A tropical resort with multiple pools beside a long sandy beach and turquoise sea.

Large pool with lounge chairs, palm trees, and umbrellas at tropical hotel resort under clear sky.

Bright hotel room with large bed, seating area with colorful pillows, and modern design.

Large hotel pool with palm trees and ocean view under clear sky.

A beach resort with pools, umbrellas, and palm trees by turquoise sea.

Aerial view of a beach hotel with pool, palm trees, and white bungalows by turquoise sea.

A tropical hotel pool with palm trees and a view of the blue sea under a clear sky.

Open-air restaurant with round tables, chairs, and garden view with buildings.

Cozy café with wooden floor, modern counter, and natural light through large windows.

Open-air restaurant with wooden roof and sea view, tables set with blue chairs.

Spacious bright gym with wooden floor, mirrors, and palm trees visible through glass windows.

Bright gym with treadmills and large windows overlooking palm trees.

Modern indoor pool with waterfalls, columns, and a view of the hotel's garden.

Colorful water park play structure with slides and water features in a hotel pool under a blue sky.

Modern hotel lounge area with stylish counter, seating, and bright wooden flooring.

Children's playroom with colorful chairs, computer desks, and decorative wall design.

Colorful playground equipment on a sandy area with palm trees and hotel building in the background.

View from a terrace seating area overlooking a garden with palm trees and multi-story hotel buildings.

Aerial view of an oval pool surrounded by white lounge chairs and palm trees at a resort.

Dominikanische Republik ∙ Punta Cana ∙ Playa Bavaro

Iberostar Selection Bávaro Suites *****
Tour operator category

PUJ192

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Location

The hotel is located directly on the sandy beach of Playa Bavaro. Restaurants, bars, and various shopping and entertainment options are nearby. The international airport of Punta Cana is only 25 km away.

Facilities

Completely renovated in winter 19/20, the Iberostar Selection Bavaro consists of 598 rooms that leave nothing to be desired. They are spread across several two-story bungalows within the tropical hotel grounds. Furthermore, the hotel features a lobby with reception, buffet restaurant, 6 à-la-carte restaurants (Greek, gourmet restaurant, Italian, Japanese, Mexican, and steakhouse), beach restaurant, 5 bars, swim-up bar, garden area with lagoon-style pool landscape, sun terrace, and snack bar.

Accommodation

Junior Suite

The junior suites feature a sleeping and living area with sofa bed, coffee/tea maker, minibar, air conditioning, ceiling fan, safe, Wi-Fi (incl.), telephone, bathroom with shower/WC, hairdryer, and balcony or terrace (JS2/JS1/KJ1/KJ2). Also bookable as an Oceanfront Junior Suite (2JO) and in winter as a super saver room (SSZ/SSE).

Junior Suite Tropical View

With the same features and size as the junior suites, these are located closer to the sea and additionally offer turndown service (once per stay), garden or pool view (PTZ). Also bookable closer to the pool as Junior Suite Near Pool (NPS). Also bookable closer to the beach as Junior Suite Near Beach (JNB) or in the first beach row with sea view as Junior Suite Ocean Front (2JO).

Family Suite

Otherwise identical in features and size to the junior suites, these consist of two junior suites with a connecting door (2FS/KF3/KF5/KF6).

Spa Junior Suite

Identical in features and size to the junior suites with king-size bed or two double beds, tea set, bathrobes (J2F).

Junior Suite Pool Access

With the same features as the junior suite, these rooms have a terrace and are located directly by the pool (no private pool, no sharing pool) (2YZ).
Rooms with direct pool access pose an increased safety risk for small children. Therefore, Schauinsland-Reisen requires a minimum age of 6 years for children for bookings of these room types for safety reasons.

Note

In the Caribbean, most rooms are equipped with two queen-size beds (approx. 1.40 x 2m). For occupancy of 2 adults + 1/2 children/3 adults, no extra beds are placed in the room; this means: 2 persons per bed, even if extra beds are listed on the confirmation!

Junior Suite Pool Access Terrace (PUJ192I)

Equipped similarly to the Junior Suite Pool Access, these junior suites are located directly by the pool, which can be reached via the terrace (no private pool, no sharing pool, JRT). Optionally also bookable for single use (T1D).
Rooms with direct pool access pose an increased safety risk for small children. Therefore, Schauinsland-Reisen requires a minimum age of 6 years for children for bookings of these room types for safety reasons.

One Bedroom Family (PUJ192I)

The approx. 41 m² family junior suites are located on the 1st or 2nd floor near the Star Camp. They offer a king-size bed and a bunk bed (2FP).

