Juan Dolio; Boca Chica; Bayahibe?

[ricktoronto]

Originally posted by dale7
I would seriously recommend Juan Dolio, [snip] I recommend on my experiences: 1st choice BC, 2nd choice Juan Dolio. If not concerned about going to a must see city, (Santo Domingo)
1st choice: BC
2nd choice: Bayahibe because Juan Dolio is AI heaven and I don't like AI's.

Howie:

Paragraphs please, paragraphs.

Also the Zapata Hotel is more family and less party people and it is right on the beach so f you are a couple want to be on the beach and want to be able to walk to the main drag it may exceed the Europa which is a bit of a hooker hunters HQ frankly. Zapata is more family focused and less into that sort of thing.

Read the www.bocachicabeach.net site and you can SEE and read ALL this stuff and get a perspective.

[dale7]

Message taken and noted, Rick, lol. Sometimes I just start typing away and my thoughts get all jumbled.

Lisa,
Check out that website: www.bocachicabeach.net. That site will have photos of hotels, restaurants, with contact information and prices along with every other little tidbit of information you could want. In BC, you can enjoy a nice beach and numerous hotels for under $50US a night. There are plenty of small shops to shop at and have three major discos: Cosmos, La Cueva, and the disco at the Hamaca(Las Ollas). There are water recreational activities to do there and around a 30 minute taxi ride to the capital. Try something else other than the AI resorts and you will enjoy your stay more, spend less money, and get to live outside the resort and meet Dominican people.

dale7(Howard) Thanks Rick for giving away my nickname, Howie, only family and friends call me that, lol. Never thanked you or Jim H for the info regarding phone cards, Noblecom works great, belated thanks.

[justme]

Just returned, would not recommend these AI.

[ricktoronto]

Originally posted by dale7
and have three major discos: Cosmos, La Cueva, and the disco at the Hamaca(Las Ollas).

First I guessed at Howie ( but it was shroter to type, hint hint).

Second as to tourist couples, I am not so sure of the Cosmos/ La Cueva recommendation - first they are unbelievably loud and second they really do tend to serve the girlies looking for tourists.

Tourists not using the Hamaca hotel can pay to enter their disco (which admittedly has girlies there too) for I think $10 US including drinks.

Route 66 and Madhouse/Austria are also a bit mixed tourists and girlies but , well , really the whole thing is 2 blocks long and you cannot damage anything (maybe your hearing) by looking isnide, no cover charge, etc.

[tht]

It's a new "Disco Bar" in the street called Hot Point. They were open for a couple of months before Politur shut the down, reopened a few days ago. A part of their promotion is "chicas mas caliente, mejor clientele" (he, he) strange that it's always empty (maybe not so strange since a Corona is 65 pesos). The good thing about Boca Chica is free "entertainment" in the street (a good laugh most of the time), and it's close to Santo Domingo. Just came back from Bayahibe, still one of my favourites in DR. Isla Saona and Isla Catalina worth a visit. My other favourites are Zona Colonial, Las Terrenas and Cotui!!

[MaryS]

I can recomment Boca Chica and Zapata. The people are friendly and helpful, food is so=so, but there are lots of restaurants in Boca Chica.

The rooms are kept spotless. If you're not there on the weekend, the beaches will be spotless too.

[newuser]

Lisa,

Do you have the option of splitting your vacation between two or more places? If so, consider spending a few days in the Capital. Santo Domingo has the best nightlife and shopping in the DR.

Also, you could take a public bus to the beach at Boca Chica during the day and return to the Capital for the shopping and nightlife.

Then you could end your vacation at Bayahibe which has a gorgeous beach although there is not much to do at night. There are however several spots worth taking side trips to from there. Altos de Chavon. Isla Saona and Isla Catalina to name a few.

Just a suggestion