We just got back Thursday after a week at El Portillo & had a fabulous time! We were in an overflow smaller bus on the way there so got to take the new road, old road on the way back, both have amazing scenery & never felt sick. We did check in on the bus so when we got there,... More

To anyone from Canada who is booking a wedding at this resort, please think twice. I started planning my wedding in January of 2011 for a November wedding. I used the company the resort had recommended for my papers to be legalized, which got screwed up. Once they were corrected, the papers were sent to the resort and they had... More

We went to Gran Bahia Samana Roulette Plus (Air Canada Vacations) from January 21, 2012 to February 04, 2012. It was our 5th All Inclusive and 2nd time at Gran Bahia Resorts. All people from our plane who bought Roulette package were sent to El Portillo. We were given a junior suite because we had a Roulette Plus. What made... More

This was our 4th trip to E Portillo and it did not disappoint. We travel here to have a relaxing quiet beach vacation and it was as expected.....wonderful. The only downside was that tipping is more of an expectation rather than for good service. We were in the 3rd villa on the second floor. Everything was spotless and hot water... More

My husband and I recently returned from a one week vacation at El Portillo Jan26th-Feb 2nd) This is our third time to Samana and each time we stayed at a different Gran Bahia hotel. This one was quiet nice and we only had a few little issues.This is the first time I have stayed anywhere that you could walk off... More

We booked are vacation with Air Canada and went for the roulette package, it was a great price! Did not find out until we got to the airport in Samana that we were staying at the El Portillo. This place was O.K. beach was very nice but pool was too small for a resort this large. Rooms were small and... More

Got back this weekend from El portillo,We done the Air Canada Roulette(the difference between regular booking and a Roulette is you have to pay $28 per week for your safe,you also get 3 lacarte instead of 4 and no %20 of the spa so in saving 100's of dollars you do the math = best deal) and everyone on our... More

My wife and I have just returned (Thursday 26th) from 2 weeks vacation at this resort. Recommended by our travel agents Marlin Travel in Beamsville ON, package by Transat Holidays and it was terrific. Flight from Toronto was smooth and Samana airport is small and very efficient. From the time we left the plane to getting on the coach was... More

We were there for a week From Jan 21 to Jan 28 and I wash't expecting that much (all-inclusives are relaxing but they're all essentially the same). I was there for two things - sailing and volleyball so i'm going to focus on that first. The catamaran was broken and from what it seemed like, they were trying to avoid... More