Dominican Republic - What to Expect

Hamaca (Coral Hamaca).
The Hamaca is generally regarded as the best and most expensive property in Boca Chica.

This is a large high-rise hotel, with multiple restaurants, a disco, casino, multiple shops, two pools, and a private beach that is off-limits to anybody not staying at the hotel. It is a full-service all-inclusive fortress and I usually recommend this hotel to first-time visitors to Boca Chica.

Casa Colonial in Puerto Plata is a fantastic boutique hotel!! 100% recommendable.

Take a few American Dollars, but have Dominican Peso as your main currency. Try to avoid Hotel-Run Casinos, you will probably lose rather than gain.

It is a very hot city, busy with buses! there are nice hotels, shopping centers, and access by bus or cars is easy from San Salvador. You can find a lot of activities, going to the close beaches the best in El Salvador, El cuco, Playas Negras.

It is just paradise! Zwar am Ende der Welt, aber es lohnt sich! Viele wunderschöne Palmengesäumte Traumstrände an der Karibik!

Very nice place for surfers!

Special Recommendation:
Have a nice dinner at one of the beachside restaurants...
The tables are set on the beach. There is a huge range of caribbean or european food (seefood, pizza, etc.)
According to friends advice, the nightlife should be very good too (haven't tried it though).

There are the big shopping centers of the northern ireland. At Santiago it feels like .....normal.

the best tourguide was local taxidriver. showed lot of places (rum destilery, slums...). try to find one (criminality rate was very low, when I was there, but be carefull)

Dancing and nightlife, merengue and other folklore.Donot go along showing off, just be friendly and simple, avoid conversations with people that obviously want something from you and keep talking to you. When you go, for instance, to El Mercado to buy souvenirs, always bargain.You will find lots of restaurants, local food, Italian, French, American, Mexican, Argentinian, German...

En Rio San Juan no deben perderse de darse un baño en la Laguna Gri-Gri, es salobre, muy grata, ahí pueden tomar una yola motorizada que en minutos los pasea por la Costa Atlántica. Hay mucha vida nocturna, buenos hoteles pequeños, gente hospitalaria... pero tengan cuenta a la hora de comprar de que no les cobren mas de la cuenta. No ponen precios bajos. La comida es muy rica.