15 City Tours in Puerto Plata Worth Getting Up For

1.Puerto Plata City Tours

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 590 reviews · from $55Our pick

Explore Puerto Plata in an air-conditioned vehicle with Edwin Transfers Tours. Edwin, Francisco, or another local guide takes you from the Macorix rum museum and chocolate tasting to cigar making, amber, Independence Park, the Malecón, and San Felipe Fortress. Hotel and cruise-port pickup, water, and Wi-Fi are included.

“Wow, what an amazing tour of Puerto Plata! We thoroughly enjoyed our time with Edwin and San Francisco, they were caring, kind and very knowledgeable. We got to see many historic sights, enjoyed tastings and did some shopping (be pRead more”

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2.Half Day City Tour in Puerto Plata

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 410 reviews · from $40Best value

Tour Puerto Plata with guides such as Aribel, Yeury, Jerry, or Junior, visiting a rum museum, chocolate factory, cathedral, Umbrella Street, cigar shop, and fortress area. Air-conditioned transport, hotel pickup, water, and soda make this a useful 3 to 4-hour choice for cruise days and tight schedules.

“My experience was amazing. Aribel was my guide and he ensured that the experience was not only enjoyable, but that we experienced Puerto Plata. He arrived at the stated time and took me and the other tourist that were here for a cruise Read more”

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3.Puerto Plata City Tours from amber cove and Taino bay

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 327 reviews · from $55

Explore Puerto Plata by private air-conditioned vehicle with guides such as Rigo, Augustine, or Jose. Visit San Felipe Fortress, Central Park, an amber museum, rum and cigar stops, and colorful city streets. Expect a broad introduction, with some factory visits focused more on shopping than production.

“We all enjoy Puerto Plata &Amber Cove, Excellent experience, Rigo is a knowledge & great tour guide, polite, detailed & well spoken about destination.”

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4.Puerto Plata City Tour VIP (Private and Customizable)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 223 reviews · from $105

Ismael Transfer Tours gives you a private, customizable look at Puerto Plata with guides such as Ismael, Elvin, Elias, and Gelson. Expect air-conditioned transport, local lunch, market stops, rum and chocolate tastings, historic sights, and time for photos.

“Ismael was very kind to me with my mobility issues and the rest of the family, including an 11 year old. It’s a great tour if you want to get a good flavor of Puerto Plata. The produce market was interesting and the lunch was delicious! It is a far walk to get to the vehicle but you can get a wheelchair if you need one. I walked there but was wheelchaired back to where you can get a free ride back to the ship. If you want a city tour, this is the one to take!”

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5.Puerto Plata City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 193 reviews · from $50

Spend about four hours touring Puerto Plata by air-conditioned vehicle and on foot, with stops for rum, chocolate, cigars, amber, the cathedral, fort, central park, and Malecon views. Guides such as Santos, Alfredo, Junior, and Antonio Camilo are praised for friendly service, though port meeting details and shopping stops require care.

“Our tour guise was Jr who did a wonderful job of sharing all the important sights in Puerto Plata. He was friendly and very patient while I shopped at the Amber Museum. We got to see the Macorix Rum Distillery (lots of free samples), a cigar faRead more”

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6.Puerto Plata City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 142 reviews · from $73

This full-day Puerto Plata outing combines San Felipe Fortress, the Amber Museum, cathedral, Dominican chocolate tasting, and a cable-car ride up Mount Isabel. Pickup, transport, water, soft drinks, and a guide are included. Guides such as Juan, Carlos, and others may lead departures.

“Unfortunately our tour was in heavy wind and rain, so that put a damper on things. Apart from that, which obviously couldn't be avoided, there was a lot of driving in between places, and I wished that it was more walking and a more compact experience. Definitely try the hot chocolate at the Chocolate Museum... cannot be misses! So yummy.”

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7.City Highlights Tour with Mount Isabel & Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 129 reviews · 6 hours · from $89

Spend six to seven hours seeing Puerto Plata’s Mount Isabel, colonial center, Umbrella Street, San Felipe Fortress, rum house, cacao factory and local lunch spots. Multilingual guides such as Antonio, Diana, Raul and Eddy lead the tour, with hotel and cruise-port pickup included.

“Very well organized and well worth the money. Can't say enough good things about this tour. Definitely recommend.”

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8.Puerto Plata City Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 87 reviews · from $65

Spend about 4.5 hours touring Puerto Plata by private, air-conditioned van with guides such as Edgar, Francisco, or José. Visit Independence Park, colorful streets, an amber workshop, rum house, San Felipe Fortress, and a cigar maker. The route can often be adjusted to suit your group.

“Gerson, our guide and Nelson, our driver were excellent. We needed quite a few accommodations and a they tailored the tour to exactly what we needed. They took great care of us and were very knowledgeable. We greatly enjoyed the visit to the fort and the chocolate factory. The lunch spot with the great view was a treat!”

