appears to have been created for rest and contemplation. It is located far westward of the northwestern coast. With crystalline waters that run over a mantle of incredibly white sand, Manzanillo awaits a bold and daring investment than can transform it into the ultimate vacation spot without disturbing its spiritual and ecological balance.
• Where to Stay Consult the Hotel Directory in page 70.
• Where and What to Eat In any small restaurant or affordable cafeteria in or around town, one can enjoy the delicious regional dish chivo liniero, (goat dish) which has an exquisite, peculiar taste because the goat eats wild oregano daily and consequently, its meat is seasoned and even marinated while it is still alive.
• Info: Tourism Office 829-570-3744
Puerto Plata Between the sea and the mountains, 235 km from Santo Domingo, the “Bride of the Atlantic” awaits you.
Don Christopher Columbus arrived on its shores on January 11, 1493 and, admiring the shining sea, named it Puerto Plata (Silver Port). Surrounded by the beauty of a landscape somewhat indolently carved out of nature’s whim, emerges the majestic Loma Isabel de Torres at whose foot Don Bartolomé Colón founded the city in 1496. To the north are the waters of the Atlantic, its waves lapping over the beautiful beach of golden sand with a soothing murmur. To the west lies a small peninsula where the Castillo de San Felipe has stood since 1540; and to the east is Long Beach, a beautiful beach with a great extension of golden sand. A pine fossil resin from the miocene age, endowed the region with amber mines, the national gem that entraps millenary fossils. Since within the province lies one of the world’s largest amber deposits, this coast is known as the Costa de Ambar (Amber Coast).
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