Your New Swim-Up Suite in Punta Cana

By: - April 17th, 2016

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon
CJ Travel Editor

Forget seven. At Chic Punta Cana, 3101 might just be your lucky number.

That’s because this ground-floor suite at the Uvero Alto resort has an asset that’s muy especial: it’s own swim-up lap pool.

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The hip 320-room-and-suite property is one of the newest resorts in Punta Cana, and one of its most stylish, too.

Staying here, in one of Chic’s 26 luxury swim-out junior suites, means that you can roll out of bed and  – literally – into the refreshing waters of a pool that lies just a single step from your patio.

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Swim in, swim out. The choice is yours.

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