DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TRAVEL GUIDE
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BOCA CHICA, SANTO DOMINGO, ISLANDS
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Dominican Republic
Malecon, Avenida George Washington
Santo
Domingo Night tour on the Malecon drive or in the Colonial City is a must. |
Calle Las Damas
WHY BOCA CHICA? Boca Chica village is amusing and lively all year round, enjoying freedom atmosphere as well as warm and peacefull character of dominican people. The sea is beautiful: the reef, more then one mile long, is 300 / 500 yards far from the beach. Water is always shallow and very calm, with a light blue colour that turns to dark blue along a deeper ''river-in-the-sea'', perfect for swimmers. |
Finally,
because Boca Chica is close to Las Americas international
airport, the main one in the country, 20 miles far from Santo Domingo. |
Dominican Republic map
Beach, palms, hotels, residence, apartments for rent, restaurants : Boca Chica provides all services. Leave Las Americas airport and after 15 minutes you will walk up and down along Boca Chica beach, with the most wide natural swimming pool in the world. You are in Caribbean sea. Shallow, calm and warm water, ideal for everybody, families and children too. |
Boca Chica bay
Boca Chica beach is a wide reef protected lagoon: no waves, just
a light east to west stream that makes the
water always clean and clear. |
Boca Chica beach
Enjoy
the beach early in the morning ..... or sail offshore
to catch a nice dorado...or a blue marlin... |
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Boca Chica hotel, residence, apartment booking list includes all-inclusive hotels, boutique and small hotels, guest friendly hotels, hotel-restaurants, residences, apartments for rent, resorts and lodging solutions for every budget and every kind of guest: golf players, families, singles, couples, kids, adventure and deep fishing fans, divers, student, volunteering. Rates vary depending on the season. High season: December to April and July to September. |
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Opposite Boca Marina, romantic restaurant
with terraces on the sea, Las
Palmeras residence, the most exclusive one in Boca Chica area. |
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100
yards far from downtown and from the beach, Villa
Florencia apartments offers a superb view on the bay. |
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Sporting
Club , charming restaurant
bar whit italian cuisine, enjoy the wider part of the beach,
near the
dock with deep-sea fishing boats. |
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Downtown in Duarte street, Italy & Italy restaurant
with excellent italian cuisine and fresh pasta speciality. |
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Pequena
Suiza restaurant bar (with rooms), high level italian cuisine and swiss speciality
of meat and cheese. |
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There are several discos in Boca Chica that play a combination of dance pop, house music, and of course, salsa and merengue. Couples and families usually stay at the large all inclusive hotels that have their own discos and nightly shows. But Boca Chica is fantastic even for singles. |
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In Boca Chica, the main shopping strip is one block up from and parallel to the beach. It’s only about 5 or 6 blocks long, but it has everything you need to take back home: rum, cigars, artwork, crafts etc. And if you need items like sunscreen, bug spray or sandals, you’ll find the prices better on Duarte Street than in the hotel shops. Some designer boutiques have begun to crop up, as well. Most stores will accept pesos, US dollars, travelers checks or credit cards. Banco Popular at the far end of the shopping area has an ATM machine. There’s another bank machine directly in front of the Hamaca hotel and another in Boca Chica Beach Resort. On the beach, shopping is an adventure. The goods come to you, usually in briefcases carried by friendly vendors. |
Prices are usually inflated to take haggling into account. You can buy everything on the beach, from amber, larimar and silver jewelry to paintings to wood carvings to a manicure/pedicure, a massage or a head full of braids. For a much wider selection, you can also make the short trip into Santo Domingo. But many tourists have said they got just as good prices in Boca Chica. Boca Chica is full of services: hotels and restaurants on the beach and in Duarte street, Hamaca Hotel Casino and discos (free entrance). |
Hamaca casino
Behind
the beach, shopping in Duarte street and in the Gallery, where is Punto Italia
Gourmet: excellent italian delicatessen, cheese, pasta and wine. |
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