Frommer's Portable Dominican Republic
Chapter One
Beach Resorts East of
Santo Domingo
Once you leave Santo Domingo, heading east along Highway 3,
you quickly approach what is virtually the Dominican Republic
Riviera centered around the resorts of Boca Chica and Juan Dolio.
This is the land where the citizens of Santo Domingo themselves go
to cool off in the fiery summer months.
Boca Chica itself became the virtual summer retreat of the
wealthy residents of the city during the Trujillo era before developing
into the mass vacation resort it is today. To Boca Chica's immediate
east, Juan Dolio is a wide beach-bordering string of tourist
developments that started to grow up in the 1980s. Don't expect a
lot in facilities and attractions except at the hotels themselves, most
of which are all-inclusives, attracting a lot of patronage from Western
Europe, especially France and Spain. Although Americans and
Canadians are also lured in great numbers to these resorts, most of
the clients book in on low-cost package deals instead of paying the
"rack rates" quoted to everybody.
The eastward trek continues through San Pedro de Macoris,
ringed with sugar plantations, until La Romana is reached. We prefer ... read full excerpt from Frommer's Portable Dominican Republic, 1st Edition ebook
