I wanted to find the best beaches in DR. I have already been to Cabarete, Sosua, Puerto Plata, Juan Dolio, Boca Chica, and Punta Cana. Are there any other ones I can try? I am trying to go around the end of March.
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Best Beaches for Birthday Trip
good description and google location of the beaches of samana.
Best beaches Dominican Republic l Caribbean l Samana l Las Terrenas | Las Terrenas Villa Rental
Best beaches Dominican Republic l Caribbean l Samana l Las Terrenas | Las Terrenas Villa Rental
I can heartedly agree on Rincon. Since all the other beaches she mentioned are fairly near the Capital, I figured that Palenque would be more to her liking.
Remember, Rincon implies at least one night staying in a hotel...(And there are places to stay in Palenque from the reports we have seen here on DR1....)_
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Remember, Rincon implies at least one night staying in a hotel...(And there are places to stay in Palenque from the reports we have seen here on DR1....)_
HB
If you want to go closer to Santo Domingo, Bayahibe is a nice small town with a very nice beach too.
Bayahibe is not any near Santo Domingo,
would be much to much of a two way drive just to spend a couple hours on a Beach, and not one of the best ones neither.
Mike
would be much to much of a two way drive just to spend a couple hours on a Beach, and not one of the best ones neither.
Mike
Mike, Bayahibe is a lot closer to Santo Domingo, than going to Las Galeras. Sorry I wasn't clear enough.
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Playa Ricon is spectacular but it is very quiet and not easy to get to. If you have a vehicle and are planning on staying somewhere overnight than stay in Las Terrenas. There is much more to do for a birthday celebration. Las Galeras is quaint, very quiet and out of the way. From Las Terrenas to Playa Ricon by car is approximately and hour and a half. Make sure you have an SUV. If you are not that adventurous than just stay in Las Terrenas and check out Playa Las Ballenas. It is a beautiful beach with great swimming right in Las Terrenas.
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Playa Ricon is spectacular but it is very quiet and not easy to get to. If you have a vehicle and are planning on staying somewhere overnight than stay in Las Terrenas. There is much more to do for a birthday celebration. Las Galeras is quaint, very quiet and out of the way. From Las Terrenas to Playa Ricon by car is approximately and hour and a half. Make sure you have an SUV. If you are not that adventurous than just stay in Las Terrenas and check out Playa Las Ballenas. It is a beautiful beach with great swimming right in Las Terrenas.
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Thanks for all the replies we decided to just go somewhere closer due to time constraints. We are in our mid twenties and want to go somewhere within an hour and half from Santo Domingo. What are some good resorts to go to and stay over night a day or two? I need some suggestions we want to go around the end of March.
La Romana is only about 2 hours from Santo Domingo and has some pretty nice resorts and beaches. My husband and I got married at The Wyndham Resort in Bayahibe/La Romana, and we loved it. There are many other all-inclusive resorts in La Romana that are really nice and not too overpriced. You can find some really awesome deals on BookIt.com and CheapCarribean.com right now too.
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Hillbilly, with all my respect. I consider you the professor in this site. but this time I bet you never been in Palenque.
After visiting more than 90% of Dominican beaches and others in the Caribbean Islands, I can consider myself a beach expert.
Palenque and Najayo are in the very bottom of my list.
Those beaches are visited by 99% of poor dominicans (nothing wrong to be poor),but those poor, are dominican yorks, Peloteros, and Tigueraje from Santo Domingo. The problem is that they have very loud music, lot of trash, they bring food to the beach and leave everything there. you find rum bottle and cigarretes and even some condoms in the water. Those beaches are very crowd too. not very pleasant. they have gray sand (the one we use in construction), and not many palms.
If you are looking for blue water, white sand, palms tree, go to Samana, or Bayahibe, depend on where you live in Santo Domingo, you are about 2 hours away.
Catalina is less than 2 hours.
Isla Saona 2.5 hour
Playa Rincon 2.5 - 3hours
Bayahibe 2 hours.
naming Saona Island as for Beutiful Beaches and not overcrowded by Drunks on daily bases shows that You have No Clue about Beaches.
You may by own ranking Know 90% of the Island's Beaches,
but You still don't know the 10% of the Nice Ones obviously.
Mike
You may by own ranking Know 90% of the Island's Beaches,
but You still don't know the 10% of the Nice Ones obviously.
Mike
As always attacking without respect.
We are talking about beaches close to Santo Domingo.
I cant mention Juanillo or Punta Cana because they are at least 4 hours drive from Santo Domingo.
Saona is a nice beach, if you dont like it for any reason thats your problem.
Punta Cana is the crowded beach in DR with lot of drunker anywhere. Does that mean is not a good beach? No. I still rank Bavaro-PC as one of the best beaches.
And Saona and surrounding are in the top 10 of any list in the country beaches.