Puerto Plata gets its name from the silver clouds atop Mount Isabel de Torres, towering over Puerto Plata.

Taking the cable car to the top of the mountain for the views over the port city and to explore the Botanical Gardens is a highlight of a stay in Puerto Plata.

The town of Puerto Plata itself boasts the lagest collection of still-standing 19th century Victorian-style houses in the Caribbean and San Felipe Fort is one the oldest colonial-era fortresses in the region.

Puerto Plata boasts over 100 km of Atlantic Ocean beaches, with the world famous windsurfing and kitesurfing towns of Sosua and Cabarete nearby.

Flights into this region of the Dominican Republic land at Gregorio Luperon International Airport.