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Punta Cana
Getting around the resort complex is easy when you ride the train that will take you from lobby to lobby. There are two diesel powered trains that operate from approximately 10am till 2am. Each train has a capacity of up to approximately 50 passengers. They travel around the entire resort making stops along the way. Their frequency and routes vary with the time of day. They tend to be busier around dinner time.
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ONSITE ACTIVITIES
Activity Schedule
POOLS
“Afternoons by the pool are full of rhythm and with good vibes”
Boca Chica Pool: A large freshwater swimming pool with children’s areas, and a swim up bar. Located in Grand Palladium Bavaro, lagoon style family pool. Open 9 am to 7 pm
Activity Center at the Pool – Adults lessons 4:30p.m.
- Monday-Cooking lessons
- Tuesday- Fruit decoration
- Wednesday- Bar tending
- Thursday- Dance Lessons
- Friday-Towel Decorating
- Saturday -Rum Tasting
Barahona Pool: Located in Grand Palladium Palace This pool has a children’s area. Open 9 am to 7 pm.
Samana Pool: Located in Grand Palladium Punta Cana, lake style pool with children’s area. Open 9 am to 7 pm.
Aquatic Park : Located at the Grand Palladium Punt Cana. Open 9 am to 7 pm
Saona Pool: Located in Grand Palladium Punta Cana, lake style, children’s area.
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 pm. depth 2.40m. All pools
The Secret Pool : Located between Grand Palladium Palace Resort and Spa and The Royal Suites Turquesa. The recently constructed pool is for adults only and has an environment of easing and incomparable tranquility. Schedules of 10:00 am – midnight. Heated during winter months.
Towel, sunbeds and umbrellas service at the pool and beach included. Guests can use all resort pools, except those located at The Royal Suites Turquesa which are for the exclusive use of guests staying there.
SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Sports: aerobics, water gymnastics, table tennis, beach volleyball, football and 17 soccer, tennis, petanque, archery, rifle shooting, basketball, water polo, mini golf, paddle tennis and badminton. Also offered is access to the fitness area with sauna, Jacuzzi and Turkish bath in the spa.
Water sports: non-motorized water sports such as windsurfing (beginners and experts), catamaran sailing and kayaking.
Water Activities with charge: Scuba diving school for beginners and experts, excursions to the coral reef diving, boat trips along the coast.
Around The Pool & Beach with POP
[huge_it_videogallery id=”14″]Entertainment : Full daily program of sports and entertainment on the beach and pool during the day. Night show entertaining and varied every night in two amphitheaters. Weekly “White Party.” Different and colorful-participation games, scavenger hunts, sand castle contest, yoga lessons, tournament, karaoke, etc …
- Activities Schedule (special thanks to Peter Gittinger)
- White Party-every Monday 9:30pm at Playa Bavaro
- Beach BBQ-every day 12:30pm at The Royal Suites beach
- Foam Partys-Tuesday and Thursday 4:00pm
- Breakfast with Raggs (Children)-Thursday 9am-Brazilian Restaurant
- Pido’s Surf Party (Children)-Thursday 8pm-Sunset Disco
- NIghtly music at the Lobbys
- Nightly shows at theater from 9pm
MOVIE NIGHT
Tuesday’s at 6pm
Foam Party is held every Tuesday and Friday at one of the pools. They alternate, suggest checking the Palladium App or the bulletin boards.
Mojito Tuesday’s at The Royal Suites Turquesa lobby, every Tuesday starting at 7 pm.
What is your favorite kind of mojito?
Sangria Sampling at the Royal Suites Turquesa every Thursday from 7 to 10 pm
Rock and Burger Party, every Thursday at 12:00 PM at the Snack Bar La Uva.
Check your activity schedule from your welcome package, bulletin boards or the Palladium App for changes.
Shows Presented by the People of Palladium : You can find the show schedule on a bulletin board near the theaters. There is something for all ages to enjoy. Scroll through the videos below and view the ones you choose or enjoy all of them. Shows are subject to change. Please look for the most up to date show information located on bulletin boards located at various places around the resort(s).
The new Forever Rock Show is sure to become a fan favorite. You can catch the show every Thursday from 10:00pm at the Sunset Theater. Enjoy the classics that some of us grew up listening to.
LIVE MUSIC
You can enjoy a variety of live music every night in the lobbies.
KIDS CLUB
- Baby Club (1-3 years old)
- Baby Room Service Menu
- Mini-Club (4-12 years old)
- Black & White Teens Club (13-17)
For detailed information, pictures and videos please refer to our Palladium Kids page. An entire page dedicated to the younger travelers.
BEACH BBQ
There are 2 sittings available 6:30 and 8 :30pm. The BBQ is held on Friday nights located on the beach. Reservations are required. You may reserve with guest services at their desk in the lobby or through your Royal Turquesa Butler. Reservations begin the morning prior to the scheduled BBQ. (subject to change)
This photo of TRS Turquesa Hotel is courtesy of TripAdvisor
BEACH PARTY :Held Thursday evenings on the beach, enjoy live music and dancing. Reservations are not required.
PAELLA is served every Sunday at the beach and at the the Spanish buffet on Saturday.
CHOCOLATE BLISS : Every Thursday from 4 pm – 8pm meet at the Sports Bar to enjoy a delicious Chocolate Afternoon.
PEACE & LOVE PARTY: Tuesdays, at Bavaro Lobby, 11:00pm. 
WHITE PARTY is held every Monday on the beach at 9 pm (if possible dress in white).
MUSIC: in all of the lobbies from 9:00pm to midnight. (Except in TRS)
-All schedules are subject to change.
