Beautiful compound with golf courses and awesome views. Some said it’s “just a golf club” but the views are what make it beautiful. I guess the train ride “tour” might be fit better for some. Then again, that’s “just a train ride”. Had a great time nonetheless.

We had been there before and had no desire to leave the ship.

Visited: Jan 14, 2007

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Again, we are not shoppers but we did go into La Romana to look - nice enough but Bayahibe beach is the real gem of the island. Smooth sand slopes without any dropoffs into warm, calm water where even old folk like us can actually swim. We got hungry and tried a local souvinir shack on the beach for some fish. Looked strange - they fry the entire fish with skin, head and tail and no breading - but it tasted absolutely wonderful - totally fresh and sweet and we picked every bit off the bones!

Visited: Feb 02, 2008

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we hated that destination!!

Visited: Feb 22, 2009

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The free tour organized by Celebrity Cruises to Casa De Campo was not at all enjoyable. We went by shuttle bus to Casa De Campo where we saw a nice reproduction of a 17th century village (which was really a facade for highly overpriced retail stores). We were done in about 45 minutes but had to wait almost an hour in the heat (with 70 other cruise guest) for the shuttle buses back. No cabs were available for the return journey (I would have willingly paid my way back to the ship or to La Romana, the nearby town rather than be trapped ), so that I and my family wasted a lot of time in this activity. We really felt that there was no rush to get the passengers back until the last minutes when about 6 shuttle buses turned up around the same time to wisk everyone back. Celebrity Cruises needs to pay close attention to this. Cruise passengers who spend a lot of money on a cruise should not be treated this way!

Visited: Dec 17, 2006

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