Seclusion and serenity are the order of the day at Agua Resort & Spa, a gem of a boutique hotel that opened in the summer of 2007.
This intimate and sophisticated hideaway features an elegant open-air lobby, modern yet luxurious rooms, and a courteous staff.
Agua offers first-class cuisine, a beautiful beach, and a gorgeous spa.
While guests can enjoy non-motorized water sports, most will prefer to lounge at the pool or on the beach, simply enjoying the resort’s tranquility.
Agua Resort & Spa has 53 suites in 18 villas, all with clean lines and a contemporary feel.
Designed by the Dominican architect who created Julio Iglesias’s home, they incorporate natural stone, local hardwoods, and thatched roofs.
Accommodations include 775-square-foot ocean view and garden view suites, two suites with separate living rooms, and two-bedroom and three-bedroom villas.
Rooms feature Frette linens, trendy bath products, a pillow menu, Wi-Fi service, and private terraces.
Agua Resort & Spa’s two restaurants feature cuisine by a renowned Spanish chef.
He specializes in simple Spanish and Dominican cuisine that incorporates local ingredients such as fresh seafood and organic produce, supporting local farmers and fisherman.
Caicu, the resort’s casual open-air beachside grill, is decorated with brightly-painted Haitian fish.
The lobby bar serves up tasty rum concoctions. Twenty-four hour room service is also available.
Agua’s honeymoon package includes five nights in an ocean front junior suite with a king-size bed, private plunge pool, and French doors that provide direct beach access; one champagne breakfast served in the suite plus daily breakfast in Areito restaurant; a three-course moonlight dinner on the beach; a one-hour couples’ massage; a nightly turn-down snack; and private, roundtrip ground airport transfers.
Agua Resort & Spa’s two freshwater swimming pools include a serpentine pool that meanders through the property, and a beachside infinity pool.
The resort’s spa, Yarari, captures the feeling of Bali.
The serene, open-air building has Finnish steam rooms and saunas with mosaic tiles, a pool and Jacuzzi, a waterfall, a sensations shower, four individual treatment rooms, and one couples’ treatment room.
Massages and other treatments use local products including coconut, pineapple, and sugar cane.
Agua Resort & Spa is 25 miles from Punta Cana International Airport.
While the resort is in an isolated area, it has three vehicles and offers guests a four-hour sightseeing expedition to Altos de Chavon as well as transportation to shopping, golf, and other activities.
Agua also provides helicopter service to local airports and other sites.
Agua Resort & Spa has the bad luck to be located next door to a shabby piece of property that’s overgrown with weeds and has an abandoned, decaying building on it.
While this eyesore can’t be seen from inside the rooms, the view walking to and from the lobby, shops, and other centrally-located facilities is less than pleasing.
Agua Resort & Spa offers heightened privacy and isolation, providing guests with a true getaway. Couples who want a more lively experience may find its ambience too sedate.
Agua Resort & Spa
Uvero Alto, Dominican Republic
809-468-0000 or 866-757-AGUA
Official Agua Resort & Spa Web Site
