Puerto Plata is an immensely rich province due to its land
and cattle production and developed tourism industry.
It is a land of sugar cane, rice, rum and tobacco. It also
has the most important amber mines. Practically all of its
coast has been included in ambitious tourism projects.
The city of Puerto Plata is the province capital. It was founded
in 1496 by Bartholomew Columbus, at the foot of Isabel de Torres
Hill.
It is a city with a strong Victorian style. The San Felipe
Fort is one of its colonial relics. Among its other attractions
is the cableway that rises to the top of the Isabel de Torres
Hill and an important Amber Museum. It also has the second
most important airport in the country.
The
weather is humid, very good in the summer and fair in the
winter. There are remnants of the forest vegetation, the
most relevant are located in the Septentrional Mountain Range
and the groves at the mouth of the Caño Orí.
The fringe of the Puerto Plata coast was declared the National
Park of the Puerto Plata Coast; the Isabel de Torres Hill
was also declared a National Park. Hostels in Puerto Plata |
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