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So far, I haven't received any written feedback on Casa de Campo. If you've taken a tennis vacation there, I'd like to hear your reactions.
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I know of no other resort that will
guarantee you a competitive tennis game at any time of the day or night on any day of the year on the 13 clay courts of the hilltop La Terrazza Tennis Center. Casa de Campo can do that because tennis director Emilio Vasquez has assembled a very large tennis staff—more than 70 counting the landscape gardeners and maintenance crew—among them 9 teaching pros, 16 aspiring instructors, who are available as hitting partners whenever another guest cannot be found, and 32 ball boys, usually drawn from the local junior program.
The resort sprawls over 7,000 acres on the southern coast of the Dominican Republic, about 70 miles east of Santo Domingo. It contains an astonishing array of recreation, including a private beach, three 18-hole Pete Dye golf courses, a fitness center and equestrian and polo grounds. Accommodations consist of some 450 spacious rooms and two-to-four-bedroom villas. Its most unusual feature, however, is Altos de Chavon, an artist's colony built to resemble a medieval stone village, with working studios, an amphitheater for occasional concerts and four appealing restaurants.
Beach. The resort has that rarest of amenities: a private beach, tucked into a cove that makes it inaccessible to non-guests unless they arrive by boat.
Golf Courses. The resort has three 18-hole Pete Dye golf courses, chief among them "Teeth of the Dog," the fabled links that often tops the charts of Caribbean golf courses.
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Lodging consists of hotel rooms and suites, located near the lobby and main pool, 2-to-4-bedroom villa homes, and 3-to-4-bedroom EXCEL club villas. Homes and villas include assigned maid and use of a 4-passenger touring cart (check the website for rates). Discounted package rates often available May-September.
Jan. 4-Apr. 4, 2010
Rooms/Suites, $295-$850.
Apr. 5-Dec. 20, 2010
Rooms/Suites, $195-$550.
Seasons. Year-round.
General Tourist Information. For general tourism information about travel in the Dominican Republic, log on to the Dominican Republic website or contact them toll-free at 888-374-6361.