The Bahia Principe story
Bahia Principe is built for the traveller who wants everything within walking distance of the sun lounger. Its signature is scale: expansive, garden-style resort villages, most of them in the Dominican Republic, where several hotels share the same beach, pools, restaurants and a lively central plaza you could happily not leave for a week.
That formula has made it one of the most-booked names in Punta Cana, especially with families and groups who want plenty of choice on a single property and a price that stretches. A Spanish brand from Grupo Pinero, launched in 1995, it grew fast on a straightforward promise: lots of resort for the money, in the places people most want to be warm.
It is now entering a new chapter. Bahia Principe recently joined Hyatt’s Inclusive Collection through a joint venture, and it is reorganizing around two simple ideas, Bahia Principe Explore for families and all-ages fun, and Bahia Principe Escape for adults who want the calmer version. During the changeover the older names still float around the booking screens, so it pays to look at the resort, not just the label.
Beyond its Dominican heartland, you will find Bahia Principe in the Riviera Maya near Tulum, in Jamaica at Runaway Bay, and on Tenerife back in Spain. It offers sheer choice and value in one place, and few match it.
