Please help with my vacations plans to DR

List

Dizzy in Dallas said:

So what area has the best beach and nightlife

Click to expand...

1. Las Terrenas
2. Cabarete
.....
10. Punta Cana

m'frog

The beaches in Punta Cana are very pretty, but it all ends there.
You are miles away from anything & everything.
Notrh coast is the way to go.
Punta Cana is for newly-weds & nearly-deads.

Beach + More

Dizzy in Dallas said:

.... Punta Cana beaches... at #10? They look real good from thr pictures.

Click to expand...

You wanted night life as well....

Any pictures on that?

m'frog

South Coast

Dizzy in Dallas said:

Whats your thoughts on this area?

Click to expand...

It has its fans....

m'frog

Rocky said:

The beaches in Punta Cana are very pretty, but it all ends there.
You are miles away from anything & everything.
Notrh coast is the way to go.
Punta Cana is for newly-weds & nearly-deads.

Click to expand...

I might go to Punta Cana for my honeymoon but until then it is the North coast for me.

Dizzy in Dallas said:

ok, I see what you mean. I just dont like the way the beaches look in Las Terrenas and Cabarete. I dont like the darker color sand on the beach which make the water appear less clear/ and or translucent. I was thinking of something in the middle like Boca chica/ San Domingo/ La Romana area. They all seam to have the whiter sand beaches/clear water and some nightlife. Whats your thoughts on this area?

Click to expand...

I never really understood the "white sand obsession" myself, but if that's what turns you on and you are willing to sacrifice all to have it, then go to Punta Cana.
Otherwise, North Coast.

Hey - Sosua has semi white sand. Would that work for you??? Look it up and see for yourself.

Andddd the water is very clear and nice.

In my own opininon it's the best beach in the DR. I love that damn BEACH!!!

funny

Dizzy in Dallas said:

Hi, I am a single 36 year old US male vacationing to DR alone. I need some advice on what area to go to for what I am looking for.
The number one prirority is a beatifull beach. I need a clear, clean, white sand beach.prefer some waves. What area has the best beach.Looking on the internet it appears to be Punta Cana area?Is this right?Also, since I am single I would like to have a nightlife (women).No not the "paid ladies" just regular women. I am a clean cut, nice body,(long distance runner) 6 foot tall. Is it hard to meet a lady in DR? Not looking for sex but a freind to go out to eat/drink and play at beach while I am down there for the week.You think this is possilble. I speak some spanish but just basics.
So what area has the best beach and nightlife

Click to expand...

Finding a good girl in the DR at a night spot is like knowing the winning lottery numbers. Expect all of the women out at night to be looking for money not a friend. There hungry and poor which is more important than looking for some nice guy to hang out with.These good girls you speak of wont be out at night as their families keep them well guarded until they are married to a respectible dominican. Anyhow happy hunting...

Beads said:

Finding a good girl in the DR at a night spot is like knowing the winning lottery numbers. Expect all of the women out at night to be looking for money not a friend. There hungry and poor which is more important than looking for some nice guy to hang out with.These good girls you speak of wont be out at night as their families keep them well guarded until they are married to a respectible dominican. Anyhow happy hunting...

Click to expand...

Wowwwww so that means that my mom, aunts and female cousins are all hungry and poor and looking for money when they go to Ambis or any other night spot?

Dude - watch what you say and don't generalize. What ever happened to good old folk that go out to have a "good time"???

My favorite beach is sosua beach. Sosua beach is closer to my city and it has white sand beach, waves and excellent snorkling. I simply don't care too much for sosua town, full of hookers.
Now I suggest you stay in sosua at first. Seek out a regular hotel (not All-inclusive resort). This way your female companions can come inside and spend quality time with you in your room studying bible (joking).
Go visit rocky's or eddy's sports bar and get free internet if you have your wireless equipped laptop with you. Rocky also has his own Pcs.
The women in sosua are almost all hookers so the trick to meet fancy girls is to head over to cabarete (15 mins away by car) on the weekends. there you will meet quality santiago girls who go there for the beach only and sometimes to party and dance in the beach bars. You should be able to tell who is who. The hookers will be the ones looking at you with a smile and dressed like a hooker. The tourist looking girls who speak perfect spanish are actually girls from santiago, mao, la vega etc. They are different from regular tourists because they dress up to perfection, prettier and dance like latinas. They are also friendly if you don't act or dress like forrest gump. So look around and see how the decent dominicans are dressed and dress like them. Please don't be stupid and show up in swimming shorts, T shirt and slippers to a disco.
AZB

You do not need advance reservations at that time of the year, although it would be a good idea to have a short list of places you would like to go to, so that you don't spend hours & a fortune in a taxi, finding what you want.

The Jack Tar Casino in Playa Dorada seems to be the most legit Casino around here.
Do not, and I mean, DO NOT, play Super Keno.
It's nothing but a scam.

Look, listen to the DR1 regulars. Punta Cana is for tourists. The beaches at Las Terranas are absolutely beautiful. Perhaps, not for surfers [for that, go to Costa Rica], but you will not be disappointed.

Mind you, I say this, with some degree of trepidation. I don't want a lot of people on my beach! Opps, did I say that!