그랜드 바바로 프린세스 - 올 인클루시브

Stayed in March. The hotel is newer and situated on the best stretch of this beach. You can walk more than an hour in each direction on the beach and the sand and water are beautiful. The beach is very swimable with little to no rock or coral. White sand, raked and screened each morning. The property itself is very large with a large pool. It is all inclusive with 6-10 different restaurants. The rooms themselves are very nice. As others have posted, to get the seat you want, you need to lay your towel by 8am. There are limited umbrellas on the beach and even more limited ones with little tables to set your drinks, etc. Our room was kept mostly clean, but like all hotels nowadays, it was a struggle to get clean towels each day. We also requested wash cloths every day and called multiple times a day to request them, but only got them once or twice. Difficult to clean sunscreen off your body with your hand, but that's what is required. The food was edible. Quantity over quality. If you are looking to have a foodie vacation, this is not your place. It's a low end Vegas buffet type of place. I've lived all over the world and consider myself to have a pretty strong stomach, but I did have a slight issue the first few days. Narrowed it down to leafy salad and once I stopped eating that, my issue went away. Just a heads up. We also had ordering issues at the sushi and Indian restaurants in that we didn't get things we ordered or got someone else's order multiple times after multiple requests to rectify. Staff and personnel at the property are extremely nice and helpful. Even with the slight issues we had at 2 of the restaurants, I can't think of one staff that was not helpful or discourteous. I need to applaud management for training personnel to be very professional and helpful even if there are some unintentional disconnects. All of the forward facing personnel speak at least working English, even though it seems a high percentage of the guests are Spanish speakers. Greatly appreciated for those of us without the skill of knowing multiple languages. The main pool was nice, but very busy. They cleaned it every morning, but it always seemed a bit cloudy and we didn't get in because of that. It may be that the filter system is just over taxed or there is a chemical imbalance. Not sure, but I'd recommend the property have a pool expert on staff to sort that out. The pool didn't bother most people, so take that for what it's worth. Regarding the restaurants, I'd recommend less choices in the buffets and higher quality of what is put out. The same for the restaurants, a little higher quality with smaller portions would be nice. Overall a good stay on a great beach. Great staff. We would come back.