Junior Suite Beach Access (PUJ192I)

Also approx. 41 m² in size and offering direct access to the beach (AJS/AJR).

Meals

AI

Beach kiosk with thatched roof and colorful ice cream decoration in an open, sunny area.

All Inclusive

All inclusive

All meals in buffet form, dinner also possible in the à-la-carte restaurants (prior reservation required), international alcoholic and local non-alcoholic drinks 24 hours a day, room service 11 AM - 11 PM, mineral water, soft drinks, and beer from the minibar, drinks in the casino

Dress Code

Dress code: Buffet - casual clothing. Bermuda shorts and T-shirts with sleeves for men. Access in swimwear or barefoot is not permitted. Shoes or sandals are mandatory.
Dress code: A la carte - casual-formal clothing. Long pants or casual Bermuda shorts and shirt/polo shirt/T-shirt with sleeves for men. Short shorts are not allowed. For women, casual evening wear is required. Closed shoes or formal sandals.

Sports included

Aerobics, basketball, billiards, bocce, archery, fitness room, kayaks, sailing, 1 introductory scuba diving lesson in the pool, tennis (without floodlights), table tennis, volleyball, water aerobics, windsurfing (1 hour per day).

Sports for a fee

Banana boat, billiards, diving (PADI diving center), tennis lessons.

Children's program

New water park (1-12 years),
STAR CAMP: (In the Iberostar Dominicana)
Monkey (4-7 years)
Dolphin (8-12 years)
Eagle (13-17 years).

Wellness

Spa with treatments, massages, Turkish steam bath, whirlpool, and sauna (access from 16 years).

Entertainment

Varied animation, diverse shows, and disco (from 18 years).

Hotel service

Shops, 24-hour doctor service (for a fee), sun loungers and beach towels are included at the pool and beach.
All facilities of the neighboring Iberostar Hotels Dominicana and Punta Cana can be used.

Credit card

American Express, Mastercard, Visa

Hotelhinweis

Wearing a wristband is necessary to take advantage of the All-Inclusive services.
In the restaurants, appropriate clothing is requested (no swimwear; in the à-la-carte restaurants, long pants and shirt). In the Dominican Republic, sinks or bathtubs/whirlpools may be integrated openly into the general living area of the hotel room without a spatial separation.
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Accessible rooms can be booked on request (Junior Suite/JS2).

Sustainability

With our "Travel with a Future" label, we identify hotels that demonstrably meet recognized sustainability standards. These include, among others, standards recognized by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) and the Tourism Sustainability Certifications Alliance (TSCA). Currently, around 20% of the hotels in our program meet corresponding criteria and have been audited as part of independent certification procedures. The product line offers our guests additional guidance when choosing their accommodation.

Further information on the topic of sustainability at Schauinsland-Reisen at: https://nachhaltigkeit.schauinsland-reisen.de/reisen-mit-zukunft

This hotel has the following certification:

Earthcheck (valid until 20.01.2027)

Zusatzhinweis

Features the Winnow system to reduce food waste, 3R equipment for waste management in the hotels, and installed drinking water fountains.
Guests staying in the Bávaro complex can visit the Coral Lab to see corals and learn more about them. Thanks to the two coral nurseries in front of the hotel, where we work with our scientific team to restore the reefs.
The hotel has its own composting facility. Organic waste is converted into compost that we can use for our gardens.
We are part of the country's national mangrove restoration program, and in the Bávaro complex, we have planted more than 19,000 mangroves donated by the Ministry of Environment.
Beehives are rescued and brought to the apiary we have in the complex, which can be visited by all guests.
In collaboration with the National Aquarium, the Institute for Environmental Law of the Dominican Republic, and the Blue Flag program, the National Aquarium rescues turtles. Once they reach an appropriate size and state of health, they are released on the beaches of the Iberostar hotels.
In the "Long Haul" catalog 2025/26 on page 20.
In the "Young Stars" catalog 2025/26 on page 209.

Seasonal information

For stays between April and December, there may be an increased occurrence of seagrass and algae due to wind, temperature, and currents. In particular, there is often an increased appearance of brown algae in the Caribbean. This impacts the beach and sea. The hotel management and local authorities are, of course, striving to clean affected beach sections in cooperation with the municipal administrations. For this, however, the use of appropriate machinery is necessary, which results in a slight noise level.
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Additionally bookable under PUJ192I

Tour operator category

5 Suns *****

Country category

5 Sterne

Last updated: 30.09.2026 21:22

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