The resort boasts a selection of 13 pools for guests to enjoy There are a lot of choices, albeit very pleasurable ones, to make when you’re staying at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Punta Cana, the largest resort in the Dominican Republic. Speaking of decisions, I also had to choose which of the 15 restaurants I was going to eat in that evening. It was just after 6am and having just risen from my slumber and venturing out onto the already sun-drenched balcony, I was faced with a dilemma. Which of the 13 pools was I going to lounge around today?