Fun Royale Logo
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Our Room - tub
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Our room - amenities
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Our room - towels and hairdryer
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Our room - towel swans
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Our room - welcome fruit basket
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Our room
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Our room - looking out on balcony
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Our room - balcony
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Our room - view from balcony
view of shuffleboard court and volleyball court
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Our room - view from balcony
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Cable TV channel lineup
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Brazilian Restaurant
Salad Bar
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Brazilian Restaurant
Another view of salad bar
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Brazilian Restaurant
BBQ pit and meats on skewers
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Brazilian Restaurant
William slices some meat off of sword
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Hotel Grounds
Garden area and employee lot behind even numbered rooms. The odd...
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Hotel Grounds
Another view of even numbered rooms.
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Hotel Grounds
Outside even numbered rooms
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Hotel Grounds
Outside even numbered rooms
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Hotel Grounds
Soccer field
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Hotel Grounds
Odd numbered rooms as viwed from soccer field.
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Hotel Grounds
Villas on Tropicale side of property
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Hotel Grounds
Another view of the villas
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Lobby Entrance
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Hotel Lobby
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Activity Pool
Activity pool and swim up bar
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Activity Pool
Theatre is in background and swim up bar just out of frame to the right
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Hotel Grounds
Entrance to new washrooms (pool and lobby), towel booth and tour company...
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Main Bar
The activity swimming is just behind me and theatre is to the left.
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Covered Walkway
This is the walkway leading to the main buffet
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Buffet Restaurant
View of golf course as seen from buffet
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Buffet Restaurant
Another view of table and golf course view.
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Buffet Dining Room
Quiet pool and bar is just outside the dining room
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Quiet Pool and Bar
The bar is just outside the dining room, quiet pool is just off to the right
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Quiet Pool
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Quiet Pool
As seen from railing at restaurant.
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Quiet Pool Bar and Pool
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Buffet Dining Room
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Buffet Dining Room
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Hotel Grounds
Walkway near shuffleboard and volleyball court
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Hotel Grounds
Activity Pool, swim up bar and pizza restaurant in background
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Activity Pool
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Pizzeria
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Kids Pool
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Brazilian Restaurant
Not used during the day, except for special parties (example, the...
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Children's Play Area
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Hotel Grounds
This shot was taken on Tropicale side of property
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Shuffleboard Courts
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Peacocks
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Catamaran
One of the boats anchored off the beach.
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View from Beach Club
Looking up towards Bergantine Beach
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View From Beach Club
Looking up towards the remainder of Playa Dorada. A good portion is...
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Beach
Another view of beach (taken from beach club)
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Beach Vendor
"Opportunity"
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Sea Kayaks
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Beach
Photo taken from beach club
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View From Beach Club
My understanding is that a lot of the snorkeling trips go to this island
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Beach Club
Chicken Rotisserie and food serving area
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Beach Club
Seating area. The beach is just off to the right.
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A Day With Martin Espinal
As I mentioned in the review, we bought a day tour in the Beyond The Beach...
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Martin Espinal
Owner/operator of Isaira Tours
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Brugal Rum Factory
Hospitality room
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Brugal Rum Factory
Another view of hospitality room.
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Brugal Rum Bottling Plant
Bottling plant. The rum is made elsewhere and transported here for bottling.
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Brugal Rum Bottling Plant
They say they bottle about 75,000 liters per day.
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Puerto Plata
As seen from one of the higher up residential areas
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Puerto Plata
Another view overlooking the city
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Puerto Plata
The harbour is in the far distance
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Puerto Plata
The harbour and one of the electricity generating stations
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Puerto Plata
One of the other generating stations and the fort in the background
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Puerto Plata
Statue of General Gregorio Luperon, just outside the fort
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Puerto Plata
The old fort
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Puerto Plata
The fort. You can just make out a ship in the harbour in the background.
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Puerto Plata
Another view of the fort
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Puerto Plata
The end of the road, just outside the fort. This is the entrance to the harbour.
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Day With Martin Espinal
Martin chats while he waits for us
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Puerto Plata
The beginning of the Malecon (the seaside drive) as seen from just...
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Puerto Plata
Photo opportunity ??? (for a fee of course)
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Puerto Plata
Park area just outside the fort
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Puerto Plata
Another view of park area outside the fort
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Puerto Plata
Park area outside the fort, entrance to harbour
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Martin
Ready to head off to Cofresi, Maimon and Costambar. "All aboard".
