro Beach but at... more

The BEACH / CARIBE resorts are Great !!! they are a solid 4 star and the beach is wonderful. The food is good, but as far as the a la carte restaurants are concerned the only one we enjoyed was the steak house, so we went 3 times. We ordered the meat sampler platter for 2 and shared it. Rolling... more

I stayed at this hotel/resort for 2 weeks and found it to be average in all aspects. It should be noted that the Barcelo Beach Resort is currently rebuilding 4 of the 5 buildings. Although they have a large fence around the construction site to reduce dust/dirt, this does not reduce the noise of the construction project. The construction project... more

spent 5 days 4 nights in this hotel. pro: beach is nice. variety of soda , water provided in the hotel room. con: room smells like a basement. other than swimming, there is no other water sport activities on site, you need to take a shuttle to another hotel in order to get those sort of thing. Even snorkeling causes... more

I've been to the Dominican Republic three times and so far the Barcelo ranks towards the top. Like most resort grounds in the Dominican Republic, the Barcelo's is beautiful, with palm trees and an assortment of plants and flowers. The pool at the Barcelo Bavaro Beach left something to be desired. Luckily, guests from the Beach can also access the... more

We travelled here in Feb. of 2007 and really enjoyed ourselves. We booked spontaneously last minute and left 2 days later. We paid approx. $1100 each taxes in. There was plenty to do between the beach, the casino, the disco, the many bars, and restaurants. Loved the trolley that brought you around to each area between the 5 resorts thought... more

Well our trip was certainly an experience... not exactly what we had imagined or hoped for! We found the week to be exhausting..... Constant noise, all day every day, everywhere we went! Young adults, and children swarmed the resort....... loud music blaring was difficult to avoid, even on the beaches. Party boats, helicopters, and over zealous teens made peace and... more