Thinking about a vacation there with a few friends. Looked at some villas, they are relatively well priced for a awesome luxuries (pool, chef, etc).
Was wondering how the city/beaches/bars/clubs/etc are. Any suggestions/comments/information would be appreciated.
Of course, on our list of things to do - meeting women is part of it. Not just talking about paid-for services. Was hoping can invite some locals back to our villa have some fun in pool, eat good food, etc. Is this a safe thing to do? Is it possible? Are people friendly? Our villa we have in mind has a security guard...
I don't mind leaving the villa, wandering around, etc. I'm not really scared about that kind of stuff, I'm pretty street-smart as far as getting pick pocketed, robbed, etc. I also rather go to local places and actually experience that real food, drink, and living situations. We'll also be in a group of 4 total. My friends are the tough, street-smart, don't take **** type so we should be alright.
We are renting a 5 bedroom villa in Cofresi. It is apparently a mile or two away from Puerto Plata city center I believe. How far is Sousa/other beaches from us? The description of the villa states "within less than a half hour drive are the beaches of Costambar, Long beach, Maimon, Playa Dorada and Sosua." In that case, are taxis cheap? Are they readily available (i.e. 3 or 4 am late night return trip)...
We were thinking of renting a car or something, but we're all gonna get drunk so don't want to end up drinking and driving, etc. Maybe we'll hire a driver and rent a car for the time we are there? It's all of ours first vacation there so we don't really want to crash driving drunk end up in Dominican prison...
Puerto Plata, the owner of the villa said, has many nightclubs, discos, etc. From what I have been reading though it looks like Sousa is a crazier partying atmosphere. Maybe more locals there...?
It does look like we can do all sorts of **** in/around Puerto Plata other than partying though: swim with dolphins, rent jet-skis, hunt small game, horseback riding - are all these services relatively high priced?
Any general advice is appreciated!!
Was wondering how the city/beaches/bars/clubs/etc are. Any suggestions/comments/information would be appreciated.
Of course, on our list of things to do - meeting women is part of it. Not just talking about paid-for services. Was hoping can invite some locals back to our villa have some fun in pool, eat good food, etc. Is this a safe thing to do? Is it possible? Are people friendly? Our villa we have in mind has a security guard...
I don't mind leaving the villa, wandering around, etc. I'm not really scared about that kind of stuff, I'm pretty street-smart as far as getting pick pocketed, robbed, etc. I also rather go to local places and actually experience that real food, drink, and living situations. We'll also be in a group of 4 total. My friends are the tough, street-smart, don't take **** type so we should be alright.
We are renting a 5 bedroom villa in Cofresi. It is apparently a mile or two away from Puerto Plata city center I believe. How far is Sousa/other beaches from us? The description of the villa states "within less than a half hour drive are the beaches of Costambar, Long beach, Maimon, Playa Dorada and Sosua." In that case, are taxis cheap? Are they readily available (i.e. 3 or 4 am late night return trip)...
We were thinking of renting a car or something, but we're all gonna get drunk so don't want to end up drinking and driving, etc. Maybe we'll hire a driver and rent a car for the time we are there? It's all of ours first vacation there so we don't really want to crash driving drunk end up in Dominican prison...
Puerto Plata, the owner of the villa said, has many nightclubs, discos, etc. From what I have been reading though it looks like Sousa is a crazier partying atmosphere. Maybe more locals there...?
It does look like we can do all sorts of **** in/around Puerto Plata other than partying though: swim with dolphins, rent jet-skis, hunt small game, horseback riding - are all these services relatively high priced?
Any general advice is appreciated!!