Today we invite you to visit the hospitable Dominican Republic , and in particular, its resort town of Puerto Plata. This paradise is built near the northern coast of the Dominican Republic. If you literally translate the name of this city into Russian, you get "Amber Coast". The Puerto Plata resort owes this name to the richest deposits of amber that are in its surroundings. It even happened to find one of the rarest types of amber - amber (black amber). And not far from this city are located several first-class beach resorts, so rest in these parts promises to be very interesting and diverse.
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General information
Do you know that this city was founded by Christopher Columbus himself? Having landed here, the first thing he was amazed at was the silvery glint from the water in the bay. This feature and influenced the name of the city, which began to be called the Silver Port. It was in this city that the first Mass was celebrated in the first church on the Promised Land. But since then, a lot of water has flowed under the bridge, Puerto Plata has grown into a big city with many hotels and a well-developed tourist infrastructure. In Puerto Plata is an international airport, where you can fly from almost anywhere in the world. The weather in Puerto Plata in the winter months (December-February) is the most suitable for a beach holiday. Do not be embarrassed that there are no decent beaches in the city itself, but there are two magnificent resorts in its vicinity - Bahia de Maimon and Playa Dorada. On their coast is a very beautiful nature, the cleanest beaches and there are all the components of beach holidays, which are so lacking in Puerto Plata. The nearest beach to Long Beach is located just a couple of hundred meters from the city's beaches. Nearby there is a wonderful place Luperon, which is very like the lovers of sea fishing with huge trophies. Fans of active water entertainment we recommend to visit one of the best resorts for windsurfing and kiteboarding - Cabarete. As you can see, there is already an attractive picture of the upcoming holiday, but you still do not know anything about the most interesting sights of the city of Puerto Plata!
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Excursions in the city of Puerto Plata must begin with a visit to the local water park. This structure and water park is difficult to name, it is a whole complex of lagoons, a wharf for yachts and other places of entertainment. In its territory, in addition to monitoring the marine life, you can see a large reserve for birds, as well as aviaries with a large number of predators, albinos from the family of felines. The oceanarium itself occupies a vast territory, a special impression is made by walking along a transparent tunnel that runs underwater.
Be sure to visit Fort San Flipe, which was erected by decree of the Spanish monarch Philip II in the XV century. Mainly, this strengthening helped to fight the city against pirate raids. For those, this place was a tasty piece of "pie", because here often sailed ships loaded with gold and silver. Later this place was no longer used as a defense complex, but as a prison. Today there is a museum inside, where an excellent collection of antiquities is collected, every guest of this city is obliged to see them. But, perhaps, the most interesting is an excursion to the local Amber Museum. Here you can learn the history of the mining of this stone, see a lot of artifacts - insects, forever frozen in the stone millions of years ago. Here you can see even samples of black, red, purple and even green and blue.
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We hope that you will like the trip to the Dominican Republic, and you will want to visit these regions again. Hospitable Puerto Plata is waiting for you to immerse in the unique atmosphere of this resort town!