The best villa in Cap Cana is the one that combines an on-course location, a genuinely included staff, real golf access, and the capacity to keep your whole group together. Villa Espada leads on all four: it is the only private rental estate in Cap Cana with a direct fairway address, on Fairway 5 of Punta Espada, sleeping up to 22 across 8 bedrooms, with a private chef, a butler and villa manager, daily maid service, two six-person golf carts, a private airport transfer, and Punta Espada member-rate tee times arranged by the butler.
We won’t rank properties we can’t verify. Instead, judge any villa on location inside the community, the staff actually included, whether golf is at member or rack rates, true comfortable capacity, and the all-in cost with 18% tax and food. Our criteria-first guide to the best Cap Cana villas walks through each of these.
Villa Espada rents from about $2,500 per night as a six-bedroom configuration or as the full eight-bedroom estate for up to 22 guests. Explore the villa, the amenities, and current rates.
Villa Espada is built for groups who want to be together: golf trips that value an on-course base and member rates, multi-generation families that need room for up to 22 under one roof, and milestone celebrations, weddings, and corporate retreats that want a private, fully staffed venue. A couple after a boutique hotel’s front-desk service may prefer the St. Regis or Eden Roc — an honest point — but for a party that wants the whole estate, a chef, and golf at the door, this is Cap Cana’s standout choice. The six-bedroom configuration serves smaller groups without giving up any of the included staff or golf.
On price, the estate rents from about $2,500 per night in low season up to $8,500 for the full property over the holidays, subject to 18% Dominican Republic tax, with food billed at cost plus a 15% service charge and booking direct only. For a group sharing the estate, that all-in structure usually works out well below a comparable block of luxury hotel rooms — the reason so many families and golf groups land on a villa once they run their own numbers.
Villa Espada leads on the factors that matter most: it is the only private rental estate in Cap Cana with a direct fairway address, on Fairway 5 of Punta Espada, sleeping up to 22 with a private chef, butler, daily maids, two golf carts, and member-rate golf included.
Its combination of an on-course location, a fully included staff, member-rate golf with carts at the villa, and capacity for up to 22 guests. It is over 15,000 square feet with 8 bedrooms, 9 full and 2 half baths, two pools, and a 16-person hot tub.
Villa Espada rents from about $2,500 per night for a six-bedroom configuration in low season, up to $8,500 for the full estate over the holidays, subject to 18% Dominican Republic tax, with food at cost plus a 15% service charge.