We took a bus to downtown and got swindled by the locals. As you get off the bus they swipe you away to their booth and you get bombarded by vendors surrounding you trying to sell their goods. It's next to impossible to escape them and even if you do buy they still rip you off by not giving back exact money. You want to escape so badly that you really don't even care anymore! ...
Terrible port! I didn't hear of anyone getting off the ship to do any excursions in La Romana, let alone find a beach. Our cruise stopped here and left at 2pm leaving hardly any time to do anything. We just walked out to the main area and walked back. There were no signs or anything that made us curious or want to explore anything else on the island, we were content with spending the day on the ...
Again, due to my injury we did not take an excursion. We did look around the port area but I did not leave there. My husband and our friend took a cab to the town to see about a phone charger and while it was an adventure, it was pretty uneventful. ...
We walked around the area right where the ship docks. There were a lot of handmade goods and art for sale, and some guys offering pictures with a monkey and a parrot. There was a fun bar nearby that was playing music and we got margaritas. ...
La Romana, DR is not a place to stop!!! the town is dirty, dangerous and a waste of a port stop. They should remove this stop. We were here years ago and it was the same... ...