Taking an award-winning photo of Casa de Campo can be as easy as rolling down your window on the drive home from work and snapping a shot with your cell phone. Year-round the resort has exceptional, vivid colors that pop out in its stonework, water, lush grounds, and magnificent skies. Below we share some epic, movie-worthy […]
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Casa de Campo’s beauty inspires phenomenal Instagram posts
Taking an award-winning photo of Casa de Campo can be as easy as rolling down your window on the drive home from work and snapping a shot with your cell phone. Year-round the resort has exceptional, vivid colors that pop out in its stonework, water, lush grounds, and magnificent skies. Below we share some epic, movie-worthy […]
Casa de Campo’s beauty inspires phenomenal Instagram posts
Taking an award-winning photo of Casa de Campo can be as easy as rolling down your window on the drive home from work and snapping a shot with your cell phone. Year-round the resort has exceptional, vivid colors that pop out in its stonework, water, lush grounds, and magnificent skies. Below we share some epic, movie-worthy […]
Last chance to see “Dos Años de Fotosafaris” at The Gallery in Altos de Chavón!
Have you really seen the Dominican Republic? From a map we know the country’s regions, their names and locations, and if we’re lucky we travel on the weekends to the island’s glorious beaches or to its scenic mountain tops, but through the cameras of twenty-two photographers a more unique view of our nation and the […]
“Savages” by Dominican artists Joao Rodríguez and George Heinsen invites us to remember our ancestral ways
The Gallery in Altos de Chavón is one of our favorite places to go when we want to immerse ourselves in some spectacular artwork and meet new artists. Throughout the year, they host various exhibitions with local and international artists, giving us just a small insight of what each artist was thinking at the moment of creating […]
Casa de Campo’s beauty inspires phenomenal Instagram posts
Taking an award-winning photo of Casa de Campo can be as easy as rolling down your window on the drive home from work and snapping a shot with your cell phone. Year-round the resort has exceptional, vivid colors that pop out in its stonework, water, lush grounds, and magnificent skies. Below we share some epic, movie-worthy […]
Nispero: A small deliciously sweet fruit!
The níspero, or how most of you might know it by the Dominican “loquat,” is a small seasonal fruit that is brown-skinned with a reddish pulp and long black seeds. This fruit is soft and very sweet with a distinctive flavor, while its flesh has a unique texture and can be peeled and eaten right […]
A Water Movement with Miriam Calzada
This interview was previously published in our sister publication, CasaLife magazine. Inspired by Miriam Calzada’s stunning photography and commitment to sharing the Dominican Republic’s changing environmental landscape with citizens near and far, we stopped by her home in Santo Domingo to view maps of the areas she’s charted and hear her determination to incite change. This […]
Chavoneros Stories: Edward Salcedo favors Realism and Dominican Life
A few years back we started a series called “Chavoneros Stories,” its been a while since we’ve given the series some TLC and we’re planning on revitalizing that now. Recently, the Altos de Chavón School of Design celebrated its 33rd graduation, adding a total of 68 graduates to what Stephen Kaplan referred to as “the brotherhood/sisterhood that […]
A Spiritual Retreat with Shaman Tupaq Songo
Recently, Casa de Campo had the pleasure of hosting the Holistic Bikini Bootcamp Retreat geared at helping you achieve happiness, healthiness and physical fitness with Kyra Montagu, Director of the Casa de Campo Spa. In one month’s time, a new retreat for all of our community yogis out there will travel to us from overseas and […]
Why do woodpeckers peck, & how to scare them away?
Hello, dear friends! If you spend most of your time at home, chances are you’ve heard an irritating pecking sound that seems to last forever… That, my friends, is the sound of a woodpecker, and it has gotten really common here in Casa de Campo these days.