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Victorian houses, a fortress facing the harbor and a cable car up Loma Isabel de Torres, on the north coast, facing the Atlantic.
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From the Zona Colonial it's 229 km by road, about 3 h 9 min of driving, to the north coast.
Puerto Plata sits between the Atlantic Ocean and Loma Isabel de Torres. Most sources date its founding to 1502, by Nicolás de Ovando.
If you fly in, Gregorio Luperón airport is about 15 minutes from downtown.
Downtown keeps its Victorian houses, a style that arrived from 1857 on. In Parque Independencia there's an octagonal gazebo from the late 19th century.
Nearby are the Catedral de San Felipe Apóstol and the Calle de las Sombrillas, the umbrella street.
Also the Museo del Ámbar, the amber museum, in a Victorian house from 1918.
In about eight minutes, the cable car takes you up the mountain.
The cable car, opened in 1975, climbs the mountain in about eight minutes, in cabins for 17 people.
At the top there's a botanical garden and a replica of Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer.
Facing the harbor is the Fortaleza San Felipe, built between 1564 and 1577 to defend the north coast from pirates and rival powers. Today it's a museum.
The Malecón runs along the coast, and the beaches in the area include Playa Dorada, Costámbar and Cofresí.