Villas in DR

Boun Giorno! Yes, you can do this.

there is a nice lady that used to have a wonderful eweb site called "luxurydominicanvillas.com" but is is no longer operating.
However, she still has all of her contacts. there are some really georgeous villas on both the north and south coasts of the DR.

If you will send me an email, I will hook you two up so you can plan....

HB, the ham in the lives of so many!!

My suggestion to you if you are a first timer would be to forget the villa and visit Samana. There are many lovely small hotels that can cater to your needs and there are lots of good restaurants in the Las Terrenas area. In Las Terrenas we can recommend the Colibri Apartment Hotel that has a good kitchen -- with a well stocked supermarket in the area (and good restaurant in front of the beach, and sufficiently near many beach restaurants). Or you can choose full relaxation at the isolated Las Ballenas hotel in Punta Bonita, also with good food. For the October time you want to come you will have no trouble finding good lodging.

If you have your heart set on staying at a villa, send me an email at dolores@dr1.com and I will give you the telephone of a friend who manages a villa in Portillo, Samana. You could also write to Boston doctor Rafael Ortega rents out his Cabrera house, although maybe this one would be outside your budget. But you can email him at raortega@aol.com
Have another friend who has a house in Guayacanes/Juan Dolio right on the beach. But this does not come with a cook.

Basically, browse through our destinations list (see sidebar in the travel page index at http://dr1.com/travel/index.shtml to choose the area in the Dominican Republic that matches what you are looking for.
If you choose Samana, you should go ahead and rent a small 4W vehicle. We recommend National Car Rental at http://www.dr1.com/national

Larry....

Larry Cooper has some Villas to rent although Im not sure how luxury they are you will have to get in touch with him at his e mail address which is

cooper.l@codetel.net.do

Good Luck!

Hi

Try this web site www.casalindaonline.com for villas in Sosua, the North Coast of the Dominican.

and - www.sea-horse-ranch.com.

Both of these look really nice.

Good luck.

Hi again.

Sosua is really beautiful and good for snorkeling also.

Cabarete

Olas de Oro Villas in Cabarete are nice and affordable.

Go to www.cabaretevillas.com. They have ocean front villas and can arrange for a maid and cook.

Hi,

I stayed at a villa once....not in the DR but in Montego Bay, Jamaica. I definitely recommend a villa vacation! It was one of the best vacations I've ever had and was really affordable....and you are planning to go in the low season which is good. Our villa was on the property of a resort that we had full access to (snorkeling, etc) at no additional cost....maybe you could find something similar in the DR to meet all your needs.

As for DR villas - I haven't been to DR yet....am going in 12 days! But here are some villa websites for all Caribbean Islands that you may find helpful:
http://www.villascaribe.com/
http://www.caribbeandest.com/

Good Luck with your search. Hope you find something!

here are a few good realty rental places

http://www.karibik-invest.com/

http://www.americanrealtydr.com/


http://www.popreport.com/CooperRealty/

http://www.remaxnorthcoast.com/index2.html

these sites have apartments and villas for rent on daily, weekly, monthly, and even longer terms.

Good luck!!

bueno fortuna!

Susan

See www.bocachicabeach.net or click on the link below. There are a variety of options listed under the category "lodging".

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