On Sunday the 3rd of October ‘Fusión Bazart’ an event celebrating new and emerging artists from La Romana is taking place in the Casa de La Cultura. (Información en Español debajo.)
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Memories of Casa de Campo: Mysterious La Romana
In this week’s ‘Memories of casa de Campo’ post our wonderful weekly writer Carol Burke brings us photos and stories of down-town La Romana, which has now changed totally – many of the places Carol talks about have now disappeared altogether! For those of you who knew La Romana in the 1980’s this is a […]
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Memories of Casa de Campo: La Romana Landmarks
In this week’s ‘Memories of Casa de Campo’ post Carol Burke, our weekly writer take us on a journey through La Romana in the 1980’s – it’s interesting to see how La Romana has changed. In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. -– John Muir I’ve searched all the parks […]
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Memories of Casa de Campo: Exploring the Batey in the Year of the Oxen-1997
In this week’s ‘Memories of Casa de Campo’ post, Carol Burke recalls a visit to one of the Bateys in the La Romana region. ‘Batey’ is the name given to the town where the workers of the sugar cane fields live – as the main industry in La Romana and much of the Dominican Republic […]
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Memories of Casa de Campo: The Friday Market in La Romana
In this week’s ‘Memories of Casa de Campo’ post, Carol Burke remembers the weekly street market in La Romana town – which no longer takes place (I think..) Whoever said money can’t buy happiness simply didn’t know where to go shopping. – Bo Derek Every Friday La Romana had a street market where wayfaring vendors sold their […]
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Maqué Muebles: Modern and Rustic Furniture Solutions – special discounts!
Maqué Muebles is a new furniture store in La Romana, which specialises in beautifully handcrafted wooden designs and modern, practical furniture solutions. The following is a greeting from them – where they introduce themselves, their furniture and services to you and offer you a fantastic discount just in time for Mothers Day!
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Destino La Romana Florece Sin Basura: Extraordinaria Jornada de Limpieza abarca desde Cumayasa hasta Yuma
La Romana.- Con la participación record de 1,100 voluntarios que recolectaron más de 5,000 unidades de fundas de 55 galones, la Asociación de Hoteles La Romana Bayahibe celebró la novena versión de la jornada de limpieza anual que organiza en el marco de las acciones programadas dentro de la Campaña Ambiental Educativa La Romana Florece […]
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Learning to save at the Fundacion MIR’s boys school
Last Tuesday the 13th of April the Campo Nueva Esperanza, the Fundacion MIR’s boy’s school in La Romana received a very special visit from the Asociacion Romana de Ahorros y Prestamos (the La Romana association of savings and loans).
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Exploring Bayahibe: Los Lagos – restaurant on Dominicus beach
Dominicus beach, located just a short drive away from Casa de Campo (less than 30 mins) is a beautiful natural Dominican beach, which although not as nice as Playa Minitas in Casa de Campo is somewhere nice to visit for a change and to experience a little of real Dominican culture and life. Dominicus Beach, […]
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Teck Furniture Store – an Aladdin’s cave in La Romana
Walking into Teck furniture store feels like walking into Aladdin’s cave – it’s beautifully decorated and brimming with unique furniture pieces, statues, paintings, lamps and so much more.
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The Fundacion Lirio del Valle – putting smiles on faces
The Fundacion Lirio del Valle is a charity project which was started only a year ago, but since then has already improved the lives of many poor children in La Romana. The foundation was founded by Anna Maria Pla and Rosario Volquez, who with a mixed group of Dominican and Spanish volunteers began working to […]