Best Chapel Destination Wedding Venues in Punta Cana

Every resort chapel in the Dominican Republic is in Punta Cana. Seven of them, within a few miles of each other along the Bavaro coast, which makes this the most concentrated choice of on-site wedding chapels anywhere in the Caribbean.

They come in exactly two sizes, and the difference shapes the entire day. Two are full churches seating 150, which hold a complete guest list and let the ceremony and the celebration run as one continuous event. Five are small chapels seating 30, which means the Mass is for close family and everyone else joins afterward.

Deciding which of those two days you want narrows seven options to two or five immediately. Below is each one, what it pairs with, and how the afternoon actually runs. Our Certified Destination Wedding Specialists can confirm what each resort arranges with the local parish for your destination wedding.

Best Chapel Destination Wedding Venues at Top Punta Cana Resorts

Here’s every one of them, starting with the two churches that hold a full guest list and then the five chapels built for close family.

1. Barcelo Bavaro Palace

Barcelo Bavaro Palace has an Iglesia seating 150, and it’s a 4.5-star, large, family-friendly resort.

At 150, the church holds everyone, so the day runs straight through rather than splitting into a small ceremony and a separate party. The reception options match: ballrooms for 300, a 150-guest garden and beach venues on the same grounds. For a religious wedding where the whole guest list should be present for the vows, this and its sister property are the only two answers in the country.

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2. Barcelo Bavaro Beach

Barcelo Bavaro Beach is the four-star adults-only property within the same Bavaro complex, also with an Iglesia for 150.

The two Barcelo properties sit side by side and share the grounds, so a wedding party can split between them by preference. If your guest list is entirely adults, this is the version to look at; if children are coming, the Palace side accommodates them, and the church is the same. Ballrooms for 300 and Bar Higuey for 100 handle the evening.

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3. Majestic Colonial Punta Cana

 

Majestic Colonial Punta Cana has a 30-guest chapel paired with a 250-guest Beach Gazebo, a 300-guest Beach Area, a 300-guest conference room and an 80-guest ballroom.

That spread makes it the most flexible of the small-chapel properties. The chapel takes close family, the gazebo takes the ceremony blessing or the larger celebration, and the conference room covers a weather move without cutting the guest list. It’s four-star and family-friendly, handling five ceremony formats.

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4. Majestic Elegance Punta Cana

Majestic Elegance Punta Cana runs the same arrangement at 4.5 stars: a 30-guest chapel, a 250-guest Beach Gazebo, a 300-guest Beach Area and a 100-guest Presidential Suite Terrace.

The half-star difference from its sister property shows in the rooms rather than the venues, which matters most across a four-night stay for a large family group. The Presidential Suite Terrace is the addition worth noting, giving a 100-guest cocktail hour somewhere elevated between the chapel and the beach.

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5. Majestic Mirage Punta Cana

Majestic Mirage Punta Cana completes the trio, 4.5-star and large, with a 30-guest chapel, a 250-guest Beach Gazebo, a 300-guest Beach Area and an 80-guest Mirage Ballroom.

It’s the newest of the three and the one usually described as the most upmarket, with a suite-led room product. For a chapel wedding where the week around the ceremony should feel like a holiday rather than a logistics exercise, that difference in the accommodation is where it shows. It handles Catholic, Jewish, South Asian, civil, and symbolic ceremonies.

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6. Caribe Deluxe Princess

Caribe Deluxe Princess is a four-star, medium-sized, family-friendly resort pairing a 30-guest chapel with a 500-guest beach.

That’s the widest gap between ceremony and celebration of any chapel property here, and for some weddings it’s exactly right: thirty people for the Mass, five hundred on the sand afterward. At four stars, it’s also the most affordable way to combine a chapel ceremony with a very large reception, which is a combination the luxury properties can’t match on price.

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7. Tropical Deluxe Princess

Tropical Deluxe Princess is a four-star, medium-sized, family-friendly resort whose Private Tropical Chapel seats 30 and sits within the resort gardens rather than beside the main thoroughfare.

That setting is the distinction worth knowing. Most resort chapels here are architectural features placed near a lobby or a plaza, where guests walk past them all week. This one is tucked into planting, which gives the ceremony a quieter approach and a greener backdrop in photographs. It’s a medium property, so the coordinators aren’t running several weddings at once, and it handles Catholic, Jewish and South Asian ceremonies alongside civil and symbolic ones.

