La Romana, La Romana

La Romana is about 190 000 inhabitants (2008), the fourth largest city in the Dominican Republic and one of the largest cities in the Caribbean. The city is the capital of the province of La Romana, located on the southern coast, opposite the island of Catalina. La Romana is set on a small hillside and there is a large part of industry, including with a sugar refinery.

Near the town is the private settlement of Casa de Campo, where many celebrities own a villa. At this settlement also includes the artists' village of Altos de Chavon, where Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley got married.

The La Romana International Airport, opened in 2000. Located in La Romana, there was the base port of Aidavita in the winter seasons from 2003 to 2007. After La Romana was in the winter season 2007/2008 is replaced by Aruba, there were no more non-stop flights from Germany.

With the beginning of the winter season 2008/2009 La Romana is back entry port for AIDA, while resumption of nonstop air travel from / to Germany.

For the winter season 2009/2010 La Romana is also a base port of TUI Cruises. The "Mein Schiff" start from here to the Northern and Southern Antilles, and to the trans-Atlantic route.

From the winter season 2011/2012 will take over the new " Mein Schiff 2 " (before restructuring for 2011 as Celebrity Mercury on the way) the routes of the "Mein Schiff".

18.426138888889 - 68.967555555556Koordinaten: 18 ° 25 ' 34 "N, 68 ° 58 ' 3" W

Sons and daughters of the town

• Napoleón Dihmes (1928-2006), operatic tenor
• Bullumba Landestoy ( born 1925 ), pianist and composer