Villa Iguana

Punta Cana & the Southeast


Under Italian-Dutch ownership, this 10-room backpacker-friendly hotel offers rooms on the simple but well-kept side (with re-tiled if small bathrooms), to bigger offerings with mini-bars and flat-screen TVs. A former penthouse suite has been converted into a bar with a small pool for all guests' use, and the vibe across the board is helpful and welcoming.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Punta Cana & the Southeast attractions

1. Playa Bayahibe

0.24 MILES

Much of Playa Bayahibe, the town beach to the right of the parking lot, is occupied by dozens of motorboats waiting to ferry tourists to Isla Saona…

2. Padre Nuestro

1.71 MILES

Located deep inside Parque Nacional Cotubanamá, Padre Nuestro is a weaving stalagmite- and stalagtite-filled 290m tunnel flooded with freshwater that can…

3. Playa Dominicus

1.72 MILES

The advantage of staying in Dominicus Americanus is being able to walk to Playa Dominicus, a beautiful stretch of thick, nearly white sand, with good…

4. Cueva del Puente

3.22 MILES

Parque Nacional Cotubanamá has more than 400 caves, many of which contain Taíno pictographs (cave paintings) and petroglyphs (rock carvings)…

5. Parque Nacional Cotubanamá

4.77 MILES

Much more than simply Isla Saona, which is all that most people see on a group tour, the Parque Nacional Cotubanamá (formerly known as Parque Nacional del…

6. Altos de Chavón

5.03 MILES

While a trip to a faux-16th-century Italian-Spanish village created by a Paramount movie-set designer won’t exactly give you a window into Dominican…

7. El Obelisco

9.02 MILES

Modeled after the George Washington monument in Washington, DC, this obelisk is a much smaller version in central La Romana, with contemporary and…

8. Isla Catalina

11.12 MILES

In the 15th century, pirates including Francis Drake would lurk around Isla Catalina, waiting to pounce on Spanish ships sailing to and from Santo Domingo…