Puerto Plata Private City Tour: Explore Dominican History and Culture at Your Own Pace
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124 Ratings
Puerto Plata
Discover the rich history and vibrant culture of Puerto Plata on a private city tour. Customize your itinerary, visit iconic landmarks, enjoy local cuisine, and explore the charming streets. Don't miss the cable car ride, botanical garden, and historic sites like Fort San Felipe. Perfect for history buffs and culture enthusiasts!
Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Del Oro Chocolate Factory - They will enjoy chocolate, the history of cocoa, machinery, and show them the process.
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Carbonated beverages
  • Bottled water
  • On-board WiFi
  • Lunch
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Entrance to the rum macorix factory.
  • Entrance to the museum of the San Felipe fortress.
  • Alcoholic Beverages
What's Not Included
  • ticket to enter the Puerto Plata cable car
Additional Information

This is a custom, private tour where you have the power to decide the sights to visit and the duration of stay at each location. You also get to decide when to begin and end your journey. The tour will be engagingly informative, enabling you to learn about Dominican history, national beverages, and a typical Dominican lunch inclusive. The tour includes a ride on the only Caribbean cable car, which was built in 1975 and uplifts you to the summit of Isabel Mountain, situated 2555 feet high. You can retire for a while in the botanical garden, visit the replica of Christ the Redeemer, and visit Fort San Felipe which was constructed in 1577 to safeguard the port from pirate invasions. You further have the opportunity to visit a cigar factory, an amber and larimar museum which maintains ancient stones, and gain more knowledge about them. Additionally, you can visit the Umbrella Street and the famed Pink Street, which was named in honor of Doña Blanca. You’ll also be taken to Central Park, which is surrounded by Victorian houses, and the San Felipe Cathedral established in 1502. The tour will also include a souvenir shopping break.

Location
Del Oro Chocolate Factory
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(124 Ratings)
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Lindsay_p
Mar 17, 2024
Fantastic Puerto Plata Shore Excursion - The Puerto Plata tour was a highlight of our vacation. The van was extremely comfortable. Ismael was fantastic guide. Our tour of the city center was fantastic. The lunch was one of our favorite meals of the trip. My kids loved the chocolate factory. There were three generations of our family on the tour, everyone had something they loved about it, and we all came away wanting to return to Puerto Plata.
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Manuel_t
Mar 16, 2024
Amazing - Very professional friendly and kind explained your. Had an amazing tour and Elias was extremely good . Took pictures for us and we as an amazing driver.
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Jeanpaulh968
Mar 15, 2024
A company you can trust - Trustworthy and very well organized, prices are ok. Cars aren't 100 percent clean but still ok. Friendly and respectful treatment.
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Tonya_t
Mar 11, 2024
Amazing DR Tour and Experience - Ismael was the absolute best tour guide! The private tour with just my husband & I was the best way to see the area. We loved seeing the most beautiful beach, the rum factory, the chocolate factory, having an amazing local lunch, the amber museum where we bought beautiful jewelry, umbrella street, San Felipe Apostol Cathedral & the city center. Fortaleza San Felipe, the 16th century fort built to defend the north coast of the Dominican Republic from the British and Dutch, and from French pirates was an amazing place to visit as well and see local vendors. This was the perfect short visit to the DR and would recommend Ismael and his company! Ismael Transfer Tours for your DR needs for sure!
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Dianegrahamraff
Mar 1, 2024
Friendly, Fun and Safe - Terrific day. Our guide was waiting for us exactly where they showed us in the pre-trip messages. We saw many things and had a terrific lunch. Our ship moved up our all aboard time, so we had to make adjustments to our itinerary, but our guide helped squeeze in all our priorities. So much better than the excursion offered from the cruise line.
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Lightpacker65885
Feb 26, 2024
Experience a Diverse View of Puerto Plata with Ismael - Ismael provided a whirlwind of cultural learning and experiences packed into one day. We saw a variety of key local sites and enjoyed a delicious Creole lunch all punctuated by Ismael's fun, informative commentary. The tour was available in Spanish, English, or in our case mixed based on participant knowledge. We enjoyed so much in one day, this tour is a do not miss!
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Fignart
Feb 26, 2024
Amazing Puerto Plata tour - like a local - Ismail did an amazing job showing us the ins and outs of Puerto Plata. Very personalized, professional and knowledgeable. Felt right at home with a local lunch, pointing out the history and culture. Saw more in one day on tour than sometimes longer excursions. Don’t miss out! I’d do it all over again
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Mariaha166
Feb 20, 2024
Excellent tour guides! - Ismael, Carina and their sweet little girl Ismel, were our guides for the day and they were absolutely lovely. They picked us up from our hotel and returned us at the end of the day. Very knowledgeable and friendly and we felt very safe by the end of our tour, that we actually arranged for them to pick us up and drive us to the airport when we left! Would 100% recommend this to anyone wanting to get out of their hotel and explore! Thank you!!
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Kristinasv3996ld
Feb 20, 2024
Bachelorette trip city tour through Puerto Plata! - Ismael was wonderful and so was his whole family, Carina and Ismel, made us all feel so safe and welcomed while exploring Puerto Plata. I would 100% book a tour with them again! We used them as our transportation to get to the airport because we felt so safe with them!
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W7437xpellieh
Feb 20, 2024
Incredible Experience - We LOVED our time with Ismael and his family! They treated us with such respect and kindness throughout the day and we had a blast. We had some dietary restrictions in our group so they took us to a place where everyone could eat and it was DELICIOUS! We also had them take us back to the airport because we felt so safe. When we come back to the DR, we will definitely be booking with them again!
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