This expansive, All-Inclusive resort with dense gardens comprises two sections divided by a mangrove-swamp preserve. A garden-lined path 600 meters (656 yards) long connects them, with complimentary shuttles available around the clock. Both sections have open-air buildings arrayed around ponds. A reception section includes a casino and disco. A pool area contains most of the resort's restaurants.

North American, European, South American, and Dominican families and couples come to this all-suites resort. They pack swimwear for the turquoise sea and resort wear for starlit evenings strolling on paths bordered by gardens so lush they nearly conceal the resort's low-rise buildings.

The Puntacana Hotel opened in the mid-1970s as part of the 15,000-acre Punta Cana resort, residential, golf, and marina development. The development runs 8 km (5 mi) along the Caribbean Sea, owns and operates Punta Cana International Airport, and includes a residential area where celebrities like singer Julio Iglesias and designer Oscar de la Renta have homes.

The Bahia Principe Punta Cana All-Inclusive Resort overlooks the Caribbean on a 1,600-foot stretch of white-sand beach. Set amid swaying palms and lush tropical gardens with sunshades and lounge chairs, the resort includes two large lake-style swimming pools with children’s sections.

Rising like a fantasy in a vast green landscape of cattle ranches and banana plantations, Dreams Punta Cana creates a striking contrast to its rustic horse-and-burro surroundings, a contrast made more striking by a huge pink-marble-floored lobby. Couples and families come to the contemporary resort for holidays away from Punta Cana's principal hotel areas.