We have traveled quite extensively, and wanted to add a review for this hotel for people who are flip-flopping about staying at this resort due to mixed reviews. We decided to book at this hotel based on the recommendation of our travel agent, who lived in the Dominican for 3 years. The Flight We flew Air Transat from Calgary. We... More

Good clean rooms, good landscaping and good Dinning.Excellent French and Mexican Alcarte restaurant need reservations but where happy to accept us due to canxlations. The Beach area is clean but not the best to swim due to a lot of Seaweeds.Casino is very small.Good Service. More

I just got back from the Catalonia Bavaro, stayed from Jan 28th - Feb 5th For two people flying out of Ottawa we paid $2178 Ca (taxes included) and found trip on red tag. I would not pay more than $1100 (taxes included) or you may come home unhappy. We stayed in Villa 17 - its was close to the... More

Just got back on Saturday & wished we could have stayed longer. We took the advice of some of the reviews & upgraded to a privileged suite. The only one left was room 221 in Villa #2 which was the honeymoon suite. My friend & I didn't really care. We got there early & our room wasn't ready yet, so... More

Me and my girlfriend just got back from the Catalonia Bavaro. Before I left for this vacation, I read the majority of the reviews on this site and for the most part they are all accurate. But if you don't "sweat the small stuff" you will have a wonderful time. The photos on this site are exactly what the rooms... More

One of the best forever! 1) Rooms: Clean, big, comfortable bed. Very nice hamock on the balcony. All the bathrooms have shower and bath. 2) Meal: Every day different menues for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Fresh juices any time you want. Only one minus: you won't find there any seafood and exoctic fruits, which you imagined to taste. 3) Animation:... More

This hotel did a nice job at everything. They had their flaws however overall..we would go back. The rooms were a bit old however the other amenties made up for is and the staff was WONDERFUL! More

The Catalonia hotel is beautiful. I can't say enough about the grounds and the staff. Beach and pool was great but the food is the worst I've ever had in my life! The only meal we could enjoy was breakfast because they cooked the eggs fresh for you. The buffets were awful,flys and birds all over the food made it... More

We stayed from the week of January 23rd to January 30th 2012. We had a group of 21 people who were there to celebrate our wedding. 2 couples were there to celebrate their honeymoons. I'd to begin by saying that we have been reading every single review since December 19th 2010, the day we started organizing our wonderful trip. Awesome,... More