Winnipeg to Punta Cana Occidental Grand Punta Cana 4*
SJR
AI
July 12
7 nts
920
325
Toronto to Punta Cana Vik Arena Blanca 4*
Room
AI
July 30
7 nts
717
320
Edmonton to Samana Gr. Paradise Samana 4*
Sup-Gard
AI
Aug 02
7 nts
793
322
Toronto to Punta Cana Vik Arena Blanca 4 *
Room
AI
July 16
7 nts
887
320
Toronto to Punta Cana Grd. Paradise Bavaro 4*
Club Garden Room
AI
July 26
7 nts
835
309
Toronto to Punta Cana Tropical Princess 4*
Room
AI
July 25
7 nts
925
309
Toronto to Punta Cana Vik Areana Blanca 4 *
Room
AI
July 12
7 nts
717
320
Toronto to Santo Domingo Barcelo Capella 4*
Capella
AI
July 27
7 nts
845
309
Toronto to Puerto Plata Gr.Para Playa Dorada 4*
Room
AI
July 23
7 nts
737
320
The Dominican Republic is located on the Island of Hispañola, between Cuba and Puerto Rico, and has a great geographic diversity with extensive beaches of white sand, fertile valleys with exuberant vegetation, desert zones with dune
formations, mighty mountain chains where Pico Duarte, the highest peak, and lake Enriquillo the biggest lake in the Caribbean. With so much to see and do, the Dominican Republic has turned it into the main tourist destination of the region. The official language of the Dominican Republic is Spanish and the majority of Dominicans are of mixed European and African descent.
Punta Cana, at the island's easternmost point, boasts large resorts with superb facilities, including golf and conference centers, on and near its spectacular beaches. With some of the most beautiful beaches in the Caribbean, this destination is the perfect vacation spot for those who love to enjoy their favorite water sport and experience great diving. This is a place for vegging out… miles of silky-fine white sand, deserted beaches with coconut palms. Unless you rent a car or purchase an excursion, don’t expect much sightseeing or outstanding shopping opportunities nearby. This area is made up almost completely of large all-inclusive resorts populated mostly by couples or families. Some resorts in the area cater to sports-minded people, others are couples only. But most resorts focus on family entertainment. The exception is spring break time when groups of university students fly down from Canada and the US. The better hotels for this crowd are the larger complexes, where night time entertainment is more lively. The Punta Cana area lends itself more to those looking for the type of vacation where the resort has everything and one never has to go outside the gates. Note the nearest city, Higuey, is about a 40 minute drive away. Beyond the resorts is mostly empty countryside. You can literally walk for miles along the beach without seeing anything but an occasional unfinished construction project or the next hotel. El Cortecito, located between Punta Cana-Bavaro and Macao, is the closest thing to a little beach town in the area. Nearby is Manatee Park, a wildlife ecological/adventure site and the Ponce de Leon house is near Boca de Yuma, a choice for fresh fish lunches by the seaside. Handicraft vendors rotate offering market day at the different hotels. There are several souvenir shops located right on the different beach stretches.
Puerto Plata is an immensely rich province due to its land and cattle production and developed tourism industry. It is a land of sugar cane, rice, rum and tobacco. It also has the most important amber mines. Practically all of its coast has been included in ambitious tourism projects.
The city of Puerto Plata is the province capital. It was founded in 1496 by Bartholomew Columbus, at the foot of Isabel de Torres Hill. It is a city with a strong Victorian style. The San Felipe Fort is one of its colonial relics. Among its other attractions is the cableway that rises to the top of the Isabel de Torres Hill and an important Amber Museum. It also has the second most important airport in the country. The weather is humid, very good in the summer and fair in the winter. There are remnants of the forest vegetation, the most relevant are located in the Septentrional Mountain Range and the groves at the mouth of the Caño Orí. The fringe of the Puerto Plata coast was declared the National Park of the Puerto Plata Coast; the Isabel de Torres Hill was also declared a National Park.
La Romana is the most prosperous region in the east due to the tourism, sugar cane, cattle and production industries; the latter developed by the Central Romana Corporation, which greatly contributes to the local economy.
The weather is humid, very good in the winter and fair in the summer. The vegetation consists of humid forests and cactus towards Bayahibe, and sugar cane fields and grazing pastures towards the north.
La Romana has three truly beautiful beaches: El Caletón, La Minita and La Caleta, the latter is frequented by many visitors during the summer since it is so close to the city.
Two of its beaches are tourist attractions, one in the east and another to the southwest. The latter is formed by a beautiful cove surrounded by coconut trees. It has a forest vegetation made by thorny trees that grow slowly due to the arid land and lack of water.
Santo Domingo, an enchanting city uniting modern sophistication, old world charm, and Latin charisma. This throbbing metropolis seduces you with superb dining, vibrant night life, and fashionable shopping. It is the first European city in the Western Hemisphere, and a large part of its rich colonial heritage is preserved in a unique enclave beside the Ozama River called the "Colonial City."
It's an extraordinary city-scape of sixteenth century dwellings, imposing late medieval palaces and fortresses, set amidst a refreshingly non-geometric street-grid. Santo Domingo can boast the
Western Hemisphere's first cathedral, its first monastery, its first hospital, its first university, and its first court of law. Recognizing Santo Domingo as the cradle of European civilization in the New World, UNESCO has declared the Colonial City a world heritage site.
The cobblestone streets and centuries-old façades of the Colonial City house scores of picturesque cafés and bars, small hotels and well established restaurants. In the expansive plaza framed by the Palace of Columbus, the Casas Reales Museum and the quaint 17th century sundial, the sidewalk cafés come alive after dusk as an intimate, informal rendezvous for locals and visitors alike.
Samanapeninsula is located at the extreme northeast of the Dominican Republic. Unique, different and beautiful, it is geologically the oldest part of Hispañola and was, until quite recently, an island in its own right. Cristopher Colombus named part of Samana Bay the "Gulf of the Arrows", because his ships were received by the early original Amerindian inhabitants with a "rain of arrows" which forced them to sail away with care.
Samaná has always attracted visitors, although not so much for the undisturbed stretches of white, palm-fringed, sandy beaches as for its important strategic geographical location.
The peninsula and its surroundings has a rich and fascinating heritage. The towns and villages, caves, wrecks, and the landscape modified by human activities are alive with traces, vestiges, remains and reminders; although sometimes a little interpretation is needed.
Samaná has long attracted certain regular visitors. For eons humpback whales from the North Atlantic have migrated every winter to the warm and protected waters of the Bay of Samaná.
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