Hello
This March a few friends and I will be visiting Punta Cana/ Bavaro for 6 days. I hate to use the word tourist but essentially that is what we'll be for those six days. This is not my first trip to DR, I am very familiar with Santo Domingo and Santiago. However this will be my first trip to Punta Cana as well as my friends first time to DR. By the capital tourist stick out like sour thumbs, but I'm not sure if that will be the case in PC. I have read a few post and reviews on different forums that mentioned things such as restaurants having two separate menus, one for tourist and one for the natives that have prices almost 4x more expensive than usual. I've read about issues with the taxis and all that jazz. We specially did not stay on a resort because we really want to get an authentic feel for the country.This post is really just to get some tips for us tourist. How to handle ourselves as well as making sure we don't get ripped off throughout our trip and any authentic places and authentic things to do that are worth mentioning. Thanks
This March a few friends and I will be visiting Punta Cana/ Bavaro for 6 days. I hate to use the word tourist but essentially that is what we'll be for those six days. This is not my first trip to DR, I am very familiar with Santo Domingo and Santiago. However this will be my first trip to Punta Cana as well as my friends first time to DR. By the capital tourist stick out like sour thumbs, but I'm not sure if that will be the case in PC. I have read a few post and reviews on different forums that mentioned things such as restaurants having two separate menus, one for tourist and one for the natives that have prices almost 4x more expensive than usual. I've read about issues with the taxis and all that jazz. We specially did not stay on a resort because we really want to get an authentic feel for the country.This post is really just to get some tips for us tourist. How to handle ourselves as well as making sure we don't get ripped off throughout our trip and any authentic places and authentic things to do that are worth mentioning. Thanks