The Capital - Santo Domingo

SDQ1 SDQ2 SDQ3 SDQ4Santo Domingo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanto ðoˈmiŋɡo], Saint Dominic) known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in theDominican Republic and is the largest city in the Caribbean region by population.[4] In 2010, Santo Domingo had a population of 965,040, with the metropolitan area reaching a total of 2,907,100.[3] The city lies within the boundaries of the Distrito Nacional (D.N.; “National District”), itself bordered on three sides by Santo Domingo Province.

Founded by Bartholomew Columbus in 1496, on the east bank of the Ozama River and then moved by Nicolás de Ovando in 1502 to the west bank of the river, the city is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas, and was the first seat of the Spanish colonial rule in the New World. Santo Domingo is the site of the first university, cathedral, castle, monastery, and fortress in the New World. The city’s Colonial Zone was declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.[5][6] Santo Domingo was called Ciudad Trujillo (Spanish pronunciation: [sjuˈðað tɾuˈhiʎo]), from 1936 to 1961, after the Dominican Republic’s dictator, Rafael Trujillo, named the capital after himself. Following his assassination, the city resumed its original designation.

Santo Domingo is the cultural, financial, political, commercial and industrial center of the Dominican Republic, with the country’s most important industries being located within the city. Santo Domingo also serves as the chief seaport of the country. The city’s harbor at the mouth of the Ozama River accommodates the largest vessels, and the port handles both heavy passenger and freight traffic.

Bavaro - Dominican Republic

Bavaro2Bávaro is a tourist area in Punta Cana, located in La Altagracia province, the easternmost province of the Dominican Republic.[1] Bavaro was developed together with the resort area and tourist region of Punta Cana, as a town for resort workers. As hotels started to rise along the east coast, north from Punta Cana, Bavaro itself became a center of services.

Bavaro3Bavaro starts at a crossroad Veron, after the town of Higuey and the small village of Otra Banda, and extends 15 kilometers north until the crossroad for Macao Beach. Other beaches to the North include Uvero Alto beach, Roco Ki beach, La Vacama beach. Bavaro has 10 kilometers of sea shore.

bavaro10At the center of Bavaro is the crossroad of Friusa. Beyond the crossroad Veron, on the right side is an important road to Cabeza de Toro, most eastern tip of the island ofHispaniola, and the Dominican Republic as well. Next crossroad, El Coco Loco, leads to the Friusa Centar and further points north.

Cap Cana - the project city

Cap-Cana2CAP CANA (Spanish pronunciation: [kapˈkana]) is a master-planned, gated, multi-use luxury resort and real estate community located adjacent to the Punta Cana international airport on the eastern tip of the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean.

This exclusive gated community is a truly ecological wonderland that includes three miles of beautiful white sand beaches, protected harbour marina only minutes away from one of the best fisheries of the world, the Punta Espada an award winning golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus, school district with the Cap Cana Heritage School bilingual school accredited by Advance SACSl, the school offers education from Early Childhood through 12th grade and the Cap Cana Cap-Cana1UNIBE University University campus that offers complete programs for every educational levels. This destination has also first class spas, five star hotels such as the Relais & Chateau Eden Roc at Cap Cana hotel,[1] the Sanctuary Cap Cana, gourmet restaurants including four diamond awarded AAA restaurant, fitness Cap-Cana3center, convention centers and an Adventure park. To date, more than US$500 millions in infrastructure and other improvements. These investment included the construction of 33 miles paved roads, water supply and waste water system capacity of 900,000 gallons per day; on-site power generation and distribution 14MW with 20MW back-up diesel generators, 62 miles of fiber-optic cable.   Cap-Cana4

Punta Cana - Dominican Republic

4punta-cana3 punta-cana2 punta-cana3 punta-cana5Punta Cana is part of the Punta Cana-Bávaro-Veron-Macao municipal district, in the municipality of Higüey, in La Altagracia Province (the easternmost province of theDominican Republic). The area is best known for its beaches and balnearios, which face both the Caribbean and Atlantic, and it has been a popular tourist destination since the 1970s. The name Punta Cana refers to the cane palms in the region, and literally means “Tip of the White Cane Palms”.

The Punta Cana area has an estimated population of 100,000, with a growth rate of six percent.[4] To the north, it borders the village and beach of Cabeza de Toro, and then the Bávaro and El Cortecito beaches. The nearest city, the 500-year-old Higüey, is 45 kilometres (28 mi) away, and it takes about an hour to drive there. Europeans, particularly Spanish hotel chains, own all but two of the 50+ megaresorts of the Punta Cana tourism destination.

The province’s 100-kilometre (62 mi) coastline tends to be mildly windy. The ocean waters are mainly shallows, with several natural marine pools in which visitors can bathe without any danger. From north to south, the main beaches are Uvero Alto, Macao, Arena Gorda, Bávaro, El Cortecito, Las Corales and Cabeza de Toro, all north of the cape; and Cabo Engaño, Punta Cana and Juanillo south of the cape.

Bávaro is an area starting from Cabeza de Toro until Macao Beach. As the hotels started to rise along the East coast, Bavaro itself became a center of services with shopping malls, fast-food stores, drug stores, fine restaurants, banks, clinics, workshops, supermarkets, and schools. The major town in the district is Veron, now bigger than Higüey in territory, a spontaneous – and poor – urban development running along the original road from the west. Verón, last name of the French proprietor of a timberline business in the early 1930s, is now the base-city for hotel workers and related. It has, besides Bávaro, one of the only four gas stations in Punta Cana. The very next is located 48 kilometres (30 mi) west in Higüey, at the Fruisa crossroads, with a new Texaco gas station opened April 2010, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of Macao beach, and the new Shell gas station close to the airport (on the highway Coral) opened at the end of 2010.

Punta Cana features a tropical wet and dry climate under the Köppen climate classification. The weather is fairly consistent all year, with an average temperature of 30 °C (86 °F). The hot and humid season lasts from May to October, and during the day temperatures might reach 35 °C (95 °F). From November to March, temperatures during the evening are around 20 °C (68 °F). Very little rain falls around the area, primarily because of the mostly flat landscape, a combination of savanna and mountains.

Coco Bongo - Punta Cana

CocoBongo2 CocoBongo3 CocoBongo4 CocoBongo5GRAND OPENING of the new Coco Bongo Show & Disco this 2014.Coco Bongo Show & Disco will arrive at unbeatable destination of PUNTA CANA so we invite you to follow “Living the Experience”. You will not to be missed! #It’sPuntaCanaTime

Its Punta Cana Time! This is just a glimpse of the Coco Bongo Punta Cana’s opening!