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Dominican Republic destination
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Dominican Republic (DO) |
| Continent: |
North America |
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| Surface: |
48.730 km ² |
| Inhabitants: |
9.184.000 |
| Capital: |
Santo Domingo |
International banking code (ISO Codes): |
C |
| Official language: |
Spaniard |
Code: |
+1809 |
| Currency: |
Dominican Peso |
Number plate: |
DOM |
| Routes of Dominican Republic: |
927 |
Routes towards Dominican Republic: |
1169 |
| Preferred airports: |
Santo Domingo (SDQ), Punta Cana (PUJ), Put of Campo (LRM), El Portillo (EPS), Barahona (BRX), Isabela (JBQ), Samana - El Catey (AZS), Santiago (STI), Puerto Plata (POP), Constanza (COZ) |
| Principal cities: |
Santo Domingo, Santiago of los Caballeros, San Pedro de Macorís, Romana, San Cristóbal, San Francisco de Macorís, Higüey, Puerto Plata, Vega, Barahona, Bonao, San Juan of Maguana, Bajos de Haina, Baní, Moca |
| Airline company based in Dominican Republic: |
LAN Dominicana, Ground Dominicana Airlines, Caribair |
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Tourist guide Dominican Republic (North America) |
The Dominican Republic occupies the two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, the third remaining being occupied in the west by Haiti.
Geography: the Dominican Republic presents a mountainous landscape mainly. In the center of the island is the central cordillera in which more the high summit of the island is, the Peak Duarte which with its 3.175 m is also the culminating point of the Caribbean one. The longest river is Yaque del Norte which is stretched on 296 km.
Climate and period of voyage advised: it reigns on the northern coast a tropical climate with a very high water content. In the south, the climate is much drier because of the central cordillera which plays a part of rampart against the rains. The temperatures seldom go down below 16°C, although in the mountains, in winter, the temperatures can go down until 0°C.
Official languages and spoken languages: the official language is Spanish. In the tourist places, the tradesmen and the hotel personnel speak and understand generally other European languages.
Health and vaccinations: generally one advises with the travellers to be made vaccinate against hepatitis has, typhus, the polio, the diphteria and tetanus. To prevent the viral diseases transmitted by the insects and the mosquitos, it is in general enough to cover well and apply products anti-insects. There exists in Dominican Republic a considerable risk to contract paludism and that throughout the year. This is why it is desirable to consult a doctor before your departure to decide on an effective preventive strategy. The system and the equipment of health are satisfactory in the big cities and the tourist places. It nevertheless is advised to contract a insurance-voyage including/understanding a insurance-repatriation for the most serious cases. For more safety and to avoid the risks of infection, it is recommended to peel the fruits well and to make cook vegetables before consuming them. Lastly, think of providing you with small limps with pharmacy of voyage.
Conditions of entry on the territory: for the French nationals a passport, even a valid indentity card are enough for a one duration stay lower than three months. You will have to discharge a tax of 10 dollars on arrival and 20 dollars when you leave the Dominican territory. The minor travellers must be provided with an identity paper or an individual passport.
For further information concerning vaccinations, the conditions of entry on the territory and safety, you can for example consult the site of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Travel and transport: the Dominican Republic became these last years a tourist destination very appraisal of the tourists wishing to flee the cold climate of the European winters. Consequently, the air traffic is him also developed and of many companies serve the airports of Santo Domingo (SDQ), Puerto Plata (POP) or Punta Cana (PUJ). The airline company Air France (AF) proposes of Paris (CDG) direct flights. American Airlines (AA) and Delta Airlines (DLL) propose flights with stopovers on the American ground. The national airline company Air Santo Domingo (EX) proposes also interesting interior flights towards Santiago (STI). Romana (LRM) and towards Barahona (BRX).
The capital: Santo Domingo was founded with the mouth of the Ozama river by Bartholomé Colomb, the brother of Christophe Colomb in 1496, which makes of it the oldest city of America. The historical center of the city was classified with the inheritance of humanity by UNESCO in 1990 and was restored at the time of its 500ème birthday. The Notre-Dame cathedral of the Incarnation is the oldest church of the “New World” and it is supposed to shelter bones of Christophe Colomb.
Tourist sites and places of bathe: the majority of the tourists are confined at the zone in which find their hotel and the beach nearest. It is damage because the island has to offer much more. The cave of the three eyes around the city deserves for example that one makes an excursion there. In the course of time and tectonic displacements, it was formed three large warm water basins there in which one can admire fish and tortoises. To 100 km in the west of the capital, on banks of Chavon, the village of artists of Violas of Chavon, founded in 1976 and entirely built out of coral and stones limestones, to him also a visit deserves. On the northern coast, the peninsula of Samana enchants all the visitors who go there. The island Cayo Levantado is most famous in Europe because it was used as decoration with a publicity for Bacardi, which is worth now the nickname to him “of Bacardi island”. In north also the second plus big city of the country is, Santiago de Los Caballeros who shelters 600.000 inhabitants and is famous for its cigars and its rum. It is possible to visit the factory of cigars of Davidoff luxury and to be offered some for a price quite less than those practiced in Europe. In the south-east of the island, the paradisiac island of Saona shelters the ecosystem best preserved of all the Caribbean one. The island fits in the national park del Este, natural reserve since 1975, one of largest of the country, famous for its livestock of rare birds, its fine and white sand and its crystalline water. De Puerto Plata, one can reach in the cable car the top of the Peak Isabel de Torres 793 m of altitude. According to the famous example of Rio de Janeiro, a statue of Christ was set up there. The national park Los Haïtises shelters one of the most impressive landscapes of Caribbean, a landscape with the opulent vegetation, the karstic ground traversed by a network of caves and underground caves very wide, one counts some more than thousand, and of the small small islands to the broad one. The whole populated by a single fauna and a flora by their richness. The principal