2012 Travel News ArchiveTravel

Rafael Nadal’s Playa Nueva Romana hotel

Last week Rafael Nadal, ranked the No. 2 tennis player in the world, received the keys for his beachfront villa in Playa Nueva Romana, a new development located 20kms west of La Romana city and 45 minutes from Santo Domingo. Playa Nueva Romana is a residential complex with beach and golf course. Also on the premises is the Hotel Gran Bahia Principe La Romana, part of the Grupo Pineiro that also has properties in Samana. Minister of Tourism Francisco Javier Garcia and Minister of Sports Felipe Payano, the Spanish ambassador in the Dominican Republic and the governor of San Pedro de Macoris were present for the occasion.