Princess Family Club Bávaro
Princess Family Club Bavaro is a 164-room family section inside the Grand Bavaro Princess resort on Playa Bavaro, which Princess renovated and renamed from Bavaro Princess in December 2019. Families get their own check-in desk, their own Mordisco restaurant, an exclusive snack bar, a pool bar and a water park with slides, while still having the run of the bigger resort around them. That combination is the whole pitch: a compact space where kids do not get lost, backed by the restaurants and beach of a large complex.
Traveler Insights
Pros
- +The water park with slides sits inside the Family Club section, a real all-day draw for kids and tweens rather than a splash pad, and parents can watch from the pool bar
- +41 of the 164 rooms are Family Club Junior Suite Swimouts with private pool access straight off the terrace, so little kids can go from bed to pool without a walk across the resort
- +Families get the run of the whole Grand Bavaro Princess complex (three buffet restaurants, themed a la carte restaurants, two snack outlets, food trucks, a coffee shop and nine bars) plus Mordisco, a restaurant reserved for Family Club guests only
- +The Mini Club for ages 4 to 12 has real structure: handcrafts, video games, children's movies, a mini disco and aerobics, and parents keep naming individual kids club staff by name in their reviews
- +Direct access to Playa Bavaro, one of the best-known beaches in Punta Cana, with the resort's internal transfer getting you there in about two minutes
- +Three pools, three tennis courts, a gym open 8am to 7pm, and non-motorised water sports (catamaran, canoeing and snorkelling) at the beach centre are all in the rate
- +Rooms are built for bigger families, with a king bed plus a triple bunk sleeping up to five, and children 0 to 2 stay free
Cons
- −Several extras are not in the all-inclusive: babysitting, room service (included only on the Platinum package), the spa, premium Wi-Fi, 24-hour medical care and the golf course 5 km away all cost extra, so ask before assuming
- −The free basic Wi-Fi is fine for messages, but anyone streaming or on video calls ends up paying for the premium tier
- −Evening entertainment gets mixed reports from families; the resort runs daytime and evening programming, but some guests say show nights did not feel like a nightly fixture
- −The Platinum-only restaurants are off limits, which grates on families who see them every day while walking through the complex
- −The swimout rooms are not wheelchair accessible; only the standard Family Club Junior Suites are, so guests with mobility needs lose the headline room type
- −Buffet rotation gets predictable over a week, and the best a la carte nights book up, so reserve early
- −Smoking in shared outdoor areas and pushy vendors near the beach both come up in guest accounts, which grate more when you are watching small children
- −Grand Bavaro Princess guests can buy day access to the Family Club water park, so the slides are not always the quiet private space the brochure suggests
Dining is broader than the section's size suggests. Family Club guests can eat at every Grand Bavaro Princess restaurant except the Platinum-only ones (three buffet restaurants, themed a la carte rooms, snack outlets, food trucks, a coffee shop and nine bars, with Rebels Sports Bar open 24 hours) plus Mordisco, and there is a kids menu. The 41 swimout suites open straight onto the pool, and every room has a king plus a triple bunk and sleeps up to five. The beach is about two minutes away on the internal transfer, and three pools, three tennis courts, a gym and non-motorised water sports are included. Basic Wi-Fi is free, the faster tier costs extra, and babysitting, room service, the spa and medical care are all charged separately.
It works best for families with children roughly 4 to 12 who want the Mini Club, water park and beach in one place, and for big families who need five to a room. Couples without kids are better off at an adults-only property such as Punta Cana Princess. Against other Punta Cana family resorts it competes on its private-section feel rather than on luxury. Saona Island catamaran trips, the golf course 5 km away and the shopping in Bavaro are the obvious days out.
Common Questions
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What's nearby
Bávaro Beach20 min drive · 5.2 mi
Macao Beach25 min drive · 11 mi
Cap Cana Marina35 min drive · 18 mi
40 min drive · 22 mi
More things to do (20)
- Playa Blanca · beach30 min drive · 16 mi
- Juanillo Beach · beach35 min drive · 18 mi
- Scape Park · adventure park40 min drive · 22 mi
- Punta Espada Golf Club · golf40 min drive · 21 mi
- Higüey · town55 min drive · 26 mi
- Arena Gorda Beach · beach10 min drive · 2.4 mi
- Los Corales · town9 min drive · 2.3 mi
- White Sands Golf Course · golf6 min drive · 1.2 mi
- Iberostar Bávaro Golf Club · golf11 min drive · 4.0 mi
- Cocotal Golf & Country Club · golf13 min drive · 5.4 mi
- Cana Bay Golf Club · golf14 min drive · 5.5 mi
- Vista Cana Golf Club · golf20 min drive · 7.4 mi
- Catalonia Caribe Golf Club · golf20 min drive · 9.7 mi
- Barceló Bávaro Golf · golf25 min drive · 5.7 mi
- Dolphin Explorer · adventure park25 min drive · 12 mi
- Indigenous Eyes Ecological Park · nature35 min drive · 17 mi
- Deep-sea fishing charter · excursion35 min drive · 18 mi
- Hoyo Claro · cenote45 min drive · 22 mi
- Cabo Engaño Beach · beach45 min drive · 14 mi
- Basilica of Our Lady of Altagracia, Higüey · historic site55 min drive · 26 mi
Amenities
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Style & Rooms
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Seaweed & sargassum
Punta Cana gets sargassum, typically worst May through August.See the month-by-month guide →Google Reviews★ 4.3 · 1,002 reviews
“This was our first time here, and our first all inclusive vacation. The staff are super friendly people even though I only know 2 Spanish words. The young man in the main buffet making omelets to order each morning (I wish I could remember his name)...”
“Our stay at the Family Princess Bavaro Hotel was absolutely fantastic. We’re giving it a full five stars! The entire experience was top-tier, but we especially want to highlight the wonderful service from Maria Santana, the bartender near the kids’ c...”
“Rooms are beautiful and clean. Especially the swim out suites in the Family Club section. Housekeeping cleaning daily. Refilling of minibars everyday. Waterpark is great for kids under 12. The beach is about 10 minute walk but there’s golf carts goi...”
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