Before you start shopping in Punta Cana, you'll need to decide what currency you'll be paying with. Both the local currency, the Dominican peso, and the US dollar are available in the resort. But when paying with dollars, the rate will be significantly lower than if you exchange it for pesos in local banks. So before you go on a shopping tour in Punta Cana, it's worth exchanging the right currency in advance.
Punta Cana's major shopping malls are literally on nearby streets. If you need souvenirs, gifts, paintings, clothes, go to Plaza Punta Cana. If you're in the mood for a thorough shopping experience with a chance to relax in a fancy restaurant, then Mall Plaza Bavaro is the place to go.
Other shopping centers in Punta Cana are just as convenient and diverse in terms of the assortment offered, but are slightly inferior to these two in some points. For example, reviews about shopping in Punta Cana at Palma Real Shopping have complaints about the high prices. But tourists like to go here to sit at the branded Hard Rock Cafe Punta Cana.
Souvenir lovers give positive reviews of shopping in Punta Cana at El Cortesito FleaMarket, which has a variety of stores nearby.
Decent outlet stores in Punta Cana are not popular, so they are not easy to find. But there is a good outlet near Punta Cana, which is a 50-minute drive from the resort. The Iberia hypermarket, located in Iguay, is considered one of the largest in the whole of the Dominican Republic.
