Just got back from a 7 day stay with my 14 year old daughter and we had a fantastic time! The grounds are beautiful and the beach.... breathtaking!

I stayed here with my fiance for 7 days in may and we had a wonderful, relaxing trip. We stayed in a standard room which was very clean and basically served its purpose as a room to sleep in, but not much else. But we did not go for the rooms, we went for the beach!

The beach at this resort is beautiful - they do a good job of leaving many of the trees to provide ambiance and shade versus some of the other resorts we saw which just plowed down all the trees to create a larger beach. The only complaint we have is that people get up early to get a chair under a hut, and save the chairs with their towels. After the first day, we learned to get up and reserve our spot around 8 am and then left to get breakfast or to take a walk. We noticed this didn't seem to be the case at other resorts-so its too bad it happens here.

There was a good variety of restaurants-we were not limited. We enjoyed the italian and the seafood restaurants the most!

The nightlife was not much for us, but we did attend a few shows. We are American and found the Michael Jackson show to be entertaining. The staff was very nice and pleasant to speak with - I also went to the spa one day and the staff was excellent.

The price and value could not be beat, and the beaches were just perfect. We would recommend this resort and come back again.

We have just returned from 2 weeks in this hotel and had a fantastic holiday!

Normally what you see in the photos is not what you get - however this is not the case in this hotel, room was fab - bath great and general standards around the resort were excellent.

Beach was gorgeous and clean with plenty of activities to keep by boyfriend entertained. Can't understand the previous comments about not getting sunbeds etc. we could walk out anytime anywhere and take our pick!

Entertainment staff were great both day and night . . . don't know where they get all the energy from!!! In particular if your gain for a laugh the men vs. women and mr palladium nights are some of the highlights as well as the beach party.

We went on the horseriding and speed boat excursions both of which were fab and were definetly worth the money...

We also ate and drank our moneys worth and unlike previous reviews we did not get sick at all...

Only downside was communication as I am vegetarian so trying to understand what I could and could not eat was difficult at the start. However WHY SHOULD everyone speak ENGLISH!!! Take a spanish phrase book with you and you'll have great fun learning the lingo!

All in all met some great people and would definetly return sometime in the future.

My Boyfriend and I just got back from an amazing trip at the Grand palladium Punta Cana. Couldn’t have asked for a better vacation, a few little mishaps but nothing that ruined the trip. During our stay our resort lost power and water for 2 hours. It happened around 7ish at night so it was a bit chaotic as people were getting ready for dinner. The staff was VERY accommodating and the bars stayed open so we made the best of our lack of power. Drinks were good met some great friend from Edmonton (Tory and family) My suggestion is to bring a flashlight. We were very happy that we did. The staff did hand out candles to everyone which did help our quite a bit. But it happens and you just have to make the best of the situation!!

The Resort: This is a big resort and a little confusing your first day. I suggest hopping on the train in the day time and touring the resort that way and familiarize with everything; we did this and found it very helpful. There are 2 trains and come about every 10 min. We found this was a great way to get around when you don’t want to walk. The staff is very friendly and does their best to help you out. The grounds were amazing VERY well kept we always saw people out there working and cleaning.

Bars: Best bartenders are Santo (at the lobby bar) and William he is at the pool bar. They were filling up our glasses before we were even finished it was great. We both found there was a great variety of different drinks and they are not cheap on the alcohol!! Great bar to visit is Hemingways, this is the premium bar with premium alcohol. We found they had Kaluah, something similar to Bailese called Cream Whisky, Smirnoff, Skyy Vodka, and Bombay just to name a few. We found this bar was a nice change not only did the drinks taste a bit better but it was nice and cool in there, very relaxing for an after dinner drink! Sports bar was by far our favourite as we frequent here every night to watch the games and relax, the food was pretty good esp the pizza. Disco was a lot of fun too they play a mix of music, and they do play some American music too.

Food: Most of the time we did the buffets as they did have a nice variety. Everything was very tasty and sometimes we found there was too much to choose from (which was a good thing) We loved that they always had fresh fruit, and the ice cream machine was a nice added bonus. We went to the Italian restaurant once and wasn’t all that crazy for the food there, not sure if it was what I had but I preferred the buffets and their “Italian food” much more.

Beach: The beach was amazing! White sand, beautiful water and we never once had a problem finding a chair or a palpa. One thing we loved was the waterslide, this isn’t included at the resort but it’s worth the money if you like this type of thing. If you are looking to get your hair braided I got mine done at the very first shop just off the resort and paid $10 for half my head. Make sure to bargain with them, you usually get your way.

Pools: Pools were very well maintained, always clean and again we never had a problem getting a chair or a palpa.

Room: Our room was beautiful; we were I the 4000 block on the 3rd floor. The only things we wished (and I guess it’s because we’re spoiled as out home has central air) is the AC it could have been much cooler. We Avg about 24/25 everyday, but you are not in your room all that much so this wasn’t a big issue.


All in all we had a great trip and will definitely go back to this resort in the heartbeat!

My little rant: I find people pick on the little things when they go on vacation. If you sit there and pick apart all the little things you hate no wonder people have a miserable time! Remember your in a different country and on vacation, realx, enjoy and have a Margarita!