Travel – Page 317

The Ministry of Environment is backing an ‘Ecotour’ route taking visitors to the National Aquarium, the Los Tres Ojos cave and the Cachon de la Rubia springs. The route uses buses that run on natural gas, costs RD$100 and includes the admission fee to these three natural attractions. The tours depart on the hour on …

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President Leonel Fernandez was in La Romana last week to formally inaugurate the La Estancia tourism and residential area located between La Romana city and Bayahibe. President Fernandez and Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia cut the symbolic ribbon marking the official opening of the US$120 million development. Once completed the development will feature a 27-hole …

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Mark Badgley and James Mischka will be showing their Spring Summer 2011 Collection and Tiffany jewelry store will take the front stage in Altos de Chavon at 8pm on Saturday, 22 January as part of the Magic Splendor for Life annual benefit held in La Romana. Tiffany has prepared its traditional Mystery Blue Box for …

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For the first time in the history of Dominican winter baseball, the playoffs will be played in the southeastern cities of La Romana and San Pedro de Macoris. The Estrellas Orientales won the right to dispute the Toros of La Romana in a final game they won 3-0 on Monday evening against the Gigantes del …

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The Bonao Santos de Palo arts group now has its own museum and sales center – the Bonao Exhibition Center and Wooden Saint Sculptures Gallery. The new center is located right on Duarte Highway next to the La Gran Parada shopping stop. The store/gallery was set up with the help of a contribution from the …

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This Saturday, 15 January the Ministry of Environment is inaugurating the country’s first land whale observation point. The observatory will be located at the southeastern Punta Balandra that is located where the Samana peninsula curves to the north. The observatory is easily accessible from Samana city. The inauguration coincides with the start of the 2011 …

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World celebrities chose to spend the Christmas and New Year holidays with friends and relatives in the Dominican Republic. La Romana’s Casa de Campo had a good number of famous faces. Diario Libre reports that Nobel Prize laureate Mario Vargas Llosa was here, as well as former Panamanian President Martin Torrijos and Mexican singer Marco …

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An exhibition has been opened at the pedestrian shopping mall, Calle El Conde in the Colonial City. The street was the center of fashion in the Dominican Republic, and is framed by dozens of outstanding examples of early 20th century architecture. The new exhibition, an initiative by Dominican architects with the support of the city …

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