SPORTS BAR
The Sports Bar serves food and drinks 24 hours a day and is located across from the Grand Palladium Bavaro lobby, near the Sunset Boulevard disco. There are several monitors with different sports channels and a big screen for major events. Sports Bar Menu
DISCO
Located in the Grand Palladium Bavaro section of the complex. Open from 11:15 pm to 2 am with drink service available.
SMILE SERVICES
Do you have a special event you would like to celebrate ? Perhaps a birthday, anniversary, marriage proposal, friendship or other ? Let the amazing POP help make it a memory you will cherish for a lifetime.
[huge_it_videogallery id=”29″]Contact Smile Services for more information
Punta Cana – smileservices.bavaro@palladiumhotelgroup.com
CASINO
You will find a medium-size casino is located on the Palace’s property with slot machines as well as Texas hold’em, blackjack, and roulette tables. Open from 10 am until 3 am.
ZENTROPIA SPA
The zentropia spa offers the new Zentropía line, a wonderful experience with top quality services for wellness, relaxation and rest, with exclusive, personal care from highly qualified staff. It is the perfect choice for nature lovers, with its four palm shelters standing right on the beach. The soothing murmur of the Caribbean Sea rounds off this incomparable experience.
Our Punta Cana resort has the following facilities: 11 indoor treatment cabins with air conditioning, including:
- 3 double treatment rooms for couples.
- 1 Shiatsu treatment room.
- 1 shower circuit: bi-thermal, chromotherapy and Scottish.
- Water zone (sauna, Turkish bath, hydromassage, etc)
- 2 manicure and 2 pedicure booths.
- 1 foot wash booth.
- Fitness centre with air conditioning.
The new floatarium is sure to relax and center you. The cost is $65 USD per person with room to accommodate couples.
By paying the service you have access to the water circuits and health corner. Prices subject to change.
The Spa provides massages, facials and body treatments given by a team of highly qualified, professional therapists. The Spa also has a modern beauty salon for cutting and styling hair, and offers the latest trends in fashion, manicures, pedicures and waxing.
NOTE : Entry to the water zones (jacuzzis, pool, sauna and steam bath) at Zentropía Palladium Spa & Wellness costs $35 USD (November 1st 2017) per person per day for guests at the Grand Palladium.
Entry to the water zones is included for guests at The Royal Suites by Palladium and members of the Palladium Travel Club. There will also be promotions and special services.
For your information, anyone receiving a treatment at Zentropía Palladium Spa & Wellness has entry to the water zone included for the day.
FITNESS CENTRE: Located within the Spa hotel, it contains modern exercise apparatus and is air conditioned. The equipment includes treadmills, elliptical trainers, static bikes and weights. The gym has changing rooms and lockers, air conditioning, background music and plasma TV screens. No reservation is required and it is free of charge.
The fitness center is bright, spacious, and air conditioned. Punta Cana’s huge sports center includes six tennis courts, a soccer field, an archery and rifle shooting range, a badminton court, a basketball court, and a mini-golf course. The fitness center is open from 6 am until 10 pm daily.
Clients can reserve services prior to arrival at the resort with a 15% discount on the total purchase price. Reservations are paid 50% in advance, and the remaining 50% paid directly to the spa.
Info.riviera@zentropia-spa.com
CHURCH
Catholic mass is held on Saturday’s at 7:30 pm. For times during holiday’s such as Easter or Christmas please check with guest services.
HOLIDAY’S & CELBRATIONS
If you are lucky enough to be on vacation over the holiday’s be sure to join in on the fun. Special Gala dinner and Santa always has a surprise arrival on Christmas Day.
Some Popular Sightseeing Tours
Punta Cana Mike’s Dominican Adventures
Isla Saona, Dominican Republic, Saona Island, located in the southeast of the Dominican Republic is the largest of the islands adjacent to the Spanish, is part of the Eastern National Park and provides sanctuary to several species of migratory birds. Originally his name is “Adamanay” is a primitive aboriginal name.
Trip to Santo Domingo: Santo Domingo Dominican Republic’s capital, founded on August 4, 1496 by Bartholomew Columbus in the eastern part of the Ozama River, is the first city founded in America. Located on the southern coast of the island, bordering the Caribbean Sea. Its historic center is hosting the “colonial area, features over 300 historical museums. It is a place that deserves a visit and see the museums and monuments, and houses built in colonial times, there can see the first cathedral built in America, the Alcazar de Colon, a former residence of Don Diego Colon, son of Christopher Colon, Dominican monastery, home to the first university in the New World, House of Bastidas, the house of the Jesuits.
The village of Altos de Chavon Altos de Chavon is located southeast of the Dominican Republic, La Romana, and just 110 kilometers from the historical city of Santo Domingo. Built in 1976, Altos de Chavon is home to the Cultural Center Foundation Altos de Chavon, a cultural institution and educational non-profit. Altos de Chavon is a church, restaurants, art galleries, museum Taino, shops, discotheque, artists’ studios, school of design and an amphitheater. The design school Altos de Chavon is associated with Parsons School of Design in New York.
Cayo Levantado, is a beautiful little piece of land located on the east coast of the Dominican Republic in Samaná Bay, on the Samana Peninsula. It has rainforest vegetation, beaches, white sand and crystal clear waters, set in a beautiful landscape. Cayo Levantado is a place where humpback whales were sighted during the season from January to March. Cayo Levantado, where the tourist and the lush vegetation vie reign. As a powder white sand, turquoise waters, and crystal – perfect for snorkeling or swimming gently. Several birds found here, including parrots, lettuce and Gannets. It is notable that there are also the guinea pig and solenodonte.
Punta Cana Golf courses
Souvenir shopping
Transfers and Tours
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