Casa de Campo Resort and Villas
Casa de Campo is less a resort than a small country. Seven thousand acres on the south coast near La Romana hold three Pete Dye championship golf courses, a deep-water marina and yacht club, polo fields, an equestrian centre, a shooting centre, a racquet centre, a cliffside artisan village and a private hospital staffed around the clock, and every stay comes with a golf cart because walking it is not realistic. The anchor is Teeth of the Dog, the Dye course carved out of coral rock along the water, ranked the best in the Caribbean and reopened in 2026 after a complete restoration by Jerry Pate Design that refined the greens and fairways and rebuilt the bunkering to Dye's original shapes.
Traveler Insights
Pros
- +Teeth of the Dog, the Pete Dye course cut from coral rock along the Caribbean shoreline, is ranked the number one golf course in the Caribbean and reopened in 2026 after a complete restoration led by Jerry Pate Design: refined greens and fairways, bunkering rebuilt to Dye's original shapes, and upgraded practice facilities
- +Three Pete Dye championship courses, Teeth of the Dog, Dye Fore and The Links, plus weekly night golf events, so a golf week never repeats a round
- +7,000 acres with its own marina and yacht club, polo fields, an equestrian centre and dude ranch, a shooting centre and a racquet centre that now has pickleball, and a golf cart is included with every stay to get around it
- +Private villas come with dedicated staff, and the Premier Club suites added in the 2023 first phase of the expansion give a modern hotel-room alternative to the villa inventory
- +Altos de Chavon, the cliffside Mediterranean stone village on the property, holds working artist studios for pottery, weaving and silk screening, an art gallery, an archaeological museum, St Stanislaus Church and a 5,000-seat amphitheater that books international headline acts
- +The Spa and Wellness Center is the only Forbes Four-Star rated spa in the Dominican Republic, with 18,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor space and hydrothermal facilities after the expansion wrapped in July 2025
- +Three distinct pool areas rather than one: the adults-only infinity pool over the sea at Minitas Beach Club, a family pool with a lifeguard, shallow end and food trucks, and the main pool by the lobby with a swim-up bar and La Cana service
- +Genuinely serious kitchen depth for a non-all-inclusive resort, with SBG, Causa, La Piazzetta, Lago, La Casita, Chilango Taqueria and Minitas Beach Club all separate venues, plus a Food and Wine Festival each October (the fourth ran 9 to 10 October 2026 with Michael Mina, Joe Isidori, Hubert Keller and Gabriel Tejada)
Cons
- −La Romana's own airport, LRM, is five minutes from check-in but has thin scheduled service, so most travelers land at Punta Cana or Santo Domingo and drive about 50 minutes, or buy a charter or private flight into LRM
- −This is a European Plan resort first: the Casa Inclusive Package exists but the default booking is room only, and dining, golf, spa and excursions all bill separately, so the real cost of a week is well above the headline nightly rate
- −Golf is not in the all-inclusive package at all, and three championship courses at Caribbean-number-one prices is where the budget actually goes
- −The Casa Inclusive Package carves out the two restaurants most guests want most, Minitas Beach Club and SBG, and excludes bottles, the mini bar, premium bottled water and top-shelf liqueurs
- −7,000 acres means everything is a golf-cart drive: beach, village, marina and main lobby are genuinely far apart and nothing is a short stroll
- −Polo, equestrian, the shooting centre and the a la carte restaurants all run on their own schedules and the resort itself tells guests to book everything in advance during high season and holidays
- −The crowd skews wealthy Latin American, European and villa-owning, and the social temperature at the marina and the Veuve Clicquot sun club reflects that, which not everyone finds relaxing
The resort has been spending heavily. The first phase of a multi-phase expansion, inaugurated in 2023, brought the Premier Club suites and a new spa, and the 18,000 square foot Spa and Wellness Center, with hydrothermal facilities and 58 new golf-view rooms, came fully online in July 2025. It is the only Forbes Four-Star rated spa in the country. Dining is a la carte and the venues are individually run, from SBG and Causa to La Piazzetta, Lago, La Casita and Chilango Taqueria, with Minitas Beach Club on the sand and Genesis Nightclub for the late end of the night. Altos de Chavon, the Mediterranean stone village built above the Chavon River, is still the most unusual thing on any Caribbean resort property: working artist studios, an archaeological museum, a church and a 5,000-seat amphitheater that hosts real touring acts.
Two practical things decide whether this fits. First, the money model: Casa de Campo is European Plan by default, so a room rate here is a room rate, and the Casa Inclusive Package, which does cover meals at the signature restaurants, drinks by the glass, unlimited horseback riding, tennis, non-motorized water sports at Minitas, a round of skeet and the full children's program, still leaves out golf, Minitas Beach Club and SBG. Second, families do better here than the luxury-golf reputation suggests: supervised programs run in four age bands from toddlers through Bonche 4 Teens, nannies are trained in first aid and CPR, and there is a lifeguarded family pool with food trucks. Fly into LRM if you can, book activities before you arrive, and budget for the resort you actually use rather than the room you booked.
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Restaurants (8)
| Type | Restaurants |
|---|---|
| Buffet | Lago |
| Mexican | Chilango Taqueria |
| Italian | La Piazzetta |
| French | La Caña Restaurant & Bar |
| Mediterranean & Spanish | SBG, Minitas Beach Club & Restaurant, La Casita |
| International & fusion | Causa |
From the resort's own dining pages. Only restaurants the resort lists are shown.
What's nearby
25 min drive · 12 mi
25 min drive · 12 mi
Bayahíbe Beach25 min drive · 12 mi
Altos de Chavón6 min drive · 2.2 mi
Higüey40 min drive · 27 mi
Casa de Campo Marina9 min drive · 3.2 mi
More things to do (16)
- Dominicus Beach · beach25 min drive · 14 mi
- Teeth of the Dog · golf10 min drive · 2.5 mi
- Dye Fore · golf7 min drive · 2.3 mi
- Deep-sea fishing charter · excursion9 min drive · 3.2 mi
- Playa Caletón · beach10 min drive · 3.6 mi
- La Romana · town11 min drive · 4.4 mi
- Cueva Padre Nuestro · nature30 min drive · 12 mi
- Cueva de las Maravillas · nature30 min drive · 20 mi
- Basilica of Our Lady of Altagracia, Higüey · historic site40 min drive · 27 mi
- Juan Ponce de León Fort Museum · museum40 min drive · 23 mi
- San Pedro de Macorís Cathedral · historic site45 min drive · 32 mi
- Boca de Yuma · town50 min drive · 29 mi
- Cueva de Berna · nature50 min drive · 30 mi
- Juan Dolio Beach · beach60 min drive · 41 mi
- Los Marlins Golf Course · golf60 min drive · 41 mi
- Guayacanes Beach · beach60 min drive · 43 mi
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Seaweed & sargassum
Bayahibe & La Romana gets sargassum, typically worst June through August, when it arrives at all.See the month-by-month guide →Google Reviews★ 4.7 · 12,843 reviews
“Stayed in the villas and had a lovely time. Sebastian as taxi accommodated 8 people at a time, very pleasant, very knowledgeable and very prompt, on multiple days. I would return for the service alone”
“Our stay was absolutely wonderful! This resort delivers a true all-inclusive vacation experience. Their customer service is top notch—every staff member goes above and beyond to make you feel cared for. The rooms are beautiful, and the housekeeping a...”
“Casa de Campo Resort was absolutely exceptional. From the resort itself, to the food and the amazing friendly, helpful staff, it was amazing. My husband and I have recently returned from a week's all inclusive holiday and it was my husband's birthday...”
