Bahia Principe San Juan - San Juan - Dominican Republic

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FACILITIES at the 4+ Star Bahia Principe San Juan Hotel
Enjoy our facilities: two lake-type swimming pools with children's section, one of which has a Jacuzzi; an activity swimming pool and a swimming pool with children's section exclusively for Club Hacienda Príncipe guests. Large solariums with sun shades and loungers. Towel service at swimming pools and the beach. Mini-club for children. Salon-theatre, animation and night-time shows. Four tennis courts, basketball court and football pitch, Mini-Golf, Putting Green, water sports activity centre and a fully equipped gymnasium. Spa. Convention center.

RESTAURANTS AND BARS at the 4+ Star Bahia Principe San Juan Hotel

RESTAURANTS
Main Restaurant (international buffet): breakfast, lunch and dinner buffets
A la carte Restaurant of Italian Specialities: lunch buffet
A la carte Restaurant of Mediterranean Cuisine Specialities
A la carte Restaurant of Mexican Specialities
A la carte Restaurant of Fish & Seafood Specialities
Restaurant "La Casita Blanca" with drinks, snacks and fast food until 11 pm (except breakfast time). At night the 24-hour service continues in the snack bar of PUEBLO PRÍNCIPE (only soft drinks)

3 A la Carte dinners per week of stay and previous reservation, to choose among the 4 Restaurants of Specialities
Table wine (except in "La Casita Blanca" and the snack bar of "Pueblo Príncipe")



BARS:
2 Lobby bar.
Swim up pool Bar.
Show bar.
"La Palapita I".
"La Palapita II".
"El Chiringuito".

Unlimited local drinks, beer and soft drinks in all bars of the Hotel until 23:00 pm.
All local drinks at the Disco, "La Terraza" Bar, "Karaoke" Bar and at "Rock Café" of Pueblo Príncipe.



Rooms at the 4+ Star Bahia Principe San Juan Hotel
941 Rooms distributed in villas located between 20 and 150 meters from the beach.

All rooms with: 2 full size (1,36m x 2m) or 1 King Size bed (2m x 2m), air conditioning, ceiling fan, full bathroom, hairdryer, satellite and cable TV, direct telephone, safe deposit (extra charge), mini-bar and balcony or terrace.


Special Programmes at the 4+ Star Bahia Principe San Juan Hotel
Children
The hotel offers the facilities of the "BAHÍA PRÍNCIPE SAN JUAN Mini-Club" for the enjoyment and healthy entertainment of children. The club has fully qualified staff responsible for entertaining children with various recreational and interactive activities to ensure they enjoy their holiday in a healthy and safe way. The Mini-Club is available to children aged between 4 and 12 years.

Every night in the entertainment area, children will get the chance to enjoy and participate in a show created especially for them: DONALD DISCO, with dancing and contests that will delight these youngsters.

Weddings and honeymoons at the 4+ Star Bahia Principe San Juan Hotel
If you're already married, you can come and spend a romantic honeymoon in this dreamlike setting and have an unforgettable stay.

If you're yet to tie the knot, the BAHÍA PRÍNCIPE SAN JUAN HOTEL offers you the chance to hold your wedding at its facilities and enjoy, along with your guests, this special occasion in an incomparable setting.

You'll have at your disposal all the necessary ingredients to make your wedding a success: wedding cake, floral decoration, gala dinner, etc. and live, typical Dominican music.

Golf at the 4+ Star Bahia Principe San Juan Hotel
One of the world's finest golf courses...

The Río San Juan area not only has unquestionably beautiful beaches and the incomparable human warmth of the local people, but also, to the delight of golfers of all standards, a stunning and recently opened 18-hole golf course, which was designed by Robert Trent Jones and covers an area of over 150 hectares (370 acres). This course is considered one of the best in all Latin America, the Caribbean and, possibly, now among the best in the world.

This is due to the peculiar fact that 10 of its 18 holes are located directly at sea over the reef, which, apart from making it incredibly beautiful, tests golfers' shot-making talent.

SPA at the 4+ Star Bahia Principe San Juan Hotel
The new MARINE SPA health and beauty centre is at one end of the hotel, next to the beach. This centre has three massage and treatment rooms, two saunas (one for men and the other for women), two Jacuzzis with wonderful sea views (one hot and the other cold) and a fully-equipped gymnasium, also with sea views.

