...and a cluster of dance clubs, cabaret stages, gift shops, and restaurants. Spacious bedrooms are among the best in Punta Cana, with intricately crafted tile and stonework, private terraces or verandas, and roomy bathrooms with tiled showers...Rating: |Price range: $$$$|www.solmelia.com|

...center; room service; babysitting; laundry service; mini-zoo for kids; 24-hr. medical center.Carretera Punta Cana/BávaroFree parkingA/C, TV, kitchenette (in some), minibar, hair dryer, safeRating: |Price range: $$$$|www.puntacana.com|

This is the showcase restaurant of one of the biggest resort complexes in the Dominican Republic. If you're not staying at one of the Barcelo hotels, you'll have to make reservations in advance. The decor is cool and stylish, as if it were import...Rating: |Price range: $$$$|Cuisine: International|

Set between the beachfront and the main street of Cortecito, this is the most enduringly popular local dive in town. Don't expect elaborate food, fancy sauces, or social prestige: In fact, when you approach the outdoor vestibule that prefaces the...Rating: |Price range: $$$$|Cuisine: Seafood|

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic - The year was 1969. Helicopter pilot and translator Frank Rainieri was hired by an American to fly to the...By: Stephen Jermanok, Globe Correspondent|Date: Mar 20, 2002

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic - A fantasy in thatch...when the Club Mediterranee opened its Punta Cana Village, palm trees were about all there...be a lot of problems to worry about at Punta Cana, the main one being isolation. The nearest...By: William Davis Globe Staff|Date: Apr 8, 1984

...on this popular island has been in Punta Cana, which is exploding with development...the exclusive Zoëtry Agua Punta Cana (www.zoetryresorts.com/agua...or check-out time. Also new in Punta Cana is the Barceló Bá...By: Hilary Howard|Date: Nov 15, 2009

...New York with airfare for $699 a person — a savings of 70 percent. For families, Club Med in Guadeloupe and Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic are offering a Kids Stay Free special for vacations beginning Feb. 14 or 50 percent off the...By: Michelle Higgins|Date: Jan 25, 2009

...order of their rankings, here's the list: 1. Sheraton Grand Bahama Island Our Lucaya (Bahamas) 2. Club Med Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) 3. South Seas Island Resort (Captiva Island, Fla.) 4. Atlantis, Paradise Island...

...order of their rankings, here's the list: 1. Sheraton Grand Bahama Island Our Lucaya (Bahamas) 2. Club Med Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) 3. South Seas Island Resort (Captiva Island, Fla.) 4. Atlantis, Paradise Island...