Gran Bahia Principe El Portillo - Las Terrenas - Dominican Republic

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Gran Bahia Principe 5 Star El Portillo hotel

This paradisaical complex on the exclusive “El Portillo” beach is just a few yards from the town of Las Terrenas and surrounded by spectacular nature that will please even the most demanding guests.

It has 204 rooms that are fully equipped with every service and feature and 192 Junior suites set aside for luxury rest.

Enjoy yourself under the Caribbean sun in the swimming pool with solarium. For water sports lovers a range of sports (including windsurfing, catamaran sailing, and kayaking) can be combined with fun diving classes in the swimming pool, tennis, volleyball or aerobics.

The evenings are the perfect time to take a walk along its splendid beach before savouring the most international and local cuisine in its three climate-controlled a la carte or buffet restaurants.

The Pueblo Principe, located at the entrance to the hotel, puts all night-time fun and entertainment within reach.

If you are travelling as a family, let us look after your children at our El Principito club, and just enjoy the complex facilities and relax at BahiaSpa.

Rooms at The Gran Bahia Principe 5 Star El Portillo hotel
396 Rooms, including rooms for non-smokers, divided into:


204 Standard rooms
192 Junior Suites
All the rooms are equipped with a King Size (2m x 2m) or double (1.50m x 2m) bed, air-conditioning and ceiling fan, fully-equipped bathroom, hairdryer, mini-bar, direct outside telephone connection, breakfast table with 2 chairs/armchairs, TV, strongbox (at an extra charge) and terrace or balcony.

Facilities at The Gran Bahia Principe 5 Star El Portillo hotel
A main swimming pool with open-air Jacuzzi; a Theatre where shows and animations are staged; Aquatic activity centre; Tennis and paddle tennis courts and a Gym. The Hotel has a Wedding Gazebo for all those couples who want to enjoy an unforgettable wedding. It has extensive natural surroundings and a large social lounge with the best facilities. We have mini-club for the little ones.

Restaurants at The Gran Bahia Principe 5 Star El Portillo hotel
Buffet-type Main Restaurant
Gourmet Speciality Restaurant
Oriental Speciality Restaurant
Fisherman’s Speciality Restaurant

The Buffet restaurant, Gourmet restaurant and the Oriental restaurant are all air-conditioned
3 a la carte Restaurant Dinners per week of stay and upon prior reservation
Vegetarian cuisine

Bars at The Gran Bahia Principe 5 Star El Portillo hotel
Snack Bar
Lobby Bar
Pool Bar
Beach Bar


Weddings and Honeymoons at The Gran Bahia Principe 5 Star El Portillo hotel
Getting married in Samaná is a unique experience that more and more couples are opting for.

At our hotel you can tie the perfect knot as we offer everything you may require: floral decoration of the place of marriage, the bride’s bouquet and bridegroom’s buttonhole, the wedding cake and live music, etc.

Because of its location and facilities, Gran Bahía Príncipe El Portillo is an place to enjoy an unforgettable honeymoon; the hotel offers newlyweds a basket of tropical fruit, a bottle of rum and very special service.


Spa at The Gran Bahia Principe 5 Star El Portillo hotel
When on holiday, alternate activity with rest and optimise your image. Spoil yourself at our health and beauty centre. The Spa offers a broad range of services and treatments: body, face (before and after exposure to the sun), depilation with warm wax, massages, steam, Jacuzzi, Vichy shower, and hydrotherapy bath, etc.

The Beauty salon offers all kinds of hair care: washing and drying, cuts, colour, texturising, styling, deadlocks, manicures, pedicures, and make-up, etc.



PUEBLO PRÍNCIPE is a Dominican-style shopping and leisure centre where holidaymakers can enjoy warm Caribbean nights with live music and excellent animation programmes, to the sound of rhythmic Merengue and other tropical beats.

This area provides an unlimited range of services and a series of shops to make your holiday even more enjoyable.


List of establishments:
Daily animation with live music (Merengue, Salsa) and a broad range of shows
Discotheque, Piano-Bar, Karaoke and Snack Bar
Shops: handicrafts, clothes, gifts, music, photography, jewellery, etc.
Internet connection
Car and motorcycle rental service
Medical service and chemist’s

Locally:

Trips
Saona Island
Saona Island, which is located in the south-east of the Dominican Republic, is the largest of the islands next to La Española: It is part of the Parque Nacional del Este (National Park of the East) and is a sanctuary for several species of migratory birds. It has miles of solitary, extremely fine white sandy beaches with crystal clear waters that are surrounded by millions of coconut palms. It also has caves that bear witness to the presence of the native Tainos, a coralline sea bed, which is an ideal place for diving, and breeding grounds for fish and shellfish. This is known as the “Natural Swimming Pool”, a small lagoon of crystal clear water, home to innumerable species such as starfish and birds such as flamingos. 112 species of birds, half the country’s species, have been recorded within the limits of the park. Of these, 8 species are endemic to the island and 11 species are native to the Caribbean area. The manatee is a marine mammal in danger of extinction. There are also dolphins.


Humpback whales
One of the most beautiful trips that can be made in the Dominican Republic is a visit to the Humpback Whale Sanctuary in Bahía de Samaná and El Banco de Plata , in the Northwest of the country. Each year, from December to April, some 3,000 humpback whales come to mate in the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean coast. Until recently it was thought that only 85% of the Atlantic’s humpback whales were born in Dominican Republic waters and that the whales returned each year to mate and breed. However, a recent study has shown that all the North Atlantic schools come to mate in our waters.


Altos de Chavon
Building on the town of Altos de Chavón started in 1976. Charles Bludhorn, president of the Golf & Western Corporation, came up with the idea to build this sixteenth-country Mediterranean village on the upper stretches of the river Chavón as a birthday gift for his daughter. An Italian, Roberto Copa was contracted to turn Bludhorn’s idea into reality. Here, visitors are transported to Mediterranean Europe and have extremely spectacular views of the River Chavón and the Caribbean sea.
Altos de Chavón has a church, restaurants, art galleries, a Taino museum, shops, discotheque, artists’ studios, a school of design and an amphitheatre.
The Altos de Chavón school of design is linked to the New York Parsons School of Design.
The Church of San Estanislao in the centre of the village was named to honour Pope Juan Pablo II. Saint Stanislaw is the patron saint of Poland, the Pope’s country of origin.
The Altos de Chavón amphitheatre has 5,000 seats. It was opened in 1982 by Frank Sinatra and Carlos Santana. Many more artists and rock groups including Heart, English Beat, America, Tania Maria, Scandal, Sergio Mendes, Juan Luis Guerra, Michel Camilo, Spiro Gyra, and Duran Duran have played upon this extremely beautiful stage. National and international artists continue to perform here throughout the year.
This Mediterranean town is a source of inspiration for the artists who live, study or work there.


Cascada El Limón
The Cascada el Limón waterfall is immersed in a tropical forest on the Samaná peninsula. Colonial Tour and Travel offers you a relaxing, pleasant and unforgettable trip; a one- to two-hour donkey ride through tropical forest leads to this striking 55-metre waterfall.
After bathing in the refreshing, crystal-clear water, you can enjoy a typical meal in the zone’s restaurant. Accompanied by an expert guide authorised by the Dominican Secretary for Tourism.


Cayo Levantado
Cayo Levantado is a small area of land on the Dominican Republic’s north-east coast, in Bahía de Samaná on the Samaná Peninsula. It has rainforest vegetation, paradisiacal white sandy beaches with crystal clear waters and extremely beautiful landscape. Cayo Levantado is the site of Hotel Gran Bahía Príncipe Cayo Levantado, the only hotel in this small area. Here, humpback whales can be sighted throughout the season from January to March. Cayo Levantado is a place where holidaymakers and the lush vegetation vie with each other for supremacy.





The Dominican Republic shares the Island of Hispaniola with the Republic of Haiti. Covering an area of 48,400 km2, it is the second largest country in the Caribbean. Thanks to its climate and seemingly endless miles of beach, the Dominican Republic has become a top quality tourist destination connected with the world's leading cities.

It has an estimated population of 7,600,000 inhabitants, a mixture of different, mainly urban influences, with around 2,000,000 inhabitants living in the capital, Santo Domingo. The landscape is varied and includes Lake Enriquillo, which, at 144 metres below sea level, is the lowest point in the Caribbean, and Pico Duarte, the highest in the Caribbean, with an altitude of 3,175 metres. The Cibao Valley is the main agricultural area.


Samaná
This peninsula in the north-east of the island is 245 km from Santo Domingo and in an area rich in marble. It has the largest number of coconut palms per square metre in the world. There are innumerable majestic landscapes to enjoyed beside its roads, and marvellous views of mountains that run down to white sandy beaches. Bahía de Samaná is well-known internationally because it is here that over 3,000 humpback whales gather to perform a beautiful mating ritual. Visitors can approach to within just a few metres and photograph them. Its main centre is Santa Bárbara, an old fishing village with a magnificent port and international airport. The most famous site is "Las Terrenas", a beautiful spot with miles of beach and unspoilt landscapes.

A cornice-like route fringed by palm trees leads from Puerto Plata to the Samaná peninsula, one of the most beautiful places in the Dominican Republic. The virtually unspoilt beaches provide total isolation and a vegetation of wild flowers that are completely unfamiliar to foreigners, who can let themselves be carried away by the song of blackbird-like birds that are known locally as chinchulines. The tiny fishing village of Santa Bárbara de Samaná, which was established in 1756, now only operates as a tourist resort but has not lost its original character. There are good hotels and pleasant restaurants.