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Great. Everything was awesome. And they have a plus we really loved: Miniclub. A kindergarten. It is very useful when you go with your whole family, but, at the same time, you want to spend some time just with your wife. Altagracia, Brenda and Kenya were very nice taking care of our kids. The restaurants were great, the buffet was excellent, the cleaning service was very good, the night shows were unforgettable. Special greetings for Yudenka, Emmanuel and Esmeralda at the lobby, and all the Catalonia Bavaro team. God bless you.

Just got back last night from an 8 day vacation at this resort in punt cana These are my honest thoughts on this resort, we upgraded to the Privilege package the rooms were beautiful and spotless and very big,king bed double shower ,mini fridge stocked with 2 beer 3 big bottles of water and 3 pops..a few of the days we had to call for beer and water but they pretty much brought them right away Pool was nice beautiful landscaping, the side with the swim up bar was always packed ,more of the party side and the other side was more relaxed which we loved..until thursday We were told thurs through out the weekend is open to locals and it was packed, kids everywhere ,buffet line to get in was about 50 people waiting outside ,bars packed..was a total different experience, i was pretty much ready to come home after that The beach itself was gorgeous, lots of chairs but tons of sargasim in the water, the water was the color of pickle juice, if you walked out very far and hopped the barrier wall there was a small circle of beautiful blue water which everyone flocked to so we only went out one.This obviously was not the resorts fault I know they cant control this Drinks were good, the bartender at the privileged bar on the beach was the best bartender, super friendly and knew her drinks well, we spent most of our nights there Casino advertised was terrible, there was about 15 slot machines and they were super old..we went twice and never went back Would I come back at a different time of year to get that beautiful beach I was hoping for, maybe Its a huge resort and im use to a smaller feel..its ALOT of walking if you dont mind that then the resort is pretty decent

My wife and i were there Sept 19-27.. Let's just say the check in progress is a joke.. Took us over an hour.. Seems the front desk people like to chat more with the guests checking in, than getting stuff done.. I was furious.. If i wasn't 3000 miles from home. I would have left.. Than after all that 1 of the staff members (Yenci) promised us a few things to make things better.. Complete lies. Never heard from him again. The casino is an utter joke.. They show just close it and put another gift shop.. The beach ground were ok.. But the water looked like rust up near the shore. You can only go in about 20 feet before you are surrounded by weeds and whatever that is .. We are beach type of people but after 2 days we went to the pool. Which we don't usually do.. We booked privileged , which in my opinion wasn't that much of an upgrade because they have an Exclusive area which puts them as the preferred guests. The grounds are nice, our room was nice.. The housekeeping was done very early every day which we like.. Like 11 o'clock. Lots of bars to get drinks at.. Never really waited in any big line ups.. Buffet was decent.. No real variation .. But most buffet's are like that. Also a quick note.. It seems to cater to more Spanish people, so if you speak English very few guests do.. Just putting that out there,, Would we go back.. NO.. But don't regret the trip..

Our experience at the Catalina hotel was very good. The rooms needed more attention, but the rest of the facility was great. You would be more than happy to return again in the future.

Location is great, had a great time Animation was amazing and friendly Kenya, Fernando, Joel, yulian— great people