Country Info
- Santo Domingo
- Capital
- Dominican Peso (DOP)
- Currency
- 8,581,477
- Population
- DO
- Country Code
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Top Hotels in Dominican Republic
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Abyta Hotel Santo Domingo
4 reviews -
Tropical Beach Hotel Puerto Plata
1348 reviews
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Playa Punta Cana Resort
2 reviews -
Gbp Cayo Levantado Samaná Peninsula
962 reviews -
Hotel Residence Playa Colibri Las Terrenas
88 reviews
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Extreme Hotel Cabarete
98 reviews
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Hotel Bayahibe
38 reviews
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Hotel Zapata Boca Chica
150 reviews
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Plaza Florida Suites Dominican Republic
1 review
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Green House Aparta Hotel Santo Domingo
6 reviews
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Hotel La Casona Dorada & Restaurant Santo Domingo
15 reviews -
Orquidea Sosa Santo Domingo
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Micro Hotel Suites & Condo Santo Domingo
9 reviews
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Bavaro Rainbow Punta Cana
2 reviews
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El Portillo Beach Resort Samaná Peninsula
8 reviews
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Tropic Banana Las Terrenas
10 reviews
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Hotel Alegria Cabarete
95 reviews
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Amhsa Marina Playa Real Beach Resort Juan Dolio
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Villa Baya Aparta-Hotel Bayahibe
5 reviews
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Joker Hotel Boca Chica
2 reviews
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Tropiclub Los Almendros Dominican Republic
1 review
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Hotel Metur Santo Domingo
8 reviews
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Ruben'S Hotel Santo Domingo
4 reviews
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Tropical Alisios Bavaro Resort Punta Cana
4 reviews
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Kari Beach Hotel Las Terrenas
24 reviews
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Isla Verde Beach Hotel Cabarete
4 reviews
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Villa Almonte Sosua
2 reviews
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El Eden Hotel Bayahibe
9 reviews
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Calypso Beach Hotel Boca Chica
8 reviews -
Hotel Brisas Del Yague Jarabacoa
9 reviews
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Santana Beach Resort and Casino La Romana
977 reviews
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Liriocala Apart-Hotel Punta Cana
1 review
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Maison Gautreaux Santo Domingo
21 reviews
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Tropix Hotel Sosua
23 reviews
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Tortuga Bay At Punta Cana Resort & Club
248 reviews -
Casas del Mar Neptunia Las Terrenas
40 reviews
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Travel Blogs from Dominican Republic
y entonces...
... , or someone to help me with projects in the community. He said something about me being too independent and not understanding Dominican Culture. Go figure! The real reason was that I was talking to people from other political parties and working with ...
Thanksgiving in the DR
Hola Friends and happy Turkey Day! Well, I am now officially a Peace Corps Volunteer! I have fought the good fight and made it through. The ceremony was very nice and our "families" attended. Afterwards, we all went into the city and ended up at ...
Days 46-47: Luperon to Samana
Finally we were out of Luperon! We had spent about 2 weeks anchored in the bay, which many compare to a Swiss lake than a Caribbean harbor. The whole time we were there the bay was dead calm and we were completely unaffected by the ocean swells. The bay ...
Jukebox Etiquette
... passport stamp all in hand, not to mention the complimentary rum and coke ladled out to visitors as a warm Dominican welcome. I am currently staying with a family in the heart of the capital after meeting the daughter - who lives ...
1st Day in Santo Domingo - Project El Piño
So.. our first day in the Dominican Republic! We have breakfast in the hotel (Mercure Hotel - Santo Domingo) (awesome buffet.. many fresh fruits, toast, bread, cornflakes, meat,...) and then Juan comes and pick us up with the car of the company. ...
Santo Domingo
... , Hungarians, Chinese and many others. In fact, Chinese immigrants were the second fastest growing immigrant group in the Dominican Republic. I arrive in Zona Colonial, one of the historical districts in Santo Domingo, by taxi and quickly settle ...
Dodging the police and a horrible Valentine's Day
Some of you hate valentine's with a passion...As for me, I have always loved the holdiday with or without a man....sharing in the joy of pink hearts and chocolate and cookies with sprinkles and flowers with my friends and loved ones makes me feel ...
Politicos and the AIDS vigil
The electins are over GRACIAS A DIOS! And now life has gotten back to normal and tranquilidad is back (well, almost). I have begun to realize that the people of the DR get excited about the elections and have a similar enthusiasm synonomous with the ...
Home Sweet Barrio
... . I will have to take a photo of me in it so you can all have a good laugh. I was on the back of a motorcycle behind a large Dominican man, and our moto stalled every time we had to go up a steep hill. It was a riot. I am back in training in Santo ...
Mantanzas
[Every act of love is a work of peace; no matter how small.[ I moved over a week as part of my training program. I now live in Matanzas, a little providence of a town called Nagua about 3 hours north of Santo Domingo where I used to live. The town I ...
