2014 Travel News Archive – Page 18

Whale-watching boats are authorized to leave Samana port starting 14 January. The excursions offer wonderful views of the Samana coastline and take tourists out to sea for a chance to spot the enormous mammals. Whale-watching usually continues through the end of March. Thousands of humpback whales from the North Atlantic migrate to the waters off …

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Dominicans are preparing to extend the Christmas holidays with the long weekend coming up to celebrate the religious holiday honoring the protector of the Dominican people, Our Lady of La Altagracia. The event falls on Tuesday 21 January and many Dominicans will be taking Monday 20 January off to celebrate. This makes for an extraordinarily …

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2014 has seven long weekends for all who can take extra days off work. They are La Altagracia day (17-21 January), Easter (17-20 April), Labor Day (2-5 May), Corpus Christi Day (19-22 June), Constitution Day (6-9 November), Christmas Day (24-28 December), and New Year’s Day (31 December-4 January) For more details on long weekends, see …

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Minister of Tourism Francisco Javier Garcia forecasts that travel to the Dominican Republic will set a new record in 2014. He told Diario Libre that travel in 2013 ended with a 3% increase compared to 2012. He said this is the fifth consecutive year of growth in the travel sector. According to the minister, in …

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The noontime 1 January mass at the Cathedral makes for a memorable visit to the first cathedral in the New World. The Cathedral Choir performs, making for an extra special occasion. Mass is scheduled to be said by the head of the Dominican church. And, this year, the President and First Lady were present. The …

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Altos de Chavon amphitheater is presenting its tropical music extravaganza with 50 dancers and two famous local singers onstage on Mondays in January, February and March: 13, 20, 27 January, 3, 10, 17, 24 February, 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 March, 9pm. Tickets US$35 for sale in Casa de Campo and Altos de Chavon. Purchase …

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The Centro Leon, Santiago’s leading museum and cultural center, is presenting the exhibition “Duarte: Collective Visions in Interlinked Spaces” that features more than 25 works by Dominicans living in the DR and abroad (Colectivo Dominican York-Proyecto Grafica). The exhibition originally went on show at the Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York in February …

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