Puerto Plata
Good to know
- Best time to go
- November to April; the north coast is greener but wetter than the east
- Budget
- $$
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
The Dominican north coast's main city sits between the Atlantic and the fortress-topped Mount Isabel de Torres, reached by the Caribbean's only aerial cable car. Its center preserves gingerbread Victorian houses, an amber museum, and the 16th-century San Felipe fortress. The renovated waterfront and nearby Playa Dorada resorts have revived the area as an alternative to the island's east coast.
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