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Puerto Plata at a glance

Practical information to make sure your vacation gets off to a good start

Puerto Plata

Don't forget…

  • See the gingerbread houses in the Victorian part of Puerto Plata

  • Find out how rum is made. And taste it, too!

  • Live longer after sipping the mysterious Mamajuana health drink

  • Swing your hips to the rhythmic beat of the merengue

Transportation and accommodations

Culinary highlights

In Puerto Plata, you can taste delicious Dominican food or choose from international dishes.

  • Acuarela Garden Café: an artistic experience

  • Hemingway's Café: after-dinner karaoke, live music or dancing

  • Pizzeria Roma II: pizzas with an Italian romantic touch

Active in Puerto Plata

Puerto Plata provides enough activities to make everyone happy.

  • Climbing mountains like Pico Duarte (10,416 feet) and La Pelona (10,107 feet)

  • Water sports at Costambar Beach

  • Diving or fishing at the Lupéron Marina

  • Make a whale safari from the Samaná Peninsula

  • Windsurf at Playa Cabarete or Playa Grande

Fun for the kids

Puerto Plata also has more than enough for the kids to do.

  • Visit the dark caves at Laguna Grí-Grí

  • Take the funicular up to Monte Isabel de Torres and look down on a world in miniature!

  • See how the real Pirates of the Caribbean lived by visiting Fort San Felip

Puerto Plata: practical tips

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