Once a rustic fishing village, over the years Las Terrenas has become home to dozens of French and Italian expats. This provides Las Terrenas with the perfect mix of third world charm and cosmopolitan life.
Restaurants abound and range from multi course French meals worthy of a Michelin star, to traditional Italian restaurants with pasta and thin crust pizza, to typical Dominican home cooking. There are bars and clubs to drink and dance the night away, and during the day there are a plethora of choices.
Visit the exquisite Park Nacional Los Haitises and see the caves with drawing from the once indigenous Taino Indians. Rent quads and travel the coffee route. Take a hike or horseback ride to the Salto de Limon - a 40 meter (130 ft) tall waterfall where you can swim in the mineral rich waters. There are scores of secluded beaches to visit and eat a fish lunch pulled from the ocean that morning.
If you’re feeling active, take a kiteboarding or surfing lesson, and if you come between mid January and mid March, there is incredible whale watching in the bay of Samana as the humpbacks travel there each season to give birth. And then there is always just chilling by the pool with a book and a drink in hand.
