Casa de Campo
A seven-thousand-acre estate on the Dominican south-east coast, Pete Dye's holes on the coral shore, a marina at the mouth of the Chavón, and an international airport just past the gate.
- Arrival
- La Romana International · LRM
- To the resort
- About 10 minutes by car
- Private jets
- Own private aviation terminal at LRM
- Best time
- December to April
The city
Fairways, polo and the Chavón.
Casa de Campo opened in the 1970s with fifty hotel rooms, twenty-two golf villas and four family houses. It has since grown into a private town beside La Romana, with ten restaurants, more than 1,200 homes and its own marina, inside an estate of 7,000 acres.
Golf brings many guests here, on Pete Dye's Teeth of the Dog above all, but the days also run to polo, tennis, shooting and fishing. December to April is the dry season. May and the early autumn are the wettest months, and the heat is greatest from June to October.
Arriving
An airport built for the resort.
La Romana International opened in December 2000, built by the group behind Casa de Campo to replace the old airport inside the resort. It has a 2,950-metre runway, is open around the clock, and lies next to the estate, about ten minutes from the lobby.
- San Juan 45 min
- Miami 2 h 10
- Panama City 2 h 20
- São Paulo 7 h 05 long-range jet
- Vienna 10 h 50 long-range jet
When to go
December to April.
Drier and hotter than the islands to the east. December to April is the dry season, with under 65 mm of rain a month and highs of 29 to 31 °C. May, September and October are the wettest months, and August reaches 33 °C.
- 29° J 43 27°
- 30° F 40 26°
- 30° M 36 26°
- 31° A 61 27°
- 31° M 163 27°
- 32° J 102 28°
- 32° J 97 28°
- 33° A 122 29°
- 32° S 155 29°
- 32° O 155 29°
- 31° N 109 28°
- 30° D 56 27°
What to see and do
Days in and around Casa de Campo.
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Landmark
Teeth of the Dog
Pete Dye's course, with seven holes laid along the jagged coral coast.
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Landmark
Altos de Chavón
A replica Mediterranean village inside the resort, built as a village for artists.
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Landmark
The marina
Some 350 berths at the mouth of the Chavón River, with room for yachts of up to 250 feet.
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Golf
Dye Fore
Pete Dye opened this course in 2000 along cliffs some 90 metres above the Chavón River, with views across to Altos de Chavón and the marina.
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Racing & sport
Casa de Campo Shooting Center
Spread over 245 acres, the centre has more than 200 stations for trap, skeet, sporting clays and pigeon rings.
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Racing & sport
Casa de Campo Polo Club
Lessons run all year, and national and international tournaments are played here through the polo season.
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On the water
Isla Catalina
Off the La Romana coast, this protected island has coral reefs for snorkelling and the Catalina Wall, a dive that drops past 30 metres.
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Culture
Cueva de las Maravillas
Ramps and a lift lead down into a lit cave holding hundreds of Taíno pictographs and petroglyphs, between La Romana and San Pedro de Macorís.
Official site
Where to stay
The estate itself.
Shown for information. We have no arrangement with any of these hotels.
Where to dine
On the estate.
No MICHELIN Guide covers the Dominican Republic. La Casita, at the estate’s marina, is listed by Fodor’s (the price is Fodor’s band); La Piazzetta is the resort’s own upscale Italian at Altos de Chavón.
- La Casita Fodor’s Spanish seafood $$$ Casa de Campo Marina
- La Piazzetta Signature restaurant, Casa de Campo Resort & Villas Italian Altos de Chavón
Elsewhere in Dominican Republic
More reasons to come.
- Punta Cana An airport of its own, beside the long eastern beaches.
- Santo Domingo The first European city of the Americas, its colonial zone listed by UNESCO.
- Samaná A green peninsula and its bay, where humpback whales calve in winter.
- Puerto Plata The north coast, and a cable car up Mount Isabel de Torres.
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