Carnival La Romana port stop

[marcyjane]

Sorry to post here but have search the ports of call boards and can't find a lot about La Romana stop as what excursion with Carnival to take for 2 senior ladies. Thanks for any help you can give us. :)

[SadieN]

We went to Taino Cave

http://www.carnival.com/shore-excursions/la-romana-dominican-republic/taino-indian-cave-and-la-romana-428042

Bit of an incline and some stairs.

 

Loved the caves (we like 'tourist' caves). Didn't like the shopping stop.

 

 

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[pusywillow]

We went to Taino Cave

http://www.carnival.com/shore-excursions/la-romana-dominican-republic/taino-indian-cave-and-la-romana-428042

Bit of an incline and some stairs.

 

Loved the caves (we like 'tourist' caves). Didn't like the shopping stop.

 

 

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We are a senior couple and going to La Romano also. I crossed the caves off my list when it mentioned 140 steps into the cave. Was it really easy and not slippery or steep?

 

We are signed up for the Top Ten tour.

 

Sue & Dave

[SadieN]

Stairs are steep by nature. Seemed to be a normal grade compared to US standards. Don't remember it being slippery.

 

 

 

 

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[Micahs Grandad]

There is an artist colony there that was kind of interesting and easily gotten too via public bus for about 5 bucks each.

[marcyjane]

Thank you all so much that helps. :)

[MeHeartCruising]

I was in La Romana in April. There isn't much to do at the pier. We got off the ship and walked around the shops but were done with that in less than 45 minutes. We are mid-50s guys and didn't find much that interested us in the way of excursions. I did come close to booking a way to get to Altos de Chavon Village, which is the artist village mentioned above. Here's a link to Trip Advisors info about it.

 

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g147292-d149775-Reviews-Altos_de_Chavon_Village-La_Romana_La_Romana_Province_Dominican_Republic.html

 

When it came down to it, the artist village didn't sound like something that we wanted to do that day. So we spent the bulk of the day on the ship relaxing.

[mapsmith]

There is an artist colony there that was kind of interesting and easily gotten too via public bus for about 5 bucks each.

 

And most of the arts shops have really decent prices for really good stuff.

[riclop]

Sorry to post here but have search the ports of call boards and can't find a lot about La Romana stop as what excursion with Carnival to take for 2 senior ladies. Thanks for any help you can give us. :)

 

That port is a dump, stay on board.

[Fla Senior]

The best thing to do in La Romana is to relax and explore an empty ship!

[tattoos]

I have to agree with Fla Senior and Riclop, enjoy the empty ship. We have been to LaRomana twice and both times we walked around the port area for 30 minutes and got back on board. Some of the Carnival excursions are way too expensive for my pocketbook and I didn't want to book an excursion to a replica of a village...if I wanted to see a replica I'd go to Epcot.

[marcyjane]

I appreciate all of your suggestions and information.:)

[evandbob]

There are several resorts nearby that offer day passes if you want to relax that way. Dreams may be the one named in the ship's excursion but there are others that are closer.

[Alabaster Cruiser]

Question.... Anyone that walked around the port area.....Was there anywhere to pick up cheaper beer to take to the beach? Thanks

[cmptrwiz]

When we were there a few years ago we went on a private tour Saona island with Seavis tours

 

 

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[bar10der421]

We took an inexpensive van ride (maybe $7 pp) to Altos de Chavon. Had a very expensive not so good lunch and just walked around some and took a few pics. Not much there that we found very interesting. If we ever go back to La Romana we will stay on the ship.

[kimnicki]

We just got back yesterday and did the Catalina Island Beach excursion. I loved it, but I'm a beach person.

[Micahs Grandad]

We have been there twice once went to the artist colony and the other walked around the port. Next time we would probably stay on the ship.