Nature & outdoors
Bávaro Beach
Miles of soft white sand and calm water, the heart of the resort area.
Dominican Republic
Punta Cana
0 shuls · 0 kosher · 95 hotels on our map
Photo: Danu Widjajanto · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
About
Long palm-lined beaches and big all-inclusive resorts on the eastern tip of the Dominican Republic. Jewish infrastructure is small, so most frum travelers rely on Chabad, kosher programs or self-catering, and plan meals ahead.
Good to know: no shul or kosher place with a public street address is on our map here yet. Chabad of the Dominican Republic serves visitors to Punta Cana and can arrange kosher meals: chabadominican.com. Before you book, check with them (search Chabad Punta Cana) and look up kosher on Google Maps.
Shabbos food: Chabad of the Dominican Republic. What each one offers, how to order and the hechsher to ask about are in Travel Info ›
Best time to goDec–Apr; Jun–Nov is hurricane season.
Local time
Before you goPlaces come from OpenStreetMap and can change. Call ahead for minyan and Shabbos meals, and check the hechsher yourself.
Top attractions
Things to do in Punta Cana
Nature & outdoors
Saona Island
A protected island with palm-lined beaches and natural swimming pools, reached by boat.
65 min drive from the center · 77 km · 48 mi
Photo: Danu Widjajanto · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Nature & outdoors
Hoyo Azul
A turquoise cenote at the foot of a cliff, reached by a short jungle trail.
Landmark
Altos de Chavón
A recreated 16th-century Mediterranean village above the Chavón River.
62 min drive from the center · 78 km · 48 mi
Photo: Original uploader was Niedźwiadek78 (Michał Sulczyński) at p · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Nature & outdoors
Catalina Island
Snorkeling over coral walls and calm reefs.
74 min drive from the center · 87 km · 54 mi
Photo: Copernicus Program · Attribution · Wikimedia Commons
Nature & outdoors
Indigenous Eyes Ecological Park
Freshwater lagoons and trails in a protected tropical forest.
Nature & outdoors
Macao Beach
A wilder public beach with bigger waves, popular for surfing lessons.
28 min drive from the center · 28 km · 17 mi
Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zuquirio/ · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Where to stay
Hotels by walk or drive to minyan
Walking and driving time from each hotel to the nearest shul and kosher food. Tap a hotel for its map, phone numbers and directions.
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Walking times are estimates: straight-line distance × 1.3 at about 80 m a minute. Driving times are road routes without traffic (OpenStreetMap routing); where a route is missing we show “≈”, straight line × 1.4 at city speed. No prices or ratings here; each hotel links to Google Maps reviews and a Booking.com search.
Minyan
Shuls & Chabad
Chabad houses first. Call ahead for minyan times.
Not every shul is on the map yet: search synagogues on Google Maps. Denomination is shown only where it is mapped. Something wrong? Report a correction.
Food
Kosher food
Each card names its hechsher and the agency, vaad or Chabad list it comes from. Places marked “Tagged kosher on OpenStreetMap” have no hechsher source yet. We don’t certify anything: always check the hechsher yourself.
Search kosher on Google Maps for places not on our map yet.
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