Hi,
I am currently living in Santiago and thinking about moving to Las Terrenas. I was told they had 24/7 power. As it is furthermore one of the nicest place of DR and there are a lot of French speaking people (I am a native French speaker), I think living there could be nice.
I still have to go and check everything by myself but I would like to know if what I've been told is true :
*They have light 24/7 (a private company is providing power to Las Terrenas)
* There is a French school
* They have DSL connexion (which I believe exists in the whole country, I mean in the cities)
* They have French channels on cable TV
* They have a lot of fine French restaurants
Could someone provide me with info about an honnest real estate company (there are a lot of agencies in Las Terrenas, but don't know them) as, if we move, we will need to rent a nice 3 or 4 bedrooms house at a decent price (not 1500 USD a week, as I saw on some websites, this is a "tourist price").
Now, I know Las Terrenas is much smaller than Santiago, but as I spend most of my time working, I mostly need a nice place on the coast where I could go on the beach or having a nice time with my family (my wife and my 2 kids, 11 and almost 2 years) when we have time, as we find Santiago boring (I know there are a lot of bars and restaurants, although all serve the same food, it seems the gastronomy here is limited to "filete de res importado". If some of you know about French cuisine, they know what I am talking about...). And of course there are nice "private clubs", such as "El Centro Espa?ol", but do you think it is worth paying 100 000 RD$ to mix with all these high class prepotent people ? I don't really appreciate them, as they are very arrogant and thing they are the last drop of Coke in the desert.
Thanks in advance for your information !
I am currently living in Santiago and thinking about moving to Las Terrenas. I was told they had 24/7 power. As it is furthermore one of the nicest place of DR and there are a lot of French speaking people (I am a native French speaker), I think living there could be nice.
I still have to go and check everything by myself but I would like to know if what I've been told is true :
*They have light 24/7 (a private company is providing power to Las Terrenas)
* There is a French school
* They have DSL connexion (which I believe exists in the whole country, I mean in the cities)
* They have French channels on cable TV
* They have a lot of fine French restaurants
Could someone provide me with info about an honnest real estate company (there are a lot of agencies in Las Terrenas, but don't know them) as, if we move, we will need to rent a nice 3 or 4 bedrooms house at a decent price (not 1500 USD a week, as I saw on some websites, this is a "tourist price").
Now, I know Las Terrenas is much smaller than Santiago, but as I spend most of my time working, I mostly need a nice place on the coast where I could go on the beach or having a nice time with my family (my wife and my 2 kids, 11 and almost 2 years) when we have time, as we find Santiago boring (I know there are a lot of bars and restaurants, although all serve the same food, it seems the gastronomy here is limited to "filete de res importado". If some of you know about French cuisine, they know what I am talking about...). And of course there are nice "private clubs", such as "El Centro Espa?ol", but do you think it is worth paying 100 000 RD$ to mix with all these high class prepotent people ? I don't really appreciate them, as they are very arrogant and thing they are the last drop of Coke in the desert.
Thanks in advance for your information !