A story in the Huffington Post lists five reasons to change a vacation at a beach resort for one at a small hotel in the southwestern Dominican Republic. Pam Grout, who is the author of National Geographic’s 100 Best Volunteer Vacations, says what makes Barahona worthy of the number one spot on a Dominican Republic must-see list is that tourists can taste one of the world’s highest-rated coffee that is produced there, the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere, the Barahona-mined larimar stone and its healing properties, the freak show of nature known as El Polo Magnetico, and ziplining to an Italian pizza oven in the middle of the jungle.
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