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Now Larimar Resort

building in Bavaro Beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ7065415 ↗
Source-derived summary

Now Larimar Punta Cana is a former resort that was located on Bavaro Beach Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. It opened in late 2007. The resort sat on Bavaro Beach, which shares many other resort hotels. The resort, formally known as the EdenH Real Arena Resort, was operated by Now Resorts. The property is now owned and operated by Hyatt, as the Dreams Royal Beach Resort.

Rooms

There were 658 rooms. There were three types of rooms: Deluxe Rooms, Paradise Club Rooms, and 38 suites. The rooms were located in two parallel buildings that each have four floors.

Facilities

Facilities included five swimming pools, six restaurants, eight bars, one casino, a spa, Kids Club, Teens Club, gym and exercise center, Internet lounge, basketball courts, two tennis courts, volleyball courts on the pool and beach, bowling lanes, life-size chess games at the pool, conference and banquet facilities for up to 700 people, dry cleaning and laundry facilities, and lounge chairs were available at the beach and pools.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Now Larimar Resort” as building in Bavaro Beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Larimar, Resort and building.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2007. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Larimar, Resort and building providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Now Larimar Resort”, the useful work is to connect “building in Bavaro Beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7065415. Authority coordinates are 18.680, -68.416. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2007.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Now Larimar Resort”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Now Larimar Resort primary sources, Now Larimar Resort archive and Larimar research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Now Larimar Resort”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Now Larimar Resort” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.