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For a copy of our privacy policy visit lonelyplanet.com/ privacy. in 2013. On the road, Kim Beddall, Nicolas AUTHOR THANKS Warembourg, David Cruz, Gordana Stojanovic, Michael Grosberg Kris and Jill Thomas, Alan Nuñez, Melany Thanks to Carly Neidorf for putting up with my Torres, Carla Mathe, Johan Guyot, Kate Wallace, long absences and of course to my coauthor Nathalie Agramonte, Damian Irizarry and Mara Kevin Raub. And on the road to the following for Sandri. their time, guidance, insight and warmth: Patricia Suriel, Omar Rodriguez, Michael Scates, Mark Rodriguez, Tim Hall, Clare and ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Jeroen Mutsarrs and Lorenzo Sanssani. Climate map data adapted from Peel MC, Finlayson BL & McMahon TA (2007) ‘Updated Kevin Raub World Map of the Köppen-Geiger Climate Thanks to my wife, Adriana Schmidt Raub, who Classification’, Hydrology and Earth System sure does put up with a lot of travel. Thanks Sciences, 11, 1633¬44. also to my former editor at Lonely Planet, Catherine Craddock-Carrillo; my partner in Cover photograph: Cascada El Limón, crime, Michael Grosberg, who had to put up Península de Samaná; Bertrand Gardel/Alamy. with my early start; and all of the staff we lost 248 BEHIND THE SCENES Planet’s Oakland office, and Clifton Wilkinson, Simon THIS BOOK produced by the following: Williamson This 6th edition of Lonely Destination Editor Assisting Cartographer Planet’s Dominican Republic Helen Elfer James Leversha guidebook was researched Commissioning Editors Cover Researcher Naomi and written by Michael Gros- Catherine Craddock-Carrillo, Parker berg and Kevin Raub. The Kathleen Munnelly Anita Banh, previous edition was written Thanks to Carolyn Sasha Baskett, Fredrik Divall, by Paul Clammer, Michael Product Editor Boicos Ryan Evans, Larissa Frost, Grosberg and Kevin Raub, and the 4th edition by Paul Clam- Senior Cartographer Genesys India, Jouve India, mer, Michael Grosberg and Mark Griffiths Elizabeth Jones, Nadine Lopez, Jens Porup. This guidebook Book Designer Wibowo Rusli Kate Mathews, Claire Naylor, Martine Power, James Smart, was commissioned in Lonely Assisting Editors Justin Richard Weil Flynn, Carly Hall, Kate Kiely, ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd 249 Index A beaches 22 Playa Rincón 9, 116, 9 border crossings 238 accommodations 228-30, Bahía de Las Águilas 10, Playa Sosúa 138-9, 31 Ázua 186 242, see also individual 194, 10 Playita 115 Comendador del Rey locations Bozo Beach 146 beer 35 189-90 activities 22, 25, 26, 37-42, Cayo Levantado 110-11 bicycling 41-2, 238, see also Dajabón 160 see also individual Costa Dorada 135-6 mountain biking Jimaní 199-200 activities Kite Beach 146 birdwatching 42, 223-4 Pedernales 197 Aguas Blancas 180 Las Salinas 185 books 223 budget 19 air travel 236-8 Long Beach 131 Cachóte 193 bus travel 238-9, 240-1 Altar de la Patria 56 Paraíso 193 Indigenous Eyes business hours 19 Alto Velo 197 Playa Alicia 139 Ecological Park & Altos de Chavón 84 Playa Arena Gorda 97 Reserve 97 Álvarez, Julia 221 C Playa Bayahibe 91 Laguna Limón 104-5 amber 49, 71, 130, 133, Cabarete 13, 143-53, 144-5 Playa Blanca (Boca de Laguna Oviedo 196 170, 230 Cabo Cabrón 116 Yuma) 94 Parque Nacional del animals 22-3, 223-5, see Cabral 195 Playa Blanca (Isla Beata) Este 94 also individual animals 197 Parque Nacional Los Cabrera 155-6 architecture 24, 222 Playa Bonita 126 Haitises 106 Cachóte 193 area codes 233 Playa Cabarete 146 Parque Nacional Sierra de camping 229 art galleries, see museums Bahoruco 198 Playa Cabo Engaño 97 canyoning 40-1, 173 & galleries Península de Pedernales Playa Caletón 154 car travel 239-40 arts 220-2 190-1 Playa Cofresí 137 Carnaval 17, 25, 62, 167, ATMs 232 boat excursions 17, 26 Playa Cosón 126 Ázua 186 Bávaro & Punta Cana 99 Casa de Campo 85-7 Playa del Macao 97 Bayahibe & Dominicus Casa de Francia 56, 58 Playa Detras del Morro Americanus 91 158 Casa del Cordón 56 B Cabarete 146 bachata 216 Playa Diamante 156 casabe 35 Laguna Oviedo 196 Bahía de Las Águilas 10, Playa Dominicus 91 Cascada El Limón 122, 31 Luperón 156 194, 10 Playa Dorada 135-6 cascading 40-1 Los Cayos de los Siete Bahoruco 193-4 Castillo del Cerro 187 Playa El Breton 156 Hermanos 159 Balaguer, Joaquín 211-13, cathedrals, see churches & Playa El Cortecito 97 Parque