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View Poll Results: The Best Dominican City is....
Santo Domingo 90 27.03%
Santiago 123 36.94%
Puerto Plata 61 18.32%
San Pedro de Macoris 9 2.70%
San Francisco de Macoris 8 2.40%
La Romana 26 7.81%
San Juan de la Maguana 9 2.70%
Barahona 7 2.10%
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Old 01-16-2007, 11:50 AM
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La Romana is a very nice province.....it's probably the most known province in the world due to its resorts (casa de campo, dominicus, bayahibe, etc) it has beautiful beaches.....some nice rivers....nice location...it got an exelent view of the Catalina Island where u can scuba dive and enjoy of the pool in the sea....theres a portion of the sea that is so shallow it is like a pool....u would find nice apartments and plus nice campos..bateyes.....so La Romana has a lil bit of everything.
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La Romana is a very nice province.....it's probably the most known province in the world due to its resorts (casa de campo, dominicus, bayahibe, etc) it has beautiful beaches.....some nice rivers....nice location...it got an exelent view of the Catalina Island where u can scuba dive and enjoy of the pool in the sea....theres a portion of the sea that is so shallow it is like a pool....u would find nice apartments and plus nice campos..bateyes.....so La Romana has a lil bit of everything.
Be aware that even though Bayahibe is sold to tourists as part of "La Romana", in reality Bayahibe is in La Altagracia province.

In fact, all the resorts of "La Romana" are in La Altagracia province with the exception of Casa de Campo. But, these are technicalities.

Given that Bayahibe (even though its sold as part of La Romana), Punta Cana, and Bavaro are in La Altagracia province, it probably makes sense to assume that La Altagracia is the most known province to foreigners.

In second place probably comes Puerto Plata perhaps followed by San Pedro de Macoris and the Distrito Nacional.

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Old 01-17-2007, 12:24 PM
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Hey NALs it is true what u say about Dominicus and Bayahibe really belonging to La Altagracia...but....even there residents consider themselves as part of La Romana.....they say they belong to La Romana...the Resorts themselves say they are located in La Romana...there are more resorts in La Romana not so known that have been getting attention lately...like Santana Beach Resort and Barcelo Reyna Cumayasa....i give a lot of props to La Altagracia o Higuey i love that area of the country....santo domingo.....santiago.....la altagracia and puerto plata....would follow my list of the best provinces in DR....every province has something to admire and love.....different attractions......the best place should have more than only beaches or hotels....u have to look at the town and it's outsides....and it's people......
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Hey NALs it is true what u say about Dominicus and Bayahibe really belonging to La Altagracia...but....even there residents consider themselves as part of La Romana.....they say they belong to La Romana...the Resorts themselves say they are located in La Romana...there are more resorts in La Romana not so known that have been getting attention lately...like Santana Beach Resort and Barcelo Reyna Cumayasa....i give a lot of props to La Altagracia o Higuey i love that area of the country....santo domingo.....santiago.....la altagracia and puerto plata....would follow my list of the best provinces in DR....every province has something to admire and love.....different attractions......the best place should have more than only beaches or hotels....u have to look at the town and it's outsides....and it's people......
That's why I added the word "technically" into my response, because technically Bayahibe is in La Altagracia, eventhough everyone seem to be convinced that its in La Romana.

The tourist industry does so for the sake of simplicity (tourist arrive to La Romana airport, the only town of reference in the area is La Romana, Bayahibe is closer and better connected to La Romana than it is to Higuey, etc), but locals tend to be misinformed regarding to which province they live in. Which leads me to wonder why are the political boundaries between La Altagracia and La Romana simply changed to include Bayahibe into La Romana and makes things easier for everyone? Oh well.

By the way, Santana Beach Resort is NOT in La Romana. It's near the estuary of the Soco River in San Pedro de Macoris province. In fact, the border between San Pedro and La Romana provinces are nowhere near Santana Beach Resort since the resort lies more or less half way between San Pedro city and the La Romana border.

The Barcelo Reyna Cumayasa hotel is right along the border and technically is in La Romana. I think the Cumayasa river which borders their property IS the provincial border between La Romana and San Pedro, but I am not entirely sure about that detail.

But, again, these are only political technicalities.

Everything else you mention is right on!

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i want to know- who on earth voted POP? give me names, you are personally responsible for fuelling minovio's desire to settle here for ever!

santo domingo - i am a big cities girl and it has la cuchara de madera.
closely followed by santiago - with benny's pastries.
no complains about those two!
but jarabacoa has the best temperature.

seriously i should not be voting as i have seen a small chunk of DR being here for few months only.... nothing that can't be fixed thou.

ps moca has BEST girls ever. i have been to a wedding in moca - wow, i did not know where to look!
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well..if it's all about the girlzzzz....i think the poll result will definately change...hehe....i hear girls from...san francisco....santiago...Ocoa....are cutest...no se si es verdad..he visto unas cuantas no mas..no tantas para desidir....the capital...well..se compone de diferentes pueblos en totalidad debido a la migracion de estudiantes de otras provincias....so...no se....
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Just curious, what is your criteria for choosing these cities, since you have not been to the DR???????

A.Hidalgo,

I think you misread my post. I typed that I had not been
EVERYWHERE in the DR. Not I have not been to the Dominican Republic.
My criteria is based upon where I enjoyed myself most.

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Yo amo a mi tierra....de playa a playa...de batey a batey...de ciudad a ciudad...de campo a campo...........la verdad no creo que haya una provincia #1....todas tienen sus riquezas.......y lo importante....el con'to de las riquezas de nuestras provincias hacen esa hermosa Quisqueya la bella
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A.Hidalgo,

I think you misread my post. I typed that I had not been
EVERYWHERE in the DR. Not I have not been to the Dominican Republic.
My criteria is based upon where I enjoyed myself most.

Moca
Understood, where you enjoyed yourself is a good criteria.
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Pretty much anywhere where there are not a lot of tourist or none at all or look like a tourist.
This is correct!
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