Gran Dorado was a holiday villages company based in the Netherlands.
Gran Dorado Resorts was originally found by the owner of the Dutch chain store company Vendex, famous for the Vroom & Dreesmann company.
Vendorado Leisure N.V. was founded in 1980, in 1989, the name was changed to Gran Dorado Lesure N.V. At the beginning of 1996, the company had 6 big holiday villages.
In the same year, Gran Dorado took over another Dutch holiday villages company, called Creatief Vakantieparken.
Halfway through the year, Center Parcs and Gran Dorado merged.