Nacional Los 221 cathedrals Playa Encuentro 146 Haitises 106 Baní 185-6 caves Playa Ensenada 158 Puerto Plata 131 Barahona 191-3 Cueva de Berna 94 Playa Entrada 156 Sosúa 140 bargaining 21 Cueva de las Playa Frontón 115 boat travel 237, 238 baseball 17, 27, 70, 85, 163, Maravillas 88 Playa Grande (Luperón) Boca Chica 84 218-19, 17 Cueva de San Gabriel 106 156 Boca de Yuma 94 Basilica de Nuestra Cueva del Puente 90 Playa Grande (Río San Boca del Diablo 115 Señora de la Juan) 154 Cueva del Templo 106 Altagracia 95 books 202 Playa Guibia 48 Cueva Fun Fun 100 bats 224 baseball 219 Playa Isabela 157 Cueva Penon Gordo 90 Bávaro 96-104, , birdwatching 223 98 23 Playa las Flechas 111 Cuevas de la Arena 106 coral reefs 226 Bayahibe 17, 88-95, 89 Playa Limón 104-5 Dudu Cave 154, 156 history 204, 207, 213, 214 Playa Los Patos 193 Los Tres Ojos 59 literature 220-1 Playa Madama 115 Padre Nuestro 39 Map Pages 000 music 216 Playa Popa 159 Parque Nacional El Photo Pages 000 wildlife 225 Choco 143 Playa Preciosa 154 250 Piedras Letradas 180 coffee 35 Dudu Cave 154, 156 geology 223 Reserva Antropológica festivals 198 dysentery 231 golf 41 Cuevas del Pomier 188 production 147-8, 170, 174 La Romana 85 Cayo Arena 157 Cofresí 137 Playa Dorada 135 Cayo Levantado 110-11 E Columbus, Christopher 48, economy 203, 213-14 Punta Cana 98-9 cell phones 233 59, 157, 204-5 El Corral de los Indios 187 Río San Juan 154 INDEX central highlands 44, Comendador del Rey El Lechoso 195 government 208-14 161-82, 162 189-90 guagua travel 239 El Limón 122, 31 accommodations 161 Constanza 16, 179-81, 16 Guerra, Juan Luís 215, 216 El Mogote 174 C-H climate & travel consulates 232 güiras 216 seasons 161 coral reefs 39, 224, 226 El Morro 158 food 161 Cordillera Septentrional El Punto 116 highlights 162 170 electricity 231 H travel to/from 161 Costa Dorada 135-6 Elías Piña 189-90 Haiti border crossings 238 travel within 161 Costambar 136-7 embassies 232 Ázua 186 Charcos los costs 19, 21, 232 emergencies 19, 245 Comendador del Rey 189-90 Militares 170 courses 61, 140, 147 Enriquillo 192 Dajabón 160 children, travel with 230 credit cards 232 environmental issues 226 Jimaní 199-200 churches & cathedrals crocodiles 199, 225 Estadio Cibao 163 Pedernales 197 Basilica de Nuestra Cueva de las Maravillas 88 Estadio Quisqueya 70 Haiti–Dominican Republic Señora de la Cueva del Puente 90 Estero Hondo 157 Altagracia 95 relations 202-3, 210-11, currency 232 etiquette 21 Capilla de la Tercera 213-14 customs regulations 230 events, see festivals & Orden Dominica 53 Haiti earthquake 214 cycling, see bicycling, events Capilla de Nuestra Haitian markets 160, mountain biking exchange rates 19 Señora de los 189-90, 2 Remedios 51 health 231 Catedral de la D F hepatitis 231 Concepción 171 Dajabón 160 Faro a Colón 59 Higüey 95-6 Catedral de Santiago Damajagua 14, 40, 135, 15 festivals & events 25-7, hiking 41 Apóstol 164 62, 95, 132, 148, 167, dance 215-17 Cachóte 193 Catedral Primada de 198, 215 dangers, see safety central highlands 170 América 49, 51 films 202, 218 deforestation 226 Jarabacoa 173-4 Convento de la Orden de fish 224 dengue fever 231 Las Galeras 116 los Predicadores 51 fishing 40 Díaz, Junot 221 Pico Duarte 14, 41, Iglesia Corazón de Bávaro & Punta Cana 99 Jesus 182 disabilities, travelers 177-9, 14 Cabarete 148 Iglesia de la Regina with 234 Reserva Científica Loma Puerto Plata 131 Angelorum 53 diving 24, 38-9 Quita Espuela 182 Sosúa 140 Iglesia de Nuestra Bávaro 98 San José de las Matas 169 food 21, 34-5, 36, 243-5 Señora de las Bayahibe 17, 90-1, 17 history 204-14, see also forts individual locations Mercedes 53 Boca Chica 84 Fortaleza Ozama 55 Balaguer, Joaquín Iglesia de Nuestra Cabarete 147 Señora del Carmen 53 Fortaleza San Luis 163-4 211-13, 221 Cabo Cabrón 116 Iglesia de San Fuerte de San Felipe books 204, 207, 213, 214 Isla Catalinita 89-90 Lázaro 53 130-1 Columbus, Christopher Laguna Dudu 156 Iglesia de San Miguel 53 Fuerte de Santa Bárbara 48, 59, 157, 204-5 Iglesia de Santa Las Galeras 116 58 colonization 205-6 Bárbara 53 Las Terrenas 120-1 La Vega Vieja 171 government 208-14 Iglesia de Santa Clara 53 Monte Cristi 159 frogs 225 Haiti, rule & relations Iglesia San Felipe 131 Puerto Plata 131 with Dominican Santo Cerro 170-1 Punta Cana 98 Republic 202-3, 207-8, Río San Juan 154 G 210-11, 213-14 cigars 71, 166, 182, 230 galleries,