Caribbean Room With A View: A Rock Star Suite at the Hard Rock Hotel Punta Cana

By: - August 22nd, 2015
Above: the view from a Rock Star suite at the Hard Rock Punta Cana

Traveling like a rock star in the Dominican Republic

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon
CJ Travel Editor

Even if you’re not blown by this music-themed Dominican Republic resort’s exceptional inclusions (unlimited phone calls to the US and Canada; butler service; and a slick hospitality center for late checkouts among them), you just might be wowed by the view from this Rock Star suite.

Above: Rock Star level at Hard Rock Punta Cana

Above: Rock Star level at Hard Rock Punta Cana

Overlooking the Sun Pool (just one of the mega resort’s 13), the balcony of the posh roost is the perfect perch from which to enjoy some reading, reclining and a rum cocktail as you watch frothy waves kiss bone-white Punta Cana sands and majestic palm trees sway in the breeze.

We won’t blame you if you linger here until dusk, when the setting sun streaks the sky with stunning swaths of purple and orange – a fitting tribute to a day well spent.

— CJ

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