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More Information for Planning Your Chapel Destination Wedding in Punta Cana

A chapel ceremony runs on the Church’s timeline rather than the resort’s. Here’s what our Certified Destination Wedding Specialists start couples on.

Chapel Destination Wedding Venues Appeal

Having the chapel on the grounds removes the problem that makes religious destination weddings difficult. There’s no drive to a parish church in town, no coaches to schedule, and no gap where guests stand in the heat between the ceremony and the reception. People walk to the chapel, and they walk back.

The practical benefit is weather. A chapel is enclosed, which means a ceremony that doesn’t move, doesn’t get rescheduled, and isn’t uncomfortable in September. Guests stay cool, florals hold, and nobody squints through the vows. On a coast where hurricane season runs June to November, that certainty is worth planning around.

One legal point to settle early. Whether a religious ceremony here also creates a legal marriage depends on how it’s registered, and it works differently from Mexico, where a church ceremony has no civil effect at all. Ask your resort coordinator and your Certified Destination Wedding Specialist, and decide whether you’re adding a civil ceremony or marrying legally at home first.

Punta Cana Destination Wedding Cost

The average couple marrying in Punta Cana spends around $10,768 all in, covering the wedding package, accommodations, airfare, and add-ons. Rooms average roughly $390 per person per night across a typical four-night stay, with airfare of $200 to $1,000 per couple. Couples marrying here average 38 guests.

These averages reflect real spend data from couples who booked their destination wedding with our Certified Destination Wedding Specialists.

Budget separately for the religious side, since it sits outside the wedding package. A church offering or donation, the priest’s fee, document translations, and a civil ceremony if you’re adding one are the usual items. Chapel weddings also tend to bring more extended family than average, and guest count moves the total more than anything else.

Punta Cana Destination Wedding Packages

Resorts here offer complimentary and deposit-only wedding packages with a qualifying room block, running roughly $800 to $3,500 at entry tier, $4,000 to $8,000 mid-tier, and $9,000 to $17,000 and beyond for full productions.

The officiant included in a standard package is not a priest. Ask explicitly how the resort arranges a religious ceremony, which parish or priest serves the chapel, and what that substitution does to the price. It’s the most common gap between a quoted figure and a final one on chapel weddings.

Punta Cana Destination Wedding Travel Information

All six chapel resorts sit on the Bavaro coast, served by Punta Cana International with transfers of 20 to 30 minutes and the widest choice of direct flights in the Caribbean.

Allow more margin than a beach wedding needs. The priest’s schedule is fixed rather than flexible, religious paperwork gets reviewed locally, and if you’re adding a civil ceremony, its documents have to be submitted in advance. December through April is the driest stretch, and a chapel ceremony is one of the few formats unaffected by weather either way.

 

Punta Cana Chapel Destination Wedding Venue FAQs

Which Punta Cana resorts have a wedding chapel?

Seven, and all of them are in Punta Cana. Barcelo Bavaro Palace and Barcelo Bavaro Beach each have a church seating 150. Majestic Colonial, Majestic Elegance, Majestic Mirage, Caribe Deluxe Princess and Tropical Deluxe Princess each have a chapel seating 30.

How many guests fit in a Punta Cana resort chapel?

Either 150 or 30, with nothing in between. The two Barcelo churches hold a full guest list, while the five smaller chapels suit the couple and immediate family, with everyone else joining for the reception afterward.

Is a chapel wedding in Punta Cana legally binding?

It depends on how the marriage is registered, and it differs from Mexico, where a religious ceremony has no civil effect. Confirm the position with your resort coordinator and your Certified Destination Wedding Specialist, and decide early whether you’re adding a civil ceremony or marrying legally at home.

Get Ready to Plan a Chapel Destination Wedding in Punta Cana

Seven chapels along one stretch of coast, in two clear sizes, each attached to a resort that can hold the celebration afterward. Deciding whether the whole guest list should be in the ceremony settles most of the choice in a single step.

Fill out our online wedding planning form, and one of our Certified Destination Wedding Specialists will line the resort’s calendar up with what your parish needs.