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Puerto Plata · the Dominican Republic Capital
In the destination Puerto Plata, Sosúa and Cabarete.
In the photo: Fortaleza San Felipe
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Puerto Plata is the main city on the north coast, with a center of wooden Victorian houses around Parque Central, the 16th-century Fortaleza San Felipe by the seafront, and the Amber Museum. A cable car rises to Loma Isabel de Torres, with a Christ statue and a garden at the top. To the east lies Playa Dorada; inland are the Damajagua waterfalls.
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The local experience
A 1975 cable car rises about 790 meters to the top of Loma Isabel de Torres, with an open-armed Christ statue, a botanical garden and views of the entire Amber Coast.
A Spanish fortress from 1577 on the tip of Puerto Plata’s malecón, the only colonial building remaining in the city, with a small museum and views of the harbor.
A museum in a Victorian house in downtown Puerto Plata dedicated to Dominican amber, with pieces that preserve insects, plants and even small animals trapped millions of years ago.
The golden-sand beach east of Puerto Plata, with coconut palms and Atlantic waters, in front of a hotel complex and golf course.
A sequence of 27 waterfalls and pools in a limestone canyon near Imbert, descended by jumping, sliding and swimming, with helmet and life vest.
