Round by round
The defining split. Secrets Royal Beach Punta Cana runs 639 rooms with 8 restaurants and 4 pools. Punta Cana Princess runs 270 rooms with 5 restaurants and a single pool. One is a small town, the other is a hotel.
Punta Cana Princess carries the higher overall guest rating despite the smaller inventory, which is a familiar pattern: fewer rooms, fewer queues, fewer things to go wrong. Check the service scores below in particular.
Secrets Royal Beach Punta Cana has the wider choice at 8 restaurants to 5. On a longer stay that matters; on four nights it may not.
4 at Secrets Royal Beach Punta Cana against 1 at Punta Cana Princess. If a pool day is the point of the trip rather than the backdrop, that is a real gap.
These price differently, and the value scores below are the honest way to read it against the room class you would actually book.
The verdict
Punta Cana Princess is the better-rated resort and the one to pick if you want a quieter, more manageable adults-only week and can live with one pool and five restaurants. Secrets Royal Beach Punta Cana is the choice when you want variety and scale, a bigger pool complex and somewhere new to eat every night, and you accept that 639 rooms come with 639 rooms' worth of other guests.
Frequently asked questions
Are both adults-only?
Yes, both Secrets Royal Beach Punta Cana and Punta Cana Princess are adults-only, so neither takes children.
Which is bigger?
Secrets Royal Beach Punta Cana, substantially: 639 rooms against 270 at Punta Cana Princess.