Altos de Chavón was the dream project of Charles Bludhorn, President of the now defunct Gulf and Western Corporation. The village was designed by the renown Italian architect Roberto Copa, who, along with an army of local laborers, spent several years building a stunning replica of a sixteenth-century Mediterranean artist village on the cliffs above the Chavón River.

It is a stunning achievement, offering spectacular views of the Chavón River and the Caribbean Sea and home to excellent restaurants, enchanting shops, art galleries, an amphitheater that sits 5,000, inaugurated in 1982 by Frank Sinatra and Santana, weaving and ceramic studios, the Regional Archeological Museum featuring relics discovered in the area, a discotheque, and a Design School affiliated to Parsons School of Design in New York with a special Artists-in-Residence program.

Los Altos, a 200 condominium project is being built adjacent to the artist villa and along side the new Dye Fore golf course, is one of the latest residential developments in Casa de Campo.