Hyatt Dorado East Course, Dorado /Frazier Nivens
Dorado June-2008, By:Travel and Sports Staff
Dorado
Four of the best golf courses in the world may be found here.
Everyone knows the legend of El Dorado, the city of gold. Well, for golfers at least, you have arrived at the real thing. Four of the best golf courses in the world may be found here at the Hyatt. Robert Trent Jones, Sr., designed all of these courses, and they are considered to be among the top 25 courses he produced in his illustrious career.
The first major resort area in Puerto Rico, and for that matter most of the Caribbean, is the area that includes these golf courses. Chi Chi Rodríguez (the famous Puerto Rican golfer) redesigned the newly reopened Dorado del Mar.
The name Dorado may have come from the Dorado family that lived at the mouth of the Río La Plata in the 1500’s. However it was named, San Antonio de Dorado was established as a town by the decree of the governor of Puerto Rico, Don Santiago de Méndez Vigo, in 1842.
On the Plaza de Recreo de Dorado, you will find a remarkable statue showing 3 life-sized figures: Spanish, African and Taíno. This is the Monumento a las Raíces, sculpted by Salvador Rivera Cardona (of Dorado).
Other points of interest include the Museo de Arte e Historia de Dorado. The three exhibition halls of the Museo document the history of Dorado including a display of Taíno artifacts. Inside the Santuario del Cristo de la Reconciliación stands a 25-foot statue of Christ, created by another well-known Puerto Rican sculptor, Sonny Rodríguez.
You might also want to stop by the former home of the artist Marcos Alegría and visit what is now the Museo Marcos J. Alegría, to view a portion of his life’s work.
>How to go:
The exit signs for Dorado and the Hyatt Resorts are well marked on Rt 22.
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