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9.Guided Puerto Plata City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 66 reviews · from $47

Spend about four hours with Chepe and Valera Tours exploring Puerto Plata by private, air-conditioned van. Visit Central Park, San Felipe Cathedral, Calle de Sombrilla, Calle Rosada, local rum and cigar makers, and sites connected to amber, larimar, chocolate, and coffee.

“We had a great time with Chepe and would highly recommend anyone travelling with family to book him, for the below reasons: 1. He came to pick us on time, vehicle is fully air-conditioned, nice and clean, we were offered water and soda. 2Read more”

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10.Guided Puerto Plata City Tour – Fortress, Rum & Umbrella Street

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 65 reviews · from $45

Spend about four hours touring Puerto Plata with a bilingual local guide such as Ramón, Nestor, Juan, Ariel, or Carlos. Visit the rum factory, Umbrella Street, Pink Street, Central Park, San Felipe Fortress, amber and larimar shops, the Malecón, and a local market, with port or hotel pickup included.

“To hard to find the meeting spot and tour guide. The meeting spot is over a mile from the ship! Tour guide spoke poor English. Puerto Plata is not a great place for cruise stop. The rum distillery and the fort were very nice and interesting.”

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11.City Tour with Rum and Chocolate Factories

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 57 reviews · 4 hours · from $52

Join Edwin, Francisco, Carlos, or another English- or Spanish-speaking guide for a compact Puerto Plata tour with rum and chocolate tastings, colorful streets, cigar and amber stops, Independence Park, and Fortaleza San Felipe. Hotel and cruise-port pickup are included, with time for photos and shopping.

“Edwin & Juan Francisco were terrific guides. They were very knowledgeable, personable and reliable. We loved the various activities that were provided. We also loved not having to try to find things on our own or driving in crazy traffic. Communication prior to the tour was excellent. We thoroughly enjoyed the day and would highly recommend them!”

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12.City tour through the historic old town

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 34 reviews · 4 - 5 hours · from $40

Walk Puerto Plata’s old town with a German, Spanish, or English-speaking guide. You’ll visit the Macorix rum house, La Chocolatería, Umbrella Street, Independence Park, a cigar factory, Fort San Felipe, and the old railway station. Melvis is one guide praised for clear, kind explanations.

“We had really a huge problem to find the guide (who wanted to communicate only by Whatsapp we do both not have). The description of his outfit that should help us to recognize him was totally wrong. Even none of the local guides at the meeting point was more clever looking at the tour voucher then us. I was already quite nervous when he finally came. But, after this initial chaos, everything continued OK. We saw all interesting things in Puerto Plata (is not so much), he even managed to show me the interior of the cathedral that was officially closed for visitors due to the Christmass preparations. The visit…”

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13.City Tour, Mountain and Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 25 reviews · 5 hours · from $79

Spend five hours with a bilingual guide such as Michael, visiting Puerto Plata’s Umbrella Street, cathedral, Amber Museum, San Felipe Fort, Isabel de Torres National Park, and a scenic beach. Hotel and cruise-port transfers, lunch, rum, water, and soda are included.

“Mike was very personable and informative. They did an amazing tour.”

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14.Half Day Private City Tour of Puerto Plata

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 10 reviews · 5 hours · from $85

Spend five private hours touring Puerto Plata with an English or Spanish-speaking guide. Visit rum and chocolate producers, Independence Park, San Felipe Fortress, the Amber Museum, Paseo Doña Blanca, Umbrella Street, the Malecon, and Long Beach. Mount Isabel de Torres is currently closed.

“Fernando Jimenez is an Excellent Tour Guide! Myself and two colleagues had a great time touring Puerto Plata with Fernando. From the beginning when he picked us up, he was engaging and friendly. He is the consumate professional Tour Guide. As we rode to the various destinations, he shared details about different sites along the way. Upon arrival at the scheduled Tour Sites, the various representatives were informative and shared historical information about the Amber Museum, Rum Factory, and the Historic Fortress. On occasion, Fernando offered an additional perspective about the designated tour sites. Our Puerto Plata Tour was an enjoyable and educational experience! It certainly was further...”

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15.city tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 10 reviews · 3h 30m · from $55

Spend 3.5 hours with a private guide such as Elian, Jesus, Kelvin, or Misael, visiting Puerto Plata’s rum and chocolate makers, amber museum, San Felipe Fortress, Central Park, and colorful downtown streets. Port and hotel pickup, English or Spanish guiding, and flexible time for shopping or food are included.

“Ezekiel Garcia was superb! He was very friendly and affable and showed us some of the best places around Puerto Plata. I highly recommend his company to anyone visiting the Dominican Republic. He was awesome!!!”

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