Dominican Republic 365
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The island, region by region
Where to base your Dominican trip
43 destinations across the Dominican Republic, from the resort coast of Punta Cana to the colonial streets of Santo Domingo and the green ridges of Jarabacoa. Compare the regions, then plan around the one that fits your trip.
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43 destinations
Southwest
Azua
One of the New World's first Spanish towns and site of the first Dominican victory in the 1844 war of independence, Azua sits inland where the humid capital region gives way to the dry, cactus-studded southwest.
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South
Baní
Baní pairs the Caribbean's tallest sand dunes with pink salt flats and steady trade winds, about an hour and a half from Santo Domingo. Add Valdesia coffee hills, a June mango fair, and a quiet colonial core, and the South's most underrated stop takes shape.
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Southwest
Barahona
Barahona pairs a rugged Caribbean coastline with the Sierra de Bahoruco's cloud forests, Lake Enriquillo's crocodiles, and the world's only larimar mine. It is southwest Dominican Republic's answer to eco-tourism and slow, self-driven exploring.
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East
Bavaro
Bavaro is the resort core of Punta Cana in La Altagracia province: a hotel strip running up the Atlantic Coconut Coast, about 20 minutes from Punta Cana International Airport and best combined with a day trip to quieter sand up the coast.
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Southeast
Bayahibe
Bayahibe is a former fishing village on the southeast coast that now serves as the launch point for Saona Island and Cotubanama National Park, with wreck diving, a working harbor, and easy access from La Romana and Punta Cana airports.
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Southeast
Boca Chica
A reef-sheltered lagoon east of Santo Domingo, waist-deep for hundreds of meters and about 10 minutes from the international airport. Locals call it the biggest swimming pool in the Caribbean, and it is the most crowded beach in the Dominican Republic, and one of the easiest to reach.
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Central Highlands
Bonao
Bonao is a mountain city in the Dominican Republic's Central Highlands, known for the Saltos de Jima waterfalls, the museum of painter Cándido Bidó, and the Falcondo ferronickel operation. A practical detour on the Santo Domingo to Santiago highway.
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North Coast
Cabarete
Cabarete is the Dominican Republic's watersports capital, a north-coast beach town where reliable trade winds, a reef-protected bay, and a beachfront strip of kite schools and open-air restaurants draw surfers, kitesurfers, and windsurfers of every level year-round.
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North Coast
Cabrera
Cliff-lined fishing town on the far eastern end of the north coast, where a freshwater cenote, a cove reached by about 100 rock-cut steps, and a protected headland sit minutes apart, still mostly free of resort crowds.
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