Why Puerto Plata
The DR most visitors never see.
Most travelers never leave the east-coast resort strip. The north coast is a different island: mountains, waterfall canyons, a 450-year-old fort, and a golden beach called Playa Dorada.
Your base
Emotions by Hodelpa, Playa Dorada.
Beachfront and all-inclusive on the sand. À la carte restaurants, pools that run to the beach, and a quieter adults-only side.
6 days / 5 nights for two · all-inclusive
$1,700
$299
The same stay lists around $1,700 on the resort’s own site. Reserve now and set your travel dates later, any time within 12 months, no blackout dates, subject to availability.
Why it’s $299: the resort sponsors most of the cost. In exchange, during your stay you attend one short visit, about 120 minutes, at a separate location our team arranges. You’re never obligated to buy anything.
- Six days, five nights at Emotions by Hodelpa, beachfront
- Three meals a day, plus snacks
- All drinks — beer, cocktails, house wine
- Pools, beach, and evening entertainment
- Daily activities and non-motorized water sports
- Wi-Fi throughout
- Airport pickup on arrival (the return trip to the airport is not included)
Four ways to spend a day here.
Food
This coast eats well.
Mofongo, the fresh catch off the boat, mangú at breakfast. The resort covers the classics; the town fills in the rest.
Good to know
Before you land.
Getting there
Fifteen minutes out.
Puerto Plata’s airport (POP) sits about fifteen minutes from Playa Dorada, and your arrival pickup is part of the package.
No wrong season.
Warm year-round. Winter to spring runs driest; summer is greener and quieter.
Dollars work. So does English.
Pesos are local, US dollars are widely accepted around the resorts, and English is spoken where you’ll need it.
Where you’ll stay
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Calle Principal, Playa Dorada
57000 Puerto Plata
Dominican Republic
All of this, for less than a night out.
Six days and five nights of everything on this page, all-inclusive at Emotions by Hodelpa, for two.
$1,700
$299
$1,700 is the resort’s own list price for the same stay.
