Feature Article #1
Puerto Plata ¡Hot! Magazine: a regional visitors guide
Browse and download our free print-friendly Regional Visitors Guide to carry with you on vacation! Worth more than the ink it’s printed with, this guide features coupons and special offers from local businesses that save you money and help you find what you’re looking for. Click here to check it out!
Feature Article #2
DR Ministry of Tourism Reassures Visitors: Puerto Plata and Other Cities are Receiving Tourists
All of the DR’s beaches, hotels, resorts and tourism businesses are conducting normal business operations, says ministry
Feature Article #4
Eco-lodge owner goes the extra mile for self-guided travelers in the Dominican Republic
“Quit trying to micro-plan from your desktop”, says this ecolodge’s owner, who gives his guests a country orientation, selected pre-inspected small hotels to move around to and a local cell phone to stay connected.
Feature Article #5
Cigar factory photos: “Made by Hands” in Dominican Republic
Post card collection depicts the hands of people at work rolling fine cigars in the Dominican Republic. Photographed by Owen Franken in 2007 at Luis Cuevas factory, a duotone treatment of these recent pictures emphasizes how this caring, handmade process is a tradition that has gone unchanged since its very beginnings.
Feature Article #6
Photo Gallery: The women of 118 Sanchez St.
“They live on Calle Sanchez 118 A in Puerto Plata, a mother and daughter,” says Carina, from Sweden, whose profiles of life in her chosen city are both colorful and sensitive. “I follow them, and I take at least one photograph each day of them”
Feature Article #7
Work advances on new Samana highway loop
Photo: Cliff blasting on the new coastal road to Las TerrenasNAGUA, Dominican Republic.- Work is underway on the Boulevard Turistico del Atlantico, a $168 million highway project that will loop around the Samana Peninsula.
Feature Article #8
Luxuriating at Villa Castellamonte
How the rich live every day—you can rent it for a week. A correspondent recounts her experiences staying at the posh Villa Castellamonte in Cabrera near Playa Grande
Feature Article #9
Ocean World, the world’s first fully interactive marine park
At Ocean World, you swim with the dolphins, and the sea lions — and the sharks!
Feature Article #12
Sosua’s beginnings: a haven for Jews fleeing Hitler
The village of Sosua was founded by Jewish refugees from Hitler’s scourge
About This Site
The Puerto Plata Report is a online newsmagazine offering regional news and visitors information for Puerto Plata, Sosua, Cabarate and the north coast of the Dominican Republic
Luís Ginebra Ave 62, Plaza Amapola, 2nd floor
Tel: 809-261-4441 Fax 809-261-2559
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