WARNING: Am officially becoming a crazy dog lady
... the road. If they only knew that I was giving her little lectures about how she needs to behave like a lady and not like a Dominican street dog! In other non-Stella-related news, things with my work are picking up steam and I am starting to get ...
A paradise by the name of Punta Cana
BEAUTIFUL WHITE SAND BEACHES - CAN ONE ASK FOR MORE? We stayed at the Melia Caribe Tropical, a heaven on earth all-inclusive resort. The beach was within steps of our room and the 7 days in paradise ended way too ...
Tamarinds & Guavas right off the tree
Spent a few months in Santiago in 1982. I was 5 years old then and my most salient memory was that I met and played with most of my 30-some cousins! I also remember eating delicious tamarinds and ripe guavas right off of my grandmother's trees (may ...
Happy New Year
Well I all moved into my site and adjusting more and more each day. It is fair to say that each day provides its own excitement. There is a million things to say, so I'll try to keep it organized and as short as possible. My first three months in ...
Camps, Conferences, and Critters from Beyond
... on about town and the surrounding communities. The very next day was Camp GLOW (Girls Leading our world) or "Estrellas de Hoy" (Dominican verstion)the camp to which I would take girls from my community (two from Pimentel, two from Los Limones) to teach ...
Dominikanska republiken
Farväl Leewards and Windwards Islands i Karibien (De små Antillerna) där vi trivdes så bra, nu är det de Stora Antillerna vi ska besöka: Dominikanska Republiken, Kuba och Cayman Islands, inte Portorico för vi har inget visa dit. Det första ...
John's Special Day
... and father and eight children. However the mother, Madeline is organizing things alone because her husband is working in the Dominican Republic. He walks home a couple times a month. Her three oldest children are working in Port Au ...
Battle of the Sexes and new hope
... of these women, I found new hope. If I couldn't change the over-machismo cultural norm of the Dominican Republic, in seeing the excitement and appreciation of these women, I felt a part of me had been at least indirectly ...
Happy New Year from your Gordita!
... would surely nip it in the bud. But in the little added love around my lovehandles, I became aware of another aspect of Dominican culture. My friends and family on two seperate occasions, were more than happy to tell me upon seeing me the other day ...
Day Two!
Today...today Danielle and I did a great deal of...of...of nothing. Well we laid out by the pool then laid out on the beach then laid out on the beach a bit more then back to the pool. You get the idea. The weather turned out much better ...
The COS conference
... a rip in any pair of pants, tell you home remedies to get rid of whatever ails you, and also cook up some delicious dominican fare. I can mop a floor like no other and conserve water like it´s the last drop. Blackouts don´t bother me at all ...
The countdown begins
Well folks, my journey has almost come to an end. Can you beleive that only a few short years ago I was about to begin, excited, scared and fascinated by the world I would encounter? And now, all the answers lie beneath me....ok, that couldn´t be ...
Almost there
... alone. There are also some pictures of the mural. I helped with the beach scene! Other than that, life is normal in Dominican terms. I will be sworn into the Peace Corps on Wednesday. I´m really excited to officially begin my 2 years, and my ...
I'm coming home!
... shoes. If anyone who lives in Indiana has old athletic shoes that they are not using and would like to send them to the Dominican Republic please drop them off at my dad's house by Friday. Also, any used sports equipment (old mitts, baseballs, ...
Estrellitas to the Rescue
It finally begins to hit me....that wretched unavoidable tyrant known as the "one year hump". I am told that all volunteers go through it, and that makes me feel a little more assured that my frustration does not mean I have been posessed by evil ...
The halfway point
... to put together a brochure good enough that World Vision wants to distribute it nationally. That's all for now from the Dominican Republic! There are now photos in the previous post of my work weighing and measuring kids, my family and of ...
Where do I begin?
Hi Everyone! Greetings once again from the Dominican Republic. I am back in the capital after being away all week. I was at an ecotourism workshop in Duverge, a town in the Southwest of the DR. It is an interesting area - pretty hot and dry compared ...
How I ended up with 13 stitches
... and distributed parasite medication. My job once again was to weigh and measure the kids under age five. However, in typical Dominican fashion, our effectiveness was limited by a lack of planning. It was a 12-hour day from the time I was ...
Motoconchos ya
Well, I made it to and from the other volunteer's site without getting lost or killed! Luckily, she met me in the capital so I didn't have to make the trek by myself. I am sure I would have gotten lost! I survived my first motoconcho (motorcycle) ...
Jesus or Charles Manson?? YOU decide!!
The small Pueblo of Pimentel, Prov, Duarte of the Dominican Republic was aflutter two weeks ago, when this image below appeared on the wall of a neighbor of mine. People came from miles around to see the image, which people said had a great likeness to ...