Metro de Santo Domingo

Most acclaimed chefs Ferran and Albert Adria of El Bulli restaurant (in Spain) are planning to open a local in the Dominican Republic as part of the La Playita luxury development in the Bayahibe beach resort area.

Ferran Adria, who will start teaching a course in culinary physics at Harvard University beginning in fall 2010, recently announced that he will open a new nonprofit educational foundation in 2014 that will strive over the long-term to create an “exhaustive and detailed” encyclopedia of contemporary cuisine.

The Festival Isis, a week of performances by expert belly dancers, daily shows and workshops is booked for Casa de Campo. The event brings some of the leading performers of the oriental art to Plaza Chavon to end with a concert at the amphitheater. The event is set for 15-21 March. The hotel has put together a special package for participants.
See http://www.festivalisis.com

Casa de Campo is as good as new as of Tuesday, 22 December. The hotel has reopened following a major renovation of its rooms and suites, and a fully remodeled lobby. Also unveiled was La Cana Restaurant & Lounge by Il Circo, a fine dining restaurant with both indoor and al fresco dining, managed by the Maccioni family of Le Cirque in New York.

This is the Maccioni family’s second venture at Casa de Campo, following the beautiful Beach Club by Le Cirque at the resort’s Minitas Beach. The fitness center has been refurbished and a new Montecristo Cigar Lounge has been added.
The new “elite” rooms feature a modern look, while maintaining the use of rich mahogany woods and Coralina stone. (more…)