What shouldn't we miss

Hello there people of the dominican republic or visitors that have been there!,

We'll be stayin' for two weeks at the Dominican republic in June.
Can anybody give us some tips on places to visit or things to do?
We'll be stayin' in the Sosua area and will rent a car.

with kind regards,

Edward Jachimowicz.

& Ines Kroeze.

Take the cable car to the top of Isabel de Torres. Awesome!
Visit the Amber Museum
Golf at Playa Dorada
Go play golf at Playa Grande (1 hour east of Sosus)
Go to Santiago and look around: Golf, marketplace, casinos etc
Visit a cigar factory if you want.
Go to Jarabacoa (35 minutes past Santiago, follow the signs about 15 minutes out, take a right and up into the mountains) Go rafting or just enjoy the falls.
Go out into the countryside. Punta Ruc?a, secluded beaches.
Visit Monte Cristi, go up El Morro, go out to the 7 Brothers.
Go to Santo Domingo (About 2 1/2 hrs south)Visit the First of Everything in the New World-Hospital, Church, Columbus' house, Court, Museums, Great Restaurants.
That enough?

Great suggestions. I would just add a trip to Samana Peninsula. Since you'll have a car, the drive to Samana is a pleasant one along the northern coast. There, go to Las Galeras and visit the many wild and virgin beaches, as well as the Limon waterfalls. I think it would be a shame to miss this part of the country.

Have a great trip!

Natasha

Hey Hillbilly, next year I want to "spread my wings * in the golf dept. and you seem to have some knowledge in this. How are the courses in Santiago and the 9 holer in Jarabacoa? Worth the trip? How far from PP? Have already done Playa Grande, Playa Dorado, Los Mangos and Costa Azul. Have clubs WILL TRAVEL!!!

Golf

The 18 in Santiago is a neat little Pete Dye design and the 9 holes in Jarabacoa is a Robt. T. Jones design that he did as a favor to the developer.
Santiago is par 70 and Jarabacoa is par 72.
There is also a neat little Executive course in Bonao, mostly par 3s but with 2 par fours. Not taxing and great people there.
Green fees are rediculous at all three places-rediculously low, that is.

I'd be happy to hack around with you, next time you get here.

Question: How many balls did you lose at Playa Grande?? Hehehe

HB

Is the cable car working??? When we were there earlier this year, it wasn't and anyone you talked to said not for a loooong time!!

To tell you the truth, I haven't been there is a while, but i remember the announcement that it was completely refurbished and operating. Thanks for this tidbit, I'll check it out...

The drive to Santo Domingo is more like 4-5, not 2 1/2 I just did it 3 days ago. The roads around Santiago are bad and there aren't many street signs so it's easy to get off track, or least a little confused. We had to make several stops to make sure we were still going the right way

Drive times from the north to Santo Domingo depend on what part of Santo Domingo, the very outskirt or downtown, and times vary greatly with traffic.

Last time I did it it was nearly 7 hours to get completely through Santo Domingo, having started in Sosua. Traffic, rain, and construction in Santo Domingo can really make it a long haul. A friend of mine says he routinely makes the trip in under 3 hours. It took almost 3 hours just to cross Santo Domingo that day and the usual 45 minute trip from Boca Chica to Santo Domingo (Zonal Colonial) has taken 2 hours at times.

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