The Good Samaritan General Hospital Foundation’s second annual charity golf tournament was scheduled to take place last Saturday the 21st of May but due to heavy rain had to be postponed! The Tournament will now be played on Saturday the 4th of June – so if you haven’t yet signed up, thanks to last weekend’s […]
Category: Local News
Posted inAltos de Chavon, Casa de Campo Resort, Events and Activities, Headline, Local News, Sports, Upcoming
Casa de Campo primes to claim title of the ‘World’s Leading Golf Resort’ for the 5th consecutive year!
Casa de Campo, the World’s Leading Golf Resort (2010), is making preparations to hopefully claim this coveted title for 2011 – with the completion of a new golf course and driving range, as well as the complete renovation of ‘The Links’ golf course and the driving range at the Teeth of the Dog.
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Bazaar Primavera: Black Jack with the Casino Diamante Dominicus Bayahibe!
On Saturday the 14th of May, in Altos de Chavón amongst the ‘Bazaar Primavera’, bustling street fair and market, Casa de Campo’s risk-takers indulged in a little Poker and Black Jack with the Casino Diamante Dominicus Bayahibe! (Articulo sobre el Bazaar Primavera en Español debajo.)
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AHOY, MATEYS! It’s “A Pirates Life” at Casa de Campo!
It’s “A Pirates Life” has transformed Casa de Campo’s Bonche/Family Fun Zone into a swashbuckling adventure area! “Pirates Life” is a Casa de Campo hotel family promotion package which includes accommodation for only $574/night for a family of four as well as a whole host of pirate-themed family activities (full details below)!
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New Movies and Times: May 26th – June 1st
This week the Marina Casa de Campo cinema brings us 3 new movies; ‘Pirates of the Caribbean; On Stranger Tides‘ and ‘You Will Meet A Tall dark Stranger’ and ‘Water For Elephants’, still playing is ‘Winnie the Pooh‘ and sadly ‘Limitless’ is no longer playing! Pirates of the Caribbean; On Stranger Tides [view trailer, read review] […]
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My First Visit to Casa de Campo by Courtney Greenberg
Back in February this year, Courtney Greenberg a student from Canada discovered Casa de Campo for the first time and fell in love with our little piece of paradise (quiet understandably), here she shares with us a tale of her time here, illustrated with a few of her own photos.
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Save the date: The HOEDOWN 2011, Sat. July 2nd!
That’s right cowboys and girls! ‘The Hoedown’ is back and will (hopefully) take place on Saturday the 2nd of July! (Información debajo en Español!)
Posted inAltos de Chavon, Art and Culture, Events and Activities, Local News, Upcoming
The Altos de Chavón School ‘End of Year’ Exhibit Opens Today!
UPDATE! This exhibit will be opening on Thursday the 26th of May. For the students of the Altos de Chavón School of Art and Design, this is their last week of school and to celebrate the end of the school year, the school and the students are presenting an ‘End of Year’ exhibit which opens […]
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Only in the DR: Dan Taun!!!!
The lights are much brighter there, forget all your troubles, forget all your cares, so go DAN TAUN, where all the lights are bright, DAN TAUN, waiting for you tonight, DAN TAUN, you’re going to be alright – DAN TAUN!
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Casa de Campo Golf: Summer Maintenance Schedule 2011
Casa de Campo is famous for it’s beautiful Pete Dye designed golf courses; the Links, the Teeth of the Dog, the Dye Fore and soon the new ‘9’ near the Dye Fore, as well as the La Romana Country Club golf course – but sadly the courses have to be closed once a year for […]
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Parties in Casa: Curry and Spice with Mignon!
We LOVE parties in Casa de Campo (and we love curry), so when we were invited to Mignon Bellini’s Casa de Campo villa for her legendary ‘Indian Night’ we were thrilled – the fact that the dress code required us to wear something Indian caused us a few wardrobe malfunctions – but the food and […]