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On the road to Cofresi
Photo taken from the moving van
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On the road to Cofresi
Another view
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Ocean World
The entrance. Yes, you drive through the waterfall. Windows closed please ...
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Ocean World
Another view of waterfall
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Ocean World Casino & Marina
We made a brief stop here.
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Ocean World Casino
Casino and the entrance to the casino
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Ocean World
Casino entrance
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Ocean World Marina
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Ocean World
There was some artwork at the top of the stairs. See next photo.
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Ocean World
Artwork at the top of the stairs. I have no idea what was in the building.
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Ocean World
They were driving these people around on a tour of the facilities in golf carts.
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Ocean World Marina
Fishing boat on his way in
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Ocean World Marina
Rather 'large' catamaran. Out of my price range.
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Ocean World Marina
Martin says these docks were jam packed the week before ....
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Ocean World Marina
Another view
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Ocean World Marina
Another view of the catamaran
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Cofresi Beach
Sun Village is just at the far right of the photo
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Cofresi Beach
Helicopter was just passing over
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Cofresi Beach
Another view, again Sun Village just off to the right
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Cofresi
Taken from hill overlooking the beach
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Cofresi
Another view
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Cofresi
You can just make out Puerto Plata and the coastline. Note the two little...
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Cofresi
Lifestyle Hacienda
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On the way to Costambar
We drove "up" someone's driveway and took some photos. The word...
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On the way to Costambar
Another view
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On the Way to Costambar
yet another view
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"The" driveway
Next year they'll be adding a median ..... :-)
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Costambar
Our lunch stop
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Costambar Beach
Your table was right on the beach. Very rustic.
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Costambar Beach
The food and beer was pretty good too
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Costambar Beach
There was a series of little beach restaurants. We had menus from at...
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Costambar Beach
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Costambar Beach
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Costambar Beach
I took a few photos while waiting for lunch
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TELEFERICO Cable Car
Stats and data posted at the car station
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Cable Car
Looking up the mountain
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Cable Car
one of the cars in transit
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Cable Car
Another view of car
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Cable Car
Close up of cable car
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Cable Car
Heading up ....
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Cable Car
Heading up, we are only part way ....
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Cable car
Heading up, approaching the tower. Get ready for the little bump.
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Cable Car
Getting higher
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Cable Car
Inside the car, just coming up on the tower
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Cable Car
Just past the tower. Photo time .....
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Cable Car
Getting up there now, still a ways to go.
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Cable Car
Passing the other car. We're going up and it's coming down.
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Cable Car
Other car going down. Seeing as we just passed him, we must be about half way...
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Cable Car
Getting close to top
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Cable Car
That;s Ocean World as seen from cable car
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Cable Car
Puerto Plata and the harbour. The barge being loaded left while we...
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Cable Car
Another view of the barge. The tug is just getting ready to manoever.
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Cable Car
Statue at the top of the "hill"
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Cable Car
View of the Playa Dorada complex as seen from the top. You can just...
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Cable Car
View from the top
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Cable Car
Another view from the top, part of Puerto Plata and the Playa Dorada complex.
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Cable Car
Some of the gardens at the top
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Cable Car
More of the gardens
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Cable Car
more gardens and trees
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Cable Car
Another view from the top. Sun Village is off in the distance.
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Cable Car
There were several eagles (or hawks) flying up here. A birdwatcher could...
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Cable Car
another view at top
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Cable Car
Interesting bridge
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Cable Car
Gardens at the top
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Cable Car
View from the top. One of the charter sailboats heading back to home port. I...
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Cable Car
Puerto Plata. The barge is just leaving port.
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Cable Car
Another view. You can see the charter sailboats in front of the Fun...
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Cable Car
View from the top. The terrain looks a bit "rugged" in this direction.
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Cable Car
Another view of the car
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Cable Car
Car is just coming into the docking station at the top
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Cable Car
The "workings"
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Cable Car
Another view of the suspension mechanism
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Cable Car
Coming down .... Didn't want to leave.
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Cable Car
Coming down. View taken out window of car.
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Cable Car
The tower and the "bump" coming up.
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Cable Car
Just passing the other car. It's empty because they were about to...
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