While everyone else is heading to the Dominican Republic for the big city feels of Santo Domingo or the beaches of Puerto Plata, you’re off for an off the beaten path in the Dominican Republic vacation. With dozens of universities, including the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra, tons of galleries and art centers, history museums galore, and plenty of …
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Consisting of three humid caverns with dark blue lagoons connected by stalactite-filled passages, this site is lovely if you show up early to beat the crowds. Upon entrance, a long stairway takes visitors down a narrow tunnel in the rock, and a cement path at the bottom leads through the caves. This is the name …
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Mention Punta Cana and images of white, sandy beaches, tropical sunshine, pina colada in hand and all-inclusive resorts would come to mind. In the past few years, many resorts have sprung up along the southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic. A Caribbean workhorse of sun and sand, the southeast is synonymous with go-big-or-go-home tourism and …
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Santo Domingo, or ‘La Capital’ as it’s typically called, is a collage of cultures and neighborhoods. It’s where the sounds of life – domino pieces slapped on tables, backfiring mufflers and horns from chaotic traffic, merengue blasting from corner stores – are most intense. At the heart of the city is the Zona Colonial, where …
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Flight: AF969Carrier: Air FranceOrigin: 22 Dec Punta Cana 21:05Destination: 23 Dec Paris 10:30 Originally, we had booked with XL Airways for our flight from Punta Cana to Paris. It was a budget airline which offered competitive fares. A French court ordered the closure of long haul low cost airline XL Airways in October after it …
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