No longer a fishing village, today Las Terrenas is a new cosmopolitan hotspot, an international village:
French , Italian and Dominican, a mix of Taino, Spanish and African descent, as Samana was an important British harbour on the slave route in the 17 century.
Fashionable looking European women and beautiful Dominican ladies in designer sunglasses walk around with a bag of baguettes in tow.
Since the new highway between Santo Domingo and Las Terrenas - Samaná was done, people from Santo Domingo come here every week and Las Terrenas is full of life.
It takes 2 hours from downtown Santo Domingo to Las Terrenas.
Either way you walk along the shore, road leads you to beachfront hotels, high palm trees and calm aquamarine waters.
Many of the hotels in Las Terrenas are actually luxury residences, offering mini-apartments with a living room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom.
They feature open areas where it’s most pleasant to have dinner at home while sitting on the patio .
