Puerto Plata is a municipality in the Dominican Republic, located in the province of Puerto Plata. It is one of the most populous cities in the Dominican Republic and the most important city on the north coast of the country. It is also the only city in the Dominican Republic where a large percentage of its population uses English as a second language both to communicate and to use it in the workplace, given the vocation of becoming a bilingual city.

It is one of the cities with the highest tourist activity in the country, where its main source of employment is the hospitality industry and tourist services, also being the only city in the Caribbean to have 2 high-level cruise ports, receiving up to 4 cruise ships simultaneously, also the The city has the most important commercial port in the northern region of the Dominican Republic and has the most important Victorian-style architectural conservation in the country in its cultural center, which is visited by thousands of tourists a year.

 10 Places to visit in PUERTO PLATA 

1. Cable Car : A visit to Puerto Plata is not complete without taking the cable car, the only one in the entire Caribbean area, which has operated continuously since 1975. This impressive 10-minute ride will take you through the air in one of the two cable cars at 800 meters above the magical landscape of Puerto Plata, with the sea to the north and the green plains that will eventually lead to the end of the tour, on Loma Isabel de Torres. Explore this nature reserve and its botanical garden, and enjoy the cable car ride again during your descent

The cable car has the function of going up to the popular Isabel de Torres hill, an elevation to the south of Puerto Plata of about 800 m in height. On the trip you can enjoy and admire the beautiful views of the city and the coast. Once at the top, the beautiful botanical gardens that surround the mountain offer the possibility of taking a pleasant walk. At the top of the hill, an impressive Christ the Redeemer welcomes the visitor with his arms outstretched.

2.Amber Museum : The Puerto Plata Amber Museum, located downtown in a Victorian-style house, has on display on several floors some of the most impressive stones of Dominican amber, including samples containing animal fossils. In a room designed like a cave, you can see in the foreground stones containing a 17-inch lizard, a scorpion, a centipede, a wasp nest, and two mating beetles, all of which date back 15 to 20 million years. There are also amber stones with butterflies and flowers.

3. 27 POOLS OF DAMAJAGUA

Puerto Plata's biggest attraction offers you a day of hiking through dense forests, crossing bridges and discovering numerous species of flora, before reaching the top of a rocky hill from where you will begin your descent either by jumping or sliding down a series of waterfalls

4. MILITARY POOLS

Completely off the list of usual attractions, you'll find three waterfalls tumbling into deep blue pools, called “God's Pool”. You will walk for an hour seeing typical scenes of Puerto Plata village life, and climb a short series of rocks until you reach the Charco de los Militares, where natural pools fed by the river await you.

5.  Ocean World 

Ocean World is an amusement complex located in Cofresi with a water park, marina, casino, restaurants, nightclubs... Everything you need to have a good time is this the most complete leisure complex in the Dominican Republic.

In this place we can find aquatic animals with which you can swim like dolphins among others ...

6. Cathedral of San Felipe Apostol

Built in 1502, destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1929, the cathedral stands in the city's central park. Nno of the main tourist places in the city.Located in the historic center of the city of Puerto Plata, the San Felipe Apóstol Cathedral is an impressive example of modern Victorian architectural style, and one of the most visited religious buildings on the north coast of the Dominican Republic for its historical and cultural value.

7. Central Park

The city's main center of activity, Parque Independencia, also called Parque Central, is the centerpiece of the city of Puerto Plata, framed by palm trees and surrounded on all sides by pastel-colored Victorian houses. The white Cathedral of the Apostle San Felipe towers over the plaza, where Puerto Plata residents relax day and night with friends and family.

8.Brugal rum factory

In Puerto Plata there is the Brugal rum distillery is one of the oldest rum factories (1888) in the Dominican Republic, The largest producer of traditional rum in the country since 1888, Brugal is aged in around 200,000 American white oak barrels in the distillery of the city of Puerto Plata.

9. SAN FELIPE FORTRESS

One of the most important colonial military structures in the Caribbean, converted into a museum, was built by the Spanish in the 16th century to defend the north coast of the Dominican Republic. Touring the fort you'll discover the original cannons looking out over the Atlantic, ancient weapons and numerous hidden chambers.

10 . PUERTO PLATA BOARD

One of the most beautiful beachfront boulevards in the Dominican Republic, with multiple white sand beaches that line the main avenue of the city. Enjoy the breeze, have a drink at sunset or walk along the Malecon to Long Beach.

This is puerto plata , a city full of happy and humble people, there is much more than you think in this beautiful city, what are you waiting for visiting ? and enter an adventure that you will never forget...