Two side trips we wanted to take this year while in Cap Cana were the Trump development and the marina area. So we did.
Trump Cap Cana
What a disappointment, prolly more so than anywhere on the island we've seen.
The Donald, have you even visited your Dominican namesake recently? You should. Because you'd be embarassed.
After all the hype...wow. Nothing. Maybe less than nothing. Besides the Farallon restaurant (which is very nice) the entire area...including the Trump signs...looks like a bad B movie: sand piles, rusty electric boxes, cactus, dead flowers, crap all over the paved road, and signs falling apart.
What a joke.
A 180 degree panarama standing in the middle, east of the restaurant:
That's it! This picture wasn't taken to show Trump Cap Cana badly. That is what you see everywhere. It is comical to see all this...nothingness...and still see a helipad with room for 6 helicopters...and even rocks, sand and brush all over it.
Cap Cana Marina:
This was like a science fiction movie, where the humans are gone but the buildings remain.
It is a truly gorgeous development. The condos are cool, the marina spectacular, and the ambience a little like Venice with neat canals. A stylish commericial area is well planned for shops and restaurants...with nobody there.
It was empty on the weekend of the PGA tournament, a week before holy week in season.
We didn't see more than 20 people in total. We asked the waiters of a nice, classy restaurant how business was...they were standing around at 6:30pm with no customers... and all they did was shrug.
Very weird: unbelievable planning and execution with NO people.
Additionally, the area around Punta Espada Golf Club showed margin development since a year ago. There are dozens and dozens of unfinished condos and villas obviously not being built anymore.
Trump Cap Cana
What a disappointment, prolly more so than anywhere on the island we've seen.
The Donald, have you even visited your Dominican namesake recently? You should. Because you'd be embarassed.
After all the hype...wow. Nothing. Maybe less than nothing. Besides the Farallon restaurant (which is very nice) the entire area...including the Trump signs...looks like a bad B movie: sand piles, rusty electric boxes, cactus, dead flowers, crap all over the paved road, and signs falling apart.
What a joke.
A 180 degree panarama standing in the middle, east of the restaurant:
That's it! This picture wasn't taken to show Trump Cap Cana badly. That is what you see everywhere. It is comical to see all this...nothingness...and still see a helipad with room for 6 helicopters...and even rocks, sand and brush all over it.
Cap Cana Marina:
This was like a science fiction movie, where the humans are gone but the buildings remain.
It is a truly gorgeous development. The condos are cool, the marina spectacular, and the ambience a little like Venice with neat canals. A stylish commericial area is well planned for shops and restaurants...with nobody there.
It was empty on the weekend of the PGA tournament, a week before holy week in season.
We didn't see more than 20 people in total. We asked the waiters of a nice, classy restaurant how business was...they were standing around at 6:30pm with no customers... and all they did was shrug.
Very weird: unbelievable planning and execution with NO people.
Additionally, the area around Punta Espada Golf Club showed margin development since a year ago. There are dozens and dozens of unfinished condos and villas obviously not being built anymore.
