La Isabela Beach was the first beach to lodge the European settlement in America. The beach has many trees with shadows and its landscape is ready for tourism; it is a quiet place you can visit taking into account that it is not one of the tourist points per excellence in Dominican Republic.

The beach is approximately 280 km from the center of the capital, the tour is very tedious so we recommend you to take a more than one day trip and using good transportation such as the ones offered by the tours offered by Caribe Tours Company.

In Punta Rusia you can enjoy other attractions such as incredible landscapes; there is also the National Park of Montecriti and the molehill called Cayo Arena; there is a little town in the zone called “Pueblito Pesquero” which has houses that seem to have stopped in the time. This place is beautiful for those picture lovers.

Punta Rusia Beach is not deep which is ideal for the family; its extension is enormous; the contrast caused by the majestic evening are worthy to be kept in our memories as well as the rest of beaches of Dominican Republic with its warm weather and waters.

Cayo Arena is one of the places you can not miss; it is just 20 minutes by boat. In Cayo Arena the sea waters are a mixture of green and blue color, the sand is soft and white. The average price of a four people pack from Punta Rusia to Cayo Arena is US$35 per person; this includes transportation and lunch; the company that offers the service is called Cayo Arena Tours and its phone number is 809 656 0020.

Bahía Príncipe San Juan Hotel is located on a beautiful private beach with 1.5 kms. Length surrounded by an exuberant vegetation of mangrove swamp. This hotel has a total of 941 full size double beds rooms or one king size, air conditioning, telephone, mini bar (water, sodas and beer), cable television, bathroom with hair dryer, security box (rent), terrace or balcony and room service.

Bahía Príncipe Hotel offers money exchange services, internet access (under a low additional cost), minimarket, children park, laundry service, bike renting, barbershop, gym, spa, Jacuzzi, conventions center, theater with night shows, sauna, 7 bars, discotheques and 6 restaurants.

In Bahía Príncipe San Juan Hotel you can enjoy a variety of restaurants; the main restaurant (international buffet style), where they serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. The Italian, Mexican and Mediterranean a la carte restaurants are also here. Besides, you will find “La Casita Blanca”, with drinks, snack and fast food till midnight.

From that schedule till dawn the snack bar “Pueblo Príncipe” is open. Its bars are located in the lobby, the swimming pool are, the theater and in other strategic places.
Bahía Príncipe San Juan, has two swimming pools, one of them with Jacuzzi, towel service, with a wide range of activities for entertainment, where there is a children zone with food, deck chair and umbrellas.

This hotel offers its guests leisure time activities such as windsurf, catamaran, tennis, sailing, basketball, beach volleyball, mountain biking, tennis, badminton, mini golf and diving, billiard and horse riding (under a low additional cost). Besides it is equipped for you to enjoy your vacations in a place to rest; it will be unforgettable for your children because it has special spaces for them such as the mini club with trained personnel to entertain them with different interactive activities.

Prices per night: from US$ 65.00
Telephone for Reservations: 1-809-226-1590

Barceló Bávaro Hotel is outstanding in its excellent gastronomy in its two restaurants; one of Spanish cooking and the other serves food in a buffet style. This all included four stars hotel will make you feel in family due to its employees’ hospitality.

Barceló Bávaro Casino Hotel has 236 rooms, 170 doubles and 66 junior suites; all of them are equipped with air conditioning, satellite TV, ironing table and iron, telephone, mini bar, garden or golf campus view, broad band internet, hair dryer, security box, balcony, shower, room service and all the necessary to prepare a delicious tea of coffee.

The facilities of Barceló Bávaro Casino Hotel are distributed as follows: gym, swimming pool for adults and children, casino (open 24 hours), show rooms, oratory, internet center discotheque, bars, restaurants and theater. Next to the restaurant there is the Barceló Bávaro Convention Center which is the most modern convention center in the entire Caribbean with a capacity of 5,000 people with its 24 rooms; besides you can enjoy the rest of the complex facilities.

Some of the services offered by the hotel you have daycare (under request), barbershop, doctor, bike renting, money exchange, handicapped people transportation, rent a car, trips, entertainment program and train express to Bavaro (mini train to take you to the different hotel within the complex).

For those who love sports Barceló Bávaro Casino Hotel offers a wide variety of sport activity such as catamaran, shuffle board, golf, water polo, diving, basketball, aerobics, biking, windsurfing, beach volleyball, tennis, gym, table tennis, dance classes, billiard, chess, sailing, kayak and mini golf.

In the swimming pool area different activities are developed for an entire active day and at night it offers daily shows in the show stage of “Tropicalissimo”.

Definitely, Barceló Bávaro Casino Hotel is an especial place, where you can have fun on your vacations along with your family, couple or friends.

Prices vary from US$ 94.00 per night per person.
Telephone: +1 809 686 5797

The reception is open 24 hours; it has two restaurants: Spanish gourmet and buffest style, which is used as a discotheque after midnight. In Barceló Bávaro Golf there are several stores, barbershop and there is a mini club and park for your children to enjoy; there is also room and laundry service.

The rooms are equipped with mini bar, direct telephone line, cable or satellite TV, balcony-terrace, full bathroom with a hair dryer, coffee maker, central air conditioning, security box ( with additional cost), bedroom-salon and a separate bedroom.

