Do:
Go get some beach time at Playa Diamante – calm, pristine and clean.
Eat at Chico's – they've got mouth watering, perfectly made Pepperoni pizza's.
Shop at Garcia's where they got all sorts of imported goods and a wonderful service.
Stop by Choripan to get some break feast or a plato del d?a. It's nothing fancy, but good food at an affordable price. Although the name of the place is deceiving – my wife cried a bit on the inside when she realized they didn't had the Argentinian picadita choripan on the menu.
Get your chicken killed and plucked from the local breeder instead of buying at los supermercados.
Don't:
Eat at the San Marino restaurant where the definition of fresh pasta and unfrozen meat means that the dried pasta is cooked just before being served, and that the meat is defrosted before it hits the grill (although my husband's piece
was still a bit icy in the middle).
Expect not to be bored. There's wonderful beaches around and incredible nature. But you get bored nevertheless. Once you've seen ten beaches you've seen them all.
Ask where the churrasco importado that they serve at Choripan is imported from. I expected them to answer Brazil or the US when I asked where it came from. But the waiter said “aqu?”. I just had to understand this mystery, so I asked: “What do you mean by here. It says on the menu that it is imported. De donde?” And the answer was: “From Santo Domingo.” Needless to say, I chose to eat pica pollo instead of “churrasco importado de la capital”.
Stay at the Azul Bravio aparta hotel right at the sea. The view is great, and it's not expensive (1 000 pesos a night). But as for the agua y luz permanente that they promise, forget about it. Our one-year-old son woke up crying in the middle of the night because of the August heat in a room without fan or AC. Lovely night indeed.
Think it will be possible to buy quality meat around here. Just stick to fish and chicken instead and you will not be disappointed.
And please add your do's and dont's in Cabrera ...
Go get some beach time at Playa Diamante – calm, pristine and clean.
Eat at Chico's – they've got mouth watering, perfectly made Pepperoni pizza's.
Shop at Garcia's where they got all sorts of imported goods and a wonderful service.
Stop by Choripan to get some break feast or a plato del d?a. It's nothing fancy, but good food at an affordable price. Although the name of the place is deceiving – my wife cried a bit on the inside when she realized they didn't had the Argentinian picadita choripan on the menu.
Get your chicken killed and plucked from the local breeder instead of buying at los supermercados.
Don't:
Eat at the San Marino restaurant where the definition of fresh pasta and unfrozen meat means that the dried pasta is cooked just before being served, and that the meat is defrosted before it hits the grill (although my husband's piece
was still a bit icy in the middle).
Expect not to be bored. There's wonderful beaches around and incredible nature. But you get bored nevertheless. Once you've seen ten beaches you've seen them all.
Ask where the churrasco importado that they serve at Choripan is imported from. I expected them to answer Brazil or the US when I asked where it came from. But the waiter said “aqu?”. I just had to understand this mystery, so I asked: “What do you mean by here. It says on the menu that it is imported. De donde?” And the answer was: “From Santo Domingo.” Needless to say, I chose to eat pica pollo instead of “churrasco importado de la capital”.
Stay at the Azul Bravio aparta hotel right at the sea. The view is great, and it's not expensive (1 000 pesos a night). But as for the agua y luz permanente that they promise, forget about it. Our one-year-old son woke up crying in the middle of the night because of the August heat in a room without fan or AC. Lovely night indeed.
Think it will be possible to buy quality meat around here. Just stick to fish and chicken instead and you will not be disappointed.
And please add your do's and dont's in Cabrera ...