Location: Las Terrenas in Dominican Republic
Nearest Airport:
2.5 hour drive from Santo Domingo Int'l at 120
Miles
Nearest Motorway:
New highway from Santo Domingo at 30
Miles
Nearest Beach:
beach at 1.0
Miles
Car: necessary
Las Terrenas is a picturesque town on the north east coast of the DR, on the Samana Peninsula. 'LT' is a special place, and not just because of its stunning beauty. The town offers 17 kilometers of beaches, mostly unpopulated, by contrast to much of the north coast, where wall-to-wall deckchairs line fairly small strips of beach. LT is also set apart because of its unique cultural mix -- it is made up of 2,000 foreign-born permanent residents out of a total of 15,000 in the town. This gives LT a particularly European flair.
Things to do: Our favorite answer is 'nothing' -- and that's the way we like it. A towel, sunscreen and a good book and we're set. But for the more actively inclined, things to do include whale watching -- on the south side of the peninsula is the Bay of Samana (January and February are prime times); wind sports, including kite sailing; restaurants.