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Grand Palladium Select Bavaro
A 506-room family hotel inside the Grand Palladium Punta Cana complex, refurbished in 2025 – the most recent refurbishment in our coverage. One swimming pool of its own, and 38 rooms with a private pool or swim-up access.
At a glance
| Audience | family verified 2026-09-13 |
|---|---|
| Minimum age | Not published by the operator |
| Rooms | 506 rooms verified 2026-09-13 |
| Location | Avda. Francia s/n, Playas de Bavaro, CP 23000, Dominican Republic verified 2026-09-13 |
| Transfer from Cancun airport | 30 minutes verified 2026-09-13 |
| Check-in | 15:00 verified 2026-09-13 |
| Check-out | 12:00 verified 2026-09-13 |
| Pools | 1 pools verified 2026-09-13 |
| Adults-only pool | Not published by the operator |
| Restaurants | 2 show cooking restaurants plus 4 a la carte restaurants, with dine-around across the Grand Palladium Punta Cana complex verified 2026-09-13 |
| Kids club | Not published by the operator |
| Complex access | Not published by the operator |
Refurbished in 2025
Built 1992, last refurbished 2025 — the most recent refurbishment date anywhere in our coverage, and a full nine years newer than the Palladium hotel across the site.
On a strip where most stock dates from the early nineties, that is the single most useful thing this fact sheet says.
One pool for 506 rooms
That is the lowest water-per-room ratio we have recorded, and it needs stating plainly.
The mitigation is the complex: this hotel sits inside Grand Palladium Punta Cana alongside two sister resorts and TRS Turquesa, with dine-around and shared facilities. So you are not confined to one pool — but you are relying on a neighbour for the rest, which is a different proposition from a resort that provides its own.
Thirty-eight rooms with private water
Twelve Superior Junior Suites with a private pool, eighteen Romance Suites with a private pool, and eight Junior Suite Swim Up Panoramic Ocean View.
Twelve categories in all, published with counts and floor areas from 39 m² to a single 765 m² Residence Suite Beachside.
The transfer
23 km from Punta Cana International, thirty minutes by taxi. Same as every Palladium hotel on this site.
What is not published
Its beach sand type — which its sister hotels do publish, so the omission is this sheet’s rather than the operator’s. No kids club age bands despite three clubs being named. No minimum age. No mandatory fees.
What the rate includes
Not published by the operator.
What it does not include
Not published by the operator.
Mandatory costs
The operator does not publish a mandatory fee schedule on its official pages. That is not the same as there being no fee. It means we read the official source and found no figure, so we are not going to state one. Confirm any property charges at the point of booking.
Costs that apply wherever you stay in Quintana Roo
Strengths, and what supports them
- Refurbished in 2025, the most recent refurbishment date we hold
Because: property.last_refurbished - Twelve room categories published with counts and floor areas
Because: rooms.categories - 38 rooms with a private pool or swim-up access
Because: rooms.private_pool_or_swim_up_rooms - Thirty minutes from Punta Cana International
Because: location.airport_transfer_minutes
Limitations, and what supports them
- One swimming pool for 506 rooms; the offer depends on dine-around and shared complex facilities
Because: pools.pool_count - Does not publish its beach sand type, unlike its sister hotels
Because: unknowns.beach.beach_type
Who it suits
- young family
- couples
- multigen
- value seeker
Who it is not for
- Anyone who wants a lot of pool for the size of the hotel
Because: pools.pool_count = 1 for 506 rooms, the lowest ratio anywhere in our coverage - Adults wanting a child-free resort
Because: identity.audience_class = family - Parents who need confirmed kids club ages
Because: unknowns.children.kids_club_age_bands - Anyone who wants a firm mandatory-fee total in advance
Because: fee_position=not_published_by_operator
What the operator does not publish
We checked the official source for each of these and it was not stated. We have not filled them in from anywhere else:
- minimum age
- kids club age bands
- beach type
- mandatory fees
Prices
We do not publish prices for this resort yet. We only publish a price when we can state the amount, what it covers, the basis it is quoted on, and when we observed it.
We have no affiliate relationship for Grand Palladium Select Bavaro yet, so this is not a tracked link and we earn nothing from it. When that changes, this page will say so and the disclosure will appear above it.
Sources
- Palladium Hotel Group — read 2026-09-13
Last verified 2026-09-13. We re-check resort facts at least every six months.
Last verified 2026-09-13.