{"id":70259,"date":"2015-11-10T22:49:59","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T22:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/?p=70259"},"modified":"2015-12-15T22:51:10","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T22:51:10","slug":"dr-makes-us-news-travel-best-of-caribbean-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2015\/11\/10\/dr-makes-us-news-travel-best-of-caribbean-list\/","title":{"rendered":"DR makes US News&#8217; Travel Best of Caribbean List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dominican Republic has been included on two of the Best of Caribbean travel lists of the US News &#038; World Report publication. <\/p>\n<p>Puerto Plata and Punta Cana are both included the &#8220;Best Affordable Caribbean Destinations&#8221; list. Interestingly, the destinations are given the same weight as countries such as Puerto Rico, Curacao, Jamaica, Grenada, Dominica, US Virgin Islands, Barbados, and St. Kitts and Nevis. <\/p>\n<p>The publication recommends a trip to Punta Cana: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thanks to a wealth of all-inclusive resorts, Punta Cana is an affordable haven for sun-worshippers. This resort town offers everything from pristine beaches and turquoise water to challenging golf courses and top-notch cuisine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And to Puerto Plata:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This Dominican Republic beach town offers plenty for those seeking off-resort activities. Here, you can enjoy water sports in Cabarete and jaw-dropping sights like the Damajaqua Cascades [sic]. And with daily nonstop flights from the U.S., getting to Puerto Plata is a cinch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the &#8220;beach bum&#8221; category, Punta Cana is on the Best Caribbean Beaches list. <\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/travel.usnews.com\/Rankings\/Best_Affordable_Caribbean_Destinations\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dominican Republic has been included on two of the Best of Caribbean travel lists of the US News &#038; World Report publication. Puerto Plata and Punta Cana are both included the &#8220;Best Affordable Caribbean Destinations&#8221; list. Interestingly, the destinations are given the same weight as countries such as Puerto Rico, Curacao, Jamaica, Grenada, Dominica, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2015\/11\/10\/dr-makes-us-news-travel-best-of-caribbean-list\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[247,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70259"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}