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La Romana
"King Sugar" still reigns in the southern port city of La Romana, a place dedicated to cutting, milling, and exporting sugar since 1917. The huge sugar mill, though damaged by 1998's Hurricane Georges, still dominates the town. We chose this town to spend the night just because of its location driving to Punta Cana. We spent the night at a "Business Class" hotel Hotel Franco, paying $54 for a room with three double beds. Tourism rather than sugar is becoming the town's main lifeblood, and its pride and joy is the nearby Casa de Campo resort.
People not staying at the Casa de Campo are not allowed in the gates, but we did spend a morning at the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center which is part of the Casa de Campo.
Museo Arqueologico Regional is a museum inside Altos de Chavon which reveals the original history of the native people. It is worth the price of admission to the village just to see the museum.
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