First time we have been to mexico and first time all inclusive. Booked with first choice and chose this hotel because of location. I can honestly say that the pictures in online brochure do not do it justice!!. The staff could not do enough for you, everywhere was immaculate/clean and tidy.The room itself was better than expected, clean sheets and room cleaned daily and i do mean cleaned! we came back from breakfast early one morning to find our room being cleaned, nipped in just to pick up something to find bed pulled out all swept under and around, room smelt of bleach where floor had been cleaned.Bathroom was always cleaned new towels etc.The flush on toilet broke, reported it on way to breakfast, fixed and whole flush replaced by time got back, no more than 45 mins, try getting that done in uk!! The location of the hotel is excellent for trips, Xel Ha is no more than 20 min away, the Coba ruins about 45 min, these are the only ruins you can still climb. There is a beach right next to hotel always clean,no litter and raked every day. Towels are provided for the beach/pools and you can exchange them whenever you like. There are beach bars and pool bars aplenty. The water isnt very deep so to swim you need to walk towads Tulum where there are breakwaters and water is a bit deeper. The food was always hot plenty of it and amount of choice is amazing.We were there for two weeks so had six A-LaCarte visits but only managed four, just to much going on! There was entertainment most nights though don't expect a broadway production, but it was entertainment lasting about an hour. After the entertainment finished we used to go to the 'Hacienda' (Tulum) where the band played and we could dance in the streets until midnight until the disco kicked in if you liked that sort of thing!
Transport to get around the resort was golf buggies, very frequent - every 10 mins. Drivers would go out of their way to drop you off if not on their route.
A wonderful holiday, Mexican people so friendly/happy and helpful. First choice trips we did were excellent. Xel Ha and Coba Ruins - the guide Enrique was interesting and very passionate about Mayan culture. First choice Rep, Tara was excellent - again nothing too much trouble.
We shall be going back!

A two week stay, at the Gran Bahia Principe, Akumal, Mexico. Gold package definately the way to go, we were treated like royalty. Our travel agent Cathy Leppard with New West Travel was in contact with Veronica Pacheco regarding our room requests, and we were fortunate to get our full requests. Resort was beautiful, grounds were clean and manicured. Beach was beautiful, clean as well, always some one working hard at keeping it picked up. The rooms were very nice, spacious, clean, well maintained. Food was amazing, normally i would come home from an all inclusive losing weight.....not this time. Wow, the food really was amazing. The transportation around the resort was excellent, a fair distance to walk from one resort to another so this made it so much easier. Especially if you have any kind of handicap.
Hubby and I are looking to go back to Mexico in the future and will definately be staying with the Gran Bahia Principe again.

We just returned from a weeks stay at Gran Bahia Principe Akumal.The staff were very friendly and at your service all the time.The food was really great.All the A-LaCartes were great.The guest service team Felix Schlokat at Coba and Veronica Pacheco at Akumal were fantastic in accomodating us.It was our fourth time there and we were treated royally.They made sure we got the rooms we wanted and also booked A-La-Cartes for us.The entertainment was great.The pool entertainment was great.It is a huge resort,but you get to play in any three of them.We are already planning to go there again in October to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary and to celebrate my daughters 21st birthday.Again I would like to say Thank You to Felix and Veronica.

We were there from 25 Dec 2012 to 1 Jan 2013
• Big resort but very clean and well maintained
• The staff are more than friendly, very nice, helpful and cheerful people
• The food is very good
• Nice alcoholic drinks and good cappuccinos. They had Brazilian coffee as well
• The beach is so so , there are some rocks in the sea so while swimming you have to be careful not hit the rocks
• 1:30 h from Cancun airport (!!!!) and 30 min from “Playa del Carmen”
• I would strongly recommend it