Barceló Bávaro Golf Hotel offers varied activities for those sports lovers such as: golf, with an 18 holes campus, tennis (6 tracks), sailing, kayak and/or canoe, submarine activities, beach volleyball, football and mini golf, water ski, catamaran. Under an additional cost it also offers windsurfing and diving classes; there is also a gym for those who love to be in shape.

Barceló Bávaro Golf Hotel, offers its guests air conditioning service in common zones, parking lots, bars, barbershop, night club, casino, money exchange, garage, conference room, deck chair, theater, adults and children swimming pool; it provides massages as well as medical services, bikes renting and laundry service under an additional cost.

Barceló Bávaro Golf Hotel offers the comfort of an all included pack with excellent price enjoying the sunny Bávaro Beaches in a very cozy environment with and excellent day and night entertainment.

Offers per night cost around US$ 94.00
Telephones for reservation:

• Spain: 902 101 001
• México and Costa Rica: 800 227 2356
• Rest of Central America: 506 220 1991
• Santo Domingo: 809 227 2356

This city has the Gregorio Luperón Airport, which receives national and international flights. Every year Puerto Plata celebrates two festivals which are of great importance for this city. One of them is Merengue Festival, which is celebrated the 1st week of October and the other one is the Cultural Festival, celebrated on the 3rd week of June and it lasts one week.

The Cultural Festival offers people a close look to Dominican Culture, where they can enjoy folkloric music, jazz, merengue, Tribal African music and other genres. There is also crafts sales and exhibition made by local artists.

The Festival is an excellent option to have a good time; the bars and discotheques of this place are open after the festival so you won’t get bored at all. The zone where such activity is accomplished is very close from hotels and there is always taxi service with drivers who know the best places in Puerto Plata.

Catalina Island is a majestic, white sand and beautiful beaches island. It has 10 square kilometers with great advantages as a tourist destination in Dominican Republic.

Catalina Island is one of the most beautiful beaches of the world; like many other Beaches of Dominican Republic water sports are practiced such as snorkeling y and diving; this latter is the most famous one thanks to the coral zones the island has.

It should also be mentioned the area called el Muro, which is one of the best places to dive in Dominican Republic. The beaches it as are in the northern, eastern, and western part but only the ones in the western part are used.

There are no houses within the island. To be able to visit it you have to check if the Hotel you’re staying in provides a tour to Catalina Island or if there’s a local tour operator.

Scherezade has 3 wide and majestic rooms with the capacity of lodging 200 people, which is ideal for all kind of social activities, such as: weddings, birthdays, baptisms, etc.

Here they serve the most exquisite Mediterranean, Dominican and international food.  Besides, they offer delicious and economic executive buffets from Monday to Saturday.  On Sundays they offer buffets gourmets to enjoy as a family.

Scherezade Restaurant has kept its quality and excellent service which has validated its place as one of the preferred Dominican restaurants. When you visit Santo Domingo, do not forget to prove why Scherezade is called the “Mediterranean Food Palace”.

Location:  #226 Roberto Pastoriza St., Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Telephone: +001 809 227 2323

Bávaro Princess All Suites Resort & Spa Hotel has a private beach which can not be valued due to its charm and beauty, with white sand, crystal water and many coconuts trees; it invites everyone to let their imagination fly and feel relaxed.

One of the advantages offered by the hotel to its guests is an All Included pack; services included are:

• 24 hours Reception
• Credit Cards payments
• Money Exchange
• Internet Corner*
• Stores*
• Rent a car*
• Laundry Service*
• Barbershop*

Its rooms are 1st quality and they’re divided in different categories as follows:

• Bungalows Suites
• Junior Suites
• Suites in Villages
• 2 Presidential Rooms

Bávaro Princess All Suites Hotel has a great variety of leisure and sport activities; it has ground and water sports and great night shows “worth of admiration.”

Concerning its gastronomic services, the hotel has two fabulous buffet restaurants and 5 restaurants a la cart such as La Hispaniola, which lodges 800 people; it is buffet restaurant; on the other hand El Chopin is very peculiar restaurant because when night arrives all the lights in restaurant are turned off, creating a romantic environment.

For those who love movement and dance, Bávaro Princess All Suites Resort & Spa Hotel has Areito Discotheque available with varied music.

These are some of the characteristics and comforts of this hotel. The others have to be discovered by yourself’ you’ll be surprised.  Don not forget to take pictures and send them to us in order to publish them.

For reservations, please call: 809 221 2311

*Additional payment per service

This museum emerges from the interest of exposing, protecting, preserving and spreading the cultural heritage of Dominican Republic, as well as enhancing the knowledge level about our origins and culture.

The Taino Art Museum is a necessary destination for who is interested in developing cultural tourist activities.  At visiting the museum you will be able to immerse yourself into the world of the first inhabitants of The Antilles, Tainos: indigenous people of beautiful appearance who lived in full harmony with their ecosystem and were isolated from the world known till then.

Taino Art Museum is located in Plaza Arawack, 2nd. Floor, in San Felipe,Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
Telephone: +001 809 586 7601