I traveled with my husband (we are in our mid 20s), my brother and girlfriend (early 20s), and my parents (late 50s). We all ... had a wonderful vacation together. We took full advantage of the relaxing beach days, all-inlusive meals and drinks, and nightly entertainment. The resort was full and there were guests from all over the world, which... more

Having never been on an all inclusive holiday before, I found hotel catalonia to surpass itself in every way. The staff were by far the most helpful and hard working people that I had ever come across and nothing was to much trouble for them. The room was of excellent quality and cleanliness and our whole holiday was one of... more

WARNING: fairly long review- but definitely a worthwhile read if you're at all interested in checking out this resort... My girlfriend and I stayed at the Catalonia Bavaro in November of 2007 for one week. The room was okay, nothing amazing, the food was fair, and the service was definitely lacking! The 2nd evening there, we tried their Mexican a... more

We paid $980 CDN each including taxes of about $320 each. Excellent value for our money, the food was good, the travel time from Airport to Resort was about 25 min only. The grounds are absolutely beautiful and well maintained. The food was buffet and a la carte. The hotel allows us to go for dinner at a la carte... more

I just got back from Catalonia Bavaro Beach yesterday. I went with my elderly mother, I'm fairly, young, single and have been to the Dominican Republic twice before, albeit to the northeast side of the island, Puerto Plata , where I stayed at two Riu brand hotels previously. Since I love the DR so much I decided to try the... more

The first impression of any hotel is it's representative at the reception desk. A gentleman by the name Wilfredo represented the Hotel professionally and intelligently. My overall impressions of this hotel was that it was beautifully designed and well planned. The grounds were stunning and the food was very good value. The service from all staff members were friendly, accommodating,... more

After reading some of the reviews before we went I was a little concerned about the mention of bugs in the room, but thankfully there was not a bug in sight in our room! The rooms were spotless although the decor was a bit dated, we even had a hammock on the balcony which was a really nice touch. We... more

after reading some of the reviews on this hotel where did the complainers stay myself husband and daughter had 2 fantastic wks the hotel staff couldnt do enough for us our room was spotless every day fresh towels fridge stocked everyday the food was excellent plenty of choice to much realy we cant praise the entertainment staff enough they made... more

My trip was so bad, we got to the hotel at 10am, got our room at 3pm, then when got to our room, there was no towels, it took them over 1 hr to get them for us, ( after calling them 3 times), then the beach it took us 3 trips to get towels and each time they were... more