Famous for its part-time residents, such as Julio Iglesias and Mikhail Baryshnikov, this discerning and huge resort is also notable for its environmental efforts, especially the associated ecological park across the street from the entrance to the resort. Unlike all-inclusives, however, lunch, dinner and drinks aren’t included in the rates.
The resort's centerpiece property is the 200-room Westin near Playa Blanca, opened in late 2013, where every room has at least a partial ocean view. The complex also includes the 124-room Four Points Sheraton, a 2012 opener, poised as a modern business hotel at Puntacana Village. But the real coup here is the luxurious and discerning Tortuga Bay (designed by the late Oscar de la Renta), a small enclave of one-, two- and three-bedroom villas that set the bar for luxury in Punta Cana.
There are eight restaurants to choose from within the 60-sq-km complex, a Six Senses Spa, a modern PADI dive facility, a tennis center and a kiteboarding school, among numerous other distractions.