The Best Time To Visit

The most suitable time to visit the Dominican Republic without the extends from December to May the temperature is pleasant without being too hot and especially rain and humidity are less oppressive. February and March are the favorites of tourists enjoy when the temperature around 30 degrees and precipitation of less than five times that of August During the summer months, heat rises sometimes to approach 40 degrees and rain, short but violent, becoming more frequent. The hurricane season short in August to October.

Lagoons and coconut trees, sun and music, smiles of the people and exotic animals, the Dominican Republic has many treasures to offer to travelers.

Santo Domingo, the capital, is the first city built on American soil. Witness the Zona Colonial, with its cobbled streets, church (the oldest in the New World), Hospital San Nicolas de Bari. Also visit the Museo de las Casas Reales, very interesting.

Do not miss the two national parks located in the Cordillera Central, where you can hike in the mountains, peaking at over 3000 meters, and down raging rivers in canyoning.

The resort of Cabarete is a place famous for the practice of windsurfing, but also for relaxation which lends itself nicely its superb beach.

To assist in the reproduction of humpback whales, go to Bahia de Samana in January and February you will not soon forget the performance of these huge animals!

International flights serving the airport of Santo Domingo.

No visa is required for French nationals.

The current currency is the Dominican peso.

The budget plan is moderate: a room costs as little as € 50 and an average meal for ten euros. Alas, the accommodation of average tariffs are not the easiest to find.

Regarding health, it is recommended to use an anti-malaria treatment before leaving. Other precautions are to hang classics protect themselves from mosquitoes, sun, do not drink tap water, do some reef fish that can be toxic. Keep updating your immunizations traditional, and possibly add those against typhoid and hepatitis A and B.

For traveling within the country, buses are the means of transportation preferred: cheap, fairly comfortable, they are almost everywhere. You are also in town, and taxis without meters ...! The motorcycle taxis are frequent and cheaper, but unsafe.

If you wish to report objects in memory, the market of Santo Domingo offers many products from local craftsmen naive paintings, dolls, amber jewelry, cigars, rum.