Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic Port Reviews

This was the best port. You don't need an excursion. You get off the ship and have a pool, bars, beach, and free wifi. No purchase necessary.

Took a tour. The people were nice but the town was dirty and not enjoyable

I took the History and Culture 3 1/2 hour excursion through NCL. We visited different areas on the island: a rum factory where we tried 7 different rums, amber museum, larimar factory/store, Pink Street, Umbrella Street, a town hall area with church and the fort. It was an ok tour. I don't think I would do it again or really recommend it. There was only one big shopping store (Diamonds International) and lots of little smaller trinket places. If you like sun and pool, there is a free pool area with beach chairs at the end of the pier where the shopping is. I heard from people that went there that it was really fun.

The Wild Truck ride excursion is not for everyone but, was a worthwhile experience.

loved the "Dominican Experience" tour. It was pricy but well worth it.

Typical Caribbean port...unremarkable.

Very dirty

Cable car

They took us to Taino Bay cruise Port. This is a new port, still being built up. We walked around here, and it was beautiful. We noticed two 10 dollar credits on our account (monitor using the app or TV in room), and when we inquired about it, we were told it was a change in Port fees and we were expected to go to Amber Cove instead of Taino Bay, but they changed it.

We did resort for the day at Sunscape Resort and we should have stayed in Amber Cove but we didn’t know that they changed ports for DR last minute . Amber Cove is so pretty but because our resort for the day was so far away , we had to run back to the ship !