Will try to give a day by day description with some pics (everybody loves them!)
Day 1: Arrived in SDQ early afternoon, met with our Dominican friend at the airport, got rental car (Ford Explorer thanks to recommendations by helpful DR1ers) got through SD (man i hate big cities) and off to Barahona. First night we stayed at the hotel Gran Barahona, ok for first night as we were mucho exhausted.
Day 2: Started down the coast looking for places to stay for the duration of our SW adventure (wife likes to spread out and have a home base, normally we pre-book something but decided not to be on a schedule this trip). Went to a few places but came back to the Playa Azul, which was the first place we checked out and very nice. We lucked out and got the detached villa closest to the water and our guide/friend got the other unit in it. Totally awesome place. The beach below (53 steps down the cliff) was very nice, with sandy beach(unusual for this area) and places to swim and hike. I have nothing but good things to say about the place, Sylvio and Karin were great hosts and we enjoyed our stay and would recommend highly. After check in we drove to playa san raphael, had lunch and stayed to enjoy this nice place. Back to hotel and dinner there (superb)!.
Beach at Playa Azul
our bungalo at Azul
San Raphael
Day 1: Arrived in SDQ early afternoon, met with our Dominican friend at the airport, got rental car (Ford Explorer thanks to recommendations by helpful DR1ers) got through SD (man i hate big cities) and off to Barahona. First night we stayed at the hotel Gran Barahona, ok for first night as we were mucho exhausted.
Day 2: Started down the coast looking for places to stay for the duration of our SW adventure (wife likes to spread out and have a home base, normally we pre-book something but decided not to be on a schedule this trip). Went to a few places but came back to the Playa Azul, which was the first place we checked out and very nice. We lucked out and got the detached villa closest to the water and our guide/friend got the other unit in it. Totally awesome place. The beach below (53 steps down the cliff) was very nice, with sandy beach(unusual for this area) and places to swim and hike. I have nothing but good things to say about the place, Sylvio and Karin were great hosts and we enjoyed our stay and would recommend highly. After check in we drove to playa san raphael, had lunch and stayed to enjoy this nice place. Back to hotel and dinner there (superb)!.
Beach at Playa Azul
our bungalo at Azul
San Raphael