Palace Resorts has opened Moon Palace The Grand Punta Cana, the brand’s first resort in the Dominican Republic and the largest new all-inclusive to debut anywhere in the Caribbean this year. The 2,171-suite property began welcoming guests June 1, 2026, on the Punta Cana coast, capping a multi-year buildout that reshapes the high end of the Dominican Republic’s all-inclusive market.
What Makes Moon Palace The Grand Punta Cana the Caribbean’s Biggest New Resort
At 2,171 suites across two 18-story oceanfront towers, Moon Palace The Grand Punta Cana opens with more rooms than any other resort launched in the region in 2026. Palace Resorts says 66% of those suites carry direct ocean views — what the company calls the highest count of oceanfront accommodations in Dominican Republic history. The vertical design also let the developer preserve more than 228,000 square meters of natural vegetation, including roughly 400 meters of coastal mangrove.
The resort leans hard into family appeal. Its centerpiece, the Palace Castle Waterpark, wraps a castle in a lazy river and adds high-speed racer slides, wave pools, splash zones, and a FlowRider double wave simulator. Nine outdoor pools, 19 restaurants, eight snack venues, and eight bars round out a property built to keep multigenerational groups busy without leaving the gates.
Adults get their own marquee draw. The AWE Spa is the largest in Palace Resorts’ history and, the company says, the largest spa in the Dominican Republic, with a sprawling hydrotherapy circuit, steam rooms, saunas, and ice rooms. Golfers, meanwhile, get an 18-hole course carrying the Greg Norman Eco Signature Design name.
Accommodations scale from Grand Superior Deluxe rooms of roughly 635 to 840 square feet up to Grand Presidential suites that reach 2,637 square feet. Opening-week rates started around $849 per night all-inclusive for a Grand Superior Deluxe Golf View room, with swim-up suites listed near $1,403 per night.
The opening lands as the Dominican Republic continues a building boom: three new Lopesan resorts debuted in Punta Cana in May 2026, adding more than 1,000 rooms just weeks before Moon Palace’s larger arrival.
Quick Facts: Moon Palace The Grand Punta Cana
- Opened: June 1, 2026
- Location: Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- Operator: Palace Resorts (its first Dominican Republic property)
- Suites: 2,171, with about 66% offering direct ocean views
- Layout: Two 18-story oceanfront towers
- Water park: Palace Castle Waterpark — lazy river, racer slides, wave pools, and a FlowRider double wave simulator
- Dining: 19 restaurants, 8 snack venues, 8 bars, plus 9 outdoor pools
- Spa: AWE Spa — largest in the Palace Resorts brand and, per the company, the largest in the Dominican Republic
- Golf: 18-hole Greg Norman Eco Signature Design course
- Opening rates: From about $849/night all-inclusive (Grand Superior Deluxe Golf View); swim-up suites near $1,403/night
Why It Matters for 2026 Travelers
For families weighing a Dominican Republic all-inclusive this year, Moon Palace The Grand adds a large new option with a water park and dining lineup aimed squarely at groups traveling with kids. It also intensifies competition in Punta Cana, where new supply from Lopesan and others is giving travelers more choices — and more reasons to compare resorts carefully before booking. (See our coverage of the new Lopesan resorts in Punta Cana.)
Sorting through a 2,000-plus-suite mega-resort — and deciding whether it beats a smaller, more intimate property for your trip — is exactly the kind of call worth running past an expert. The team at Pixie Vacations plans all-inclusive Caribbean and family getaways at no added cost and can match the right resort, room category, and dates to your group before you commit.
Source: The Palace Company — Moon Palace The Grand Punta Cana press room; reporting via Caribbean Journal.
