The Best Hotels Near Tortuga Bay, Puntacana Resort & Club, by the Record
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Oscar de la Renta designed the 13 villas here, which explains a lot about the quiet, minimal-luxe feel. This small resort in the Dominican Republic runs just 30 suites, all with golf carts included, because sometimes the distance between your villa and the beach is simply too far to walk with dignity. Three miles of private beach, an eco-reserve with lagoons, and access to the larger Puntacana Resort around it. It holds a Michelin Key and a Forbes Four Star.
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Rubber ducks appear throughout this adults-only, all-inclusive Caribbean resort, from the lobby pool to your private patio, a small joke the property seems committed to. Full suites, Molton Brown bathrooms, palapa-shaded loungers on a private stretch of beach at Uvero Alto, and a lineup of international restaurants fill the rest of the picture. The absence of small children is the amenity nobody lists but everybody notices.
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Swim-up suites put you about three feet from the Caribbean, which is either the best idea or a terrible test of your willpower. This adults-only, all-inclusive resort on Bavaro Beach runs on butler service, a pampering spa, and access to more than 40 restaurants and bars, so the all-inclusive formula never gets monotonous. High ceilings and open-air dining let the sea breeze do most of the decorating. Barefoot is the dress code; a cocktail is basically mandatory.
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Every guest gets a golf cart and a private pool, which tells you exactly what kind of resort Eden Roc Cap Cana is. Thirty-four stand-alone villas sit tucked among flowering tropical gardens, their Riviera-inflected interiors running to goose-down, marble, and more tech than you'll use. The beaches are cartoonishly white, and a Jack Nicklaus course winds past cliffs and waterfalls nearby. It holds a Forbes Four Star and two Michelin Keys.
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Coral stone walls and a neutral palette keep the focus on the turquoise water just outside at this St. Regis resort inside Cap Cana, a gated enclave where the marina and powdery beaches are strictly for residents and guests. Nine dining venues, four pools, a rooftop tiki bar, and a full spa fill the hours. Rooms come with private terraces, and some have swim-out access or a pool of their own. Butler service is standard, as St. Regis insists.
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The first all-inclusive in the W portfolio, this adults-only resort sits on the quieter stretch of beach at Uvero Alto, where the mood is somewhere between a design hotel and a very good party. Rooms run toward sleek and minimal, most with plunge pools or swim-up access. A rooftop raw bar, a moody speakeasy, and a beachside grill keep things from feeling like a buffet operation. The pool deck is the social center, as you'd expect.
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The name says Punta Cana, but the resort sits half an hour up the coast from the bustle, which is rather the point. Freestanding villas arranged like a small village behind the beach, surrounded by palms and gardens, with a room-and-board model that covers drinks, snorkeling, kayaking, and a starter spa treatment without the upcharge-for-everything approach common at this level. Contemporary-rustic interiors, selected by the Michelin Guide, and equally suited to honeymooners or families.
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Seven of the Teeth of the Dog's holes run along jagged coral coastline, which tells you most of what you need to know about this sprawling 7,000-acre resort on the Dominican Republic's southeastern coast. Three Pete Dye golf courses, a polo field, a Real Madrid soccer academy, and a marina of mega-yachts fill out the rest. Rooms come with golf carts; villas come with butlers and private pools. A Forbes Four Star property that has been quietly hosting A-listers since before it was fashionable to do so.