La Romana?? Whats There?

[kiraryker]

I noticed this was a stop on our Southern Caribbean cruise - any ideas on things to do?

[dot73]

I will be on Princess with that stop. They are showing no excursions yet. It sounds like this is a brand new stop.

[sweet]

There is a resort there and you pay around 50.00 pp to use their beach..Caso de Campo. It is a stay on the ship day from what i hear from most other people. !!!!

[kiraryker]

We were there in January - Carnival - we took a bus to the main town square where they had an open market - bad choice - the locals just harassed us to the point of being scary and it was horrible - glad we didn't have our kids along they would've been frightened.

 

We couldn't find our bus back so we walked along the street and found 2 bank guards with guns standing outside the bank - they didn't speak english so they were of no help - then a local came up to us and told us he knew where the Carnival bus was to take us back to the ship - well after many "stops" at local shops along the way - which they must pay him to bring in tourists - wasn't so bad - we shopped and found many local hand made beautiful plates & canvas paintings - finally after making our purchases he took us to the bus which held some families with small children that told us just what we thought - the kids were frightened.

 

So I guess I would avoid the open market if you have children - but take a look at the shops on the side streets - beautiful hand made items.