Archive for October, 2010

NH Royal Beach, Punta Cana – resort map

We’ve had many enquiries asking for a legible NH Royal Beach resort map. So we contacted the resort and Jari Martinez, the Guest Services Supervisor at NH Royal Beach promptly sent us a PDF file. The file was too large for the web so we’ve tweaked it for visual clarity and file size, here it is…  Read More→

Categories : Other
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Punta Cana events and happenings for 2011…

Many of the events are not confirmed until the last minute. We’ll try to keep you up to date as best as we can.

January 2011

Sat 1st: New Years Day (public holiday) Read More→

Categories : Calendar
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Bavaro Brugal Merengue Festival

The Bavaro Brugal Merengue Festival in Punta Cana!

Date: 15 & 16 Oct 2010
Venue: Palma Real Shopping Plaza (see map)
Time: 8pm
Entrance is free to the public!

This fantastic event is organised by The Brugal Group and The Ministry of Tourism to promote tourism in Punta Cana. It’s the first time the event has come to the East of the island and will feature guest appearances by bachata artists as well as merengue artists.  Read More→

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Punta Cana resort news

How did we miss this?! Iberostar Hotels & Resorts have signed up Antonio Banderas as the new face of their “On vacation, we’re all Stars” ad campaign. The following publicity video was shot, alas not Punta Cana, but in Mexico. The setting of Iberostar Grand Hotel Paraiso Mexico was selected by Trip Advisor users – Damn! They should’ve voted for Punta Cana!

See this resource link – at the bottom there is a downloadable PDF detailing the film shoot with Banderas

http://prensa.iberostar.com/us/view_object.html?obj=155,c,3072

Categories : Dominicana
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Oct
13

Old & New

An old fashioned gas station not far from Macao beach, Punta Cana

 old punta cana gas station

A modern gas station at the Fruisa junction, Punta Cana

new punta cana gas station

Categories : Dominicana
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