Apartment for rent in Costambar-Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
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Our apartment is now available for long or short term rental. It is a cozy studio apartment with fully equiped kitchen,dining area, bathroom, air condition, back up generator, parking, security, maid service, pc with 24 hour internet access, 1 minute walk to the beach and close to supermarket, restaurants, taxi service, excursions, tennis court, about 3 miles to and Ocean World and 3 miles to the centre of Puerto Plata.For further information write to www.luzcace.codetel.net.do or call (1) 809 223 2295 or (1)809 970 3187 after 7 pm.
Visit at the pottery – Part 2
Last week we had some visitors from Ecuador, and boy had they fun. After exploring all the different processes of clay making, which is the base for Amparos decorative pieces.
After that they experienced the turn table, which is a replica used thousands of years ago by Chinese, introduced by the Spaniards and then the used by the inhabitants of the island.
Also they enjoyed the kiln, a replica made by an Dominican expert, used to burn the different items. Next it was time for those you wanted to leave their permanent hand prints on the wall ( see picture) They also left their personal e-mail addresses in our visitors book so we can keep in touch. After purchasing some of the arts sold in the store it was time again to continue the city tour, everybody left with a happy face and some new knowledge about the magic world of ceramic and terra cotta.
Ferry Santo Domingo, DR – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Starting May 1st, the company Ferries del Caribe will provide its marine transport service from Santo Domingo directly to the Puerto Pan-Americano, located in Isla Grande, San Juan.
In a statement, the company said the cruise-ferry ship Caribbean Express will continue its Monday, Wednesday and Friday schedule between Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic, now departing at 6 p.m. to arrive at both destinations the following morning at 8 p.m.
Ferries del Caribe president Nestor Gonzalez said they transferred operations to San Juan after its thousands of passengers and commercial customers demanded better facilities such as common areas and parking.
The shipper said the transfer of operations, now “capital to capital,” will save time and money for the ferry’s passengers and customers, because the previous port was Mayaguez. He said his company transports 170,000 passengers, 19,000 vehicles and 11,000 containers between both ports annually.
The company also plans to build its own terminal in the country, which according to what Ferries executives said during a recent visit, will be in the eastern Santo Domingo harbor Sans Souci.
Dominican Republic receives flights bound for Mexico
The vice president of the hoteliers and restaurateurs grouped in Asonahores Friday said more than 50 flights with tourists who were headed to Mexico will arrive in the country this week, after the H1N1 virus that affects that nation prompted a change of destination. Arturo Villanueva said those flights are being received via an agreement with Mexican hoteliers, as a show of solidarity. He said all the necessary preventive measures have been taken across the country’s ports and airports and all necessary equipment have been acquired to gauge body temperatures. The hotelier also lauded president Leonel Fernandez’s decision to allocate 50 million pesos to purchase antiviral medicine. Villanueva said in addition to the measures the authorities have taken in hospitals and hotel zones, any person with an abnormal body temperature is subjected to an examination.
Dominican hoteliers join forces to boost tourism in Puerto Plata
Puerto Plata.– Puerto Plata, the most important city in Dominican Republic’s north coast owns countless tourist attractions and sites of great historic and cultural value that should be taken better advantage of and put to better use. For this purpose, the Associations of Hotels, Restaurants and Tourism Business of Puerto Plata (Ashonorte), the Playa Dorada Hotel, Condominium and Commercial Establishment Owners Association (AHPD) and the Association of Hotels and Restaurants of Sosua and Cabarete (Ashoresoca) have joined forces and signed a strategic alliance. According to the document, the alliance will set in motion a plan to promote Puerto Plata as a tourist destination and will stimulate the creation of new businesses and complementary offers and will cooperate with the city´s Historic Center Office in its tasks of remodeling, beautifying and revitalizing this cultural and commercial area.
New designs at Luzcace
These are some of Amparos new creations, and it looks like they are a big hit. Puerto Plata City Tours are stopping at the shop at the Urbanizacion Atlantica, just behind the Brugal rum factory, people from all over the world are having fun , watching the girls making the necklaces, the guy at the pottery wheel and other staff painting and molding. Amparos faceless dolls are also a big seller, everyone is unique, everyone with a little difference in colour and shape.
Luzcace Pottery - Ceramic Art and fashion jewellery in Puerto Plata - DR 