MLT Vacations, the tour operator for Delta Airlines and United Vacations Brands, is now including in its multiple vacation packages three Dominican resorts operated by the Bahia Principe chain of hotels. All the facilities are situated in the country’s stunning northeast coastal region. The resorts are the Gran Bahia Principe Cayo Levantado, the Gran Bahia Principe Cayacoa and the Gran [...]

The President of the Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina, participated in the groundbreaking ceremony of a new tourism complex that will be situated in “Playa Grande,” in the country’s north coast. The “Costa Norte” complex will be situated between the north coast cities of Puerto Plata and Samaná. The project will feature a boutique hotel and residential lots. The three-phase development [...]

The luxury boutique hotel Peninsula House, situated in the Samaná Peninsula – on the country’s northeast region – was recently recognized as the best hotel in the Americas, and seventh worldwide, by the Conde Nast Traveller’s Readers Choice Awards. The hotel received a score of 98.2%. Some 28,876 visitors participated in the survey that put together the list. According to [...]

This much-awaited season begins in January and runs through March. The Whale Watching Season 2013 officially opened in the Atlantic waters, off the coastline of the Bay of Samaná, on the country’s northeast region. The Bay of Samaná is included in the list of the world’s most beautiful bays. The whales visit the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean every [...]

The Samaná Peninsula, on the country’s northeast region, has been included in the list of 25 “must destinations” to visit in 2013. The list was put together by Fodor’s Travel Guide.  The publication describes the Samaná peninsula as a destination rich in pristine beaches, and offering the ideal destination for nature lovers. The publication also says that visitors to the [...]

The impressive Luxury Bahia Principe Cayo Levantado Hotel is located on a small situated in the Bay of Samaná, on the country’s northeast region. Visitors to the international travel website Tripadvisor.com have given “rave reviews” to the facility. The 201-room hotel tops the list of the most popular tourism facilities in Samaná. In 2012 it received the Travellers’ Choice 2012 [...]

The “El Limon” municipal district, situated on the country’s beautiful northeast coast, is home to some of the Dominican Republic’s most beautiful waterfalls. The best known is the “El Limon” waterfall, a protected area that annually attracts more than 40,000 visitors. However, this particular region is home to other truly impressive waterfalls, easily reached through lush hiking trails that lead [...]

The Bay of Samaná is one of the world’s most important meeting grounds for one of the planet’s largest whales.  Each year, from January to April, thousands of humpback whales travel from the icy waters of the North Atlantic to the warm waters off the coast of Samaná, on the northeast corner of the Dominican Republic.  During those specific months [...]

Situated in the southeastern section of the Samaná Peninsula, which on the map of the Dominican Republic resembles a stretched arm reaching out to the sea, visitors will find one of the country’s most beautiful capes. The breathtaking beauty of Cape Samaná, and the importance of its surrounding areas, encouraged the Dominican authorities to declare the entire region as a [...]

It is not easy for urban residents to imagine life in rural Dominican Republic.  It is even much more difficult for them to imagine what it is like to tend to a Dominican vegetable garden, milk cows or sleep in a wooden cabin with a thatch roof.  Although these situations can be easily described through the written word, nothing equals [...]