The services are completed with two beautiful palm shelters on the beachfront where you can either enjoy relaxing massages or change your image by wearing typical Caribbean plaits in your hair.

You may enjoy and spoil yourself with our wide range of face, body, beauty and massage treatments, etc. at our facilities devoted to your body care.

EXCLUSIVE CLUBS
Club Golden Principe

An exclusive area for you...

In a peaceful spot in the Bahía Príncipe Hotel lies the Golden Príncipe Club, a private club offering its guests exclusive facilities and services.

Besides having access to the hotel's facilities, the Club's guests can make use of the reception, restaurant (with house wine at meals and a self-service salad bar), snacks from 11.00am until 11.00pm (non-stop), games and reading room with air conditioning, a swimming-pool for adults and children, and a beach (where deckchairs can be reserved).

Guests staying at the Club Golden Príncipe have ID bracelets in a different colour, which gives them exclusive access to the facilities and services of the Club Golden Príncipe, as well as those of the Bahía Príncipe San Juan.



LOCATION:
Club Golden Príncipe is part of Bahía Príncipe San Juan (left side) but separated by a fence/barrier of the rest of the Hotel and with exclusive, Club Golden Príncipe signaling/placards.

CATEGORY: 4 * Superior (local category: 5*).



ROOMS:
Distributed among villas closest to the beach.

All rooms have the same facilities as those in the hotel.



CLUB GOLDEN PRINCIPE EXCLUSIVE FACILITIES AND SERVICES:
Private Reception
Welcome cocktail
Coverture service
Room Service (8.00 a.m. to 1 p.m.). Only cold meals
Amenities
4 dinners in speciality restaurants per week
Alarm clock
Private Clubhouse
Free Internet access in the Clubhouse
Press in the Clubhouse (free)
Coffeemaker in the room (upon request and depending on establishment)
Magnifying mirror in all rooms
In-room towel service for the swimming pool and beach
"Beach Golden" Bar
Guests wear a different-coloured "all-inclusive" bracelet


Club Hacienda Príncipe

An exclusive area for you...

In a peaceful spot in the Bahía Príncipe Hotel lies the HACIENDA PRÍNCIPE CLUB, a private club offering its guests exclusive facilities and services.

Besides having access to the hotel's facilities, the CLUB's guests can make use of the reception, restaurant (with house wine at meals and a self-service salad bar), snacks from 11.00am until 11.00pm (non-stop), games and reading room with air conditioning, a swimming-pool for adults and children, and a beach (where deckchairs can be reserved).

Guests staying at the CLUB HACIENDA PRÍNCIPE have ID bracelets in a different colour, which gives them exclusive access to the facilities and services of the CLUB HACIENDA PRÍNCIPE, as well as those of the BAHÍA PRÍNCIPE SAN JUAN.



LOCATION:
CLUB HACIENDA PRÍNCIPE is part of BAHIA PRINCIPE SAN JUAN ( left side) but separated by a fence/barrier of the rest of the Hotel and with exclusive, CLUB HACIENDA PRÍNCIPE signaling/placards.

CATEGORY: 4 * Superior (local category: 5*).



ROOMS:
Distributed among villas, set around the swimming pool.

All rooms have the same facilities as those in the hotel.



CLUB HACIENDA PRÍNCIPE EXCLUSIVE FACILITIES AND SERVICES:
Private reception
Welcome cocktail
Private international buffet restaurant: breakfast and lunch
Swimming pool
4 Dinners in speciality restaurants per week
Amenities
Private Clubhouse
Clubhouse Internet connection (free)
Press in the Clubhouse (free)
Coffeemaker in the room (upon request)
In-room towel service for the swimming pool and beach
Guests wear a different-coloured "all-inclusive" bracelet




How to get to the 4+ Star Bahia Principe San Juan Hotel

There are different ways to get there by road, depending on the airport you arrive from:

From Puerto Plata airport, take the motorway to the left. Go through Sosúa and Cabarete and on to Gaspar Hernández.
From Santo Domingo airport, take the Duarte-San Francisco Marcoris.


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.


CLIMATE: The climate in the coastal area is mainly warm, as is typical in the tropics. The temperatures are cooler in the middle of the country. The average temperature all year long is 25ºC, or 77ºF.

CURRENCY: The unit of currency in the Dominican Republic is the Dominican peso, with an official exchange rate of: DR$15.35 per US dollar; DR$2.38 per French Franc; and DR$17.00 per Euro.

SHOPPING: Haggling is accepted in markets and small shops, but not in department stores, where prices are fixed. The most interesting items are handicrafts, pottery, typical naive paintings, coffee, tobacco and rum. International credit cards (Visa, MasterCard and American Express) are accepted in most of the country's shopping centres and restaurants.

Locally:

Tourist Attractions
The BAHÍA PRÍNCIPE SAN JUAN HOTEL stands in an unspoilt area of the Dominican Republic, better known as the "Green Coast" because of its beautiful beaches and lush vegetation. This area seems to have been blessed by the hand of God, because it is truly amazing to see the myriad contrasts between the blues of the sky and sea and the intense greens of its fields and mountains.The Green Coast covers the municipality of Gaspar Hernández, crossing through Río San Juan, Cabrera and ending up in Nagua, thus forming a belt that is a veritable paradise.

The route from Río San Juan to Cabrera and Nagua is peppered with natural beauty spots such as "the Taino cave" (where objects belonging to the Taino race can supposedly still be found) and the natural pool, which is fed by water from the source of a river that re-emerges fifteen kilometres out to sea.

The pool is set on the mountainside and is only accessible from the sea, by taking a small boat from the Cabrera harbour beach. In the Bretón area, between the municipalities of Cabrera and Río San Juan, stands the Cabo Francés Viejo nature park, a heavenly spot on a headland with stunning views over the area's beautiful cliffs and beaches.And the landscape's beauty is matched by the simplicity and warmth of the local people, and their lifestyle, customs and traditions.


CULTURAL SIGHTSEEING
Santo Domingo has a wide range of sights where you'll be able to appreciate our country's culture and history, including the following:


Museum of the Dominican Man.
National History and Geography Museum.
Natural History Museum.
Museum of Modern Art.
Colonial District.
Catedral Primada de América.
Museum of the Royal Palaces.
Alcázar de Colón.
Casa del Cordón.
Ozama Fortress.
Ruins of San Francisco.
Faro a Colón: With the mausoleum that houses the ashes of the Discoverer of America, Christopher Columbus.
Botanical Gardens: With a wide variety of local plant life covering 2 million square metres.
National Zoological Park: One of the largest in Latin America, with a wide variety of animals.
National Aquarium: Scientific, educational and cultural park showcasing our marine and fresh-water plants and animals.
Los Tres Ojos Nature Park: With three fresh-water lakes, one of which has stalactites and stalagmites, and a fourth that is sulphurous.
Model Market: The city's main handicrafts centre.



DOMINICAN TYPICAL FOOD


Mangú (puree of green plantains stuffed with meats such as beef, lobster or shrimp).
Sancocho (meat and yucca stew).
Mondongo (tripe stew).
Rice and beans.
Mofongo (ground green plantains with garlic).
Fried longaniza (salami).
Fritos verdes (fried and flattened green plantains).
Goat stew.
Rice with chicken.
Rice pudding.
Dulce de leche.
Quesillos (cheese-filled tortillas).



The Area
The many Tourist Attractions all along the Green Coast include:

In Gaspar Hernández:

The most important and attractive beaches are La Ermita, Rogelio and Magante (on whose shore the Bahía Príncipe Hotel stands). This area still retains traces of the Ciguayo Indians, (the aboriginal inhabitants) at the renowned "Cave of the Indians" and the "Casa del Agua", a series of caverns whose rocks spout forth crystal-clear water, which gives the spot a rare beauty that proves irresistible to tourists. Besides the beautiful beaches, there are rivers and spas, including the circular "La Poza del Ojo de Agua", and Aguas Azules.

In Río San Juan:

This area stands out from other areas of the Caribbean and the Dominican Republic, because it still has some fifteen unspoilt and deserted beaches where tourists are free to enjoy the majestic natural landscape that acts as a backdrop to the sea's cool clear water and the tropical climate. Of all these beaches, Playa Escondida and Playa Grande stand out in particular, the latter being the most beautiful in the Dominican Republic. No reference to Río San Juan would be complete without mentioning the "Gri-Gri Lagoon", where an underground river rears its head on the surface inland before heading out to sea along a mangrove-covered canal that is home to numerous marine species and birds. A boat trip on the Gri-Gri lagoon will leave a lasting smile on any tourist's face, the fond memory of a holiday spent in the Dominican Republic.