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Fifteen gorgeous private villas—divided into 50 spacious suites and decorated by none other than D.R.'s native son Oscar de la Renta—are spread along the beachfront of this posh gated community. Julio Iglesias and Mikhail Baryshnikov are among the somebodies who own homes here—and as soon as you arrive and are handed the keys to your own golf cart, you'll start to feel like a big deal, too. Each of the villas has between one and four bedrooms and is decorated in fresh, Caribbean-meets-Hamptons style, with cream-colored upholstery, blue-and-white-striped bed linens, and botanical wall prints. All have coralline stone baths with Jacuzzi tubs, 37-inch plasma TVs, and private sea-view balconies. If there's anything you need that isn't right at your fingertips (not likely), you can use your hotel-provided mobile phone to ring up your villa manager. You'll also have access to the surrounding parent property, Puntacana Resort & Club (easily reached by golf cart). Though a little more gimmicky-feeling, Puntacana nevertheless has a Pete Dye–designed golf course, six clay tennis courts, a spa, water sports facilities, and several restaurants (including the top-notch beachfront La Yola Restaurant). The resort also has its own 600-acre forest preserve, where you can bathe in natural spring-fed pools and take guided nature walks.
From the editors of Condé Nast Traveler:
This exclusive new enclave within the Puntacana Resort & Club complex creates the home away from home that you wished you lived in. The 50 guest suites are contained within 15 sunny villas resembling small houses in a genteel development (with your own golf cart parked right outside). Even the smallest one-bedroom suite is vast, at 1,127 square feet. Decorated by Oscar de la Renta (who owns a home in Punta Cana) with rattan furniture and orange and white prints, the suites' Caribbean-cool interiors are easy on the eyes. French doors open onto a terrace that faces either a green lawn and the ocean beyond or the P. B. Dye–designed golf course. The crackerjack staff include a cheerful villa manager who will do practically anything you ask, as well as valets who whisk you through customs at the airport. Meals are memorable, whether at the Latin-Asian Bamboo, the closest restaurant, or on your own breezy terrace. The Six Senses Spa is included among the 2007 Hot List Spas.
—2007 Hot ListWhen to go: January through March promises the best weather—sunny with little rain and relatively cool.
Which room to book: Oceanfront junior suites have terraces from which to take in the water.
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