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Extract from the El Castillo and La Isabela Travel Guides:
From Puerto Plata, the Carretera de las Amricas heads 50km west to
El Castillo
, a seaside village located on the site of Columbus's first permanent settlement. It's easy to see why he picked it, since the town is set on a splendid bay of tranquil, blue water and a solid wall of imposing, Olympian peaks.
Just off the main highway, before you make town, is the entrance to
Parque Nacional La Isabela
(9am-5.30pm, closed Sun; RD$30), which preserves the ruins of La Isabela, the first European town in the New World. Centred on the private home of Columbus himself, which is perched atop a prominent ocean...
read the whole El Castillo and La Isabela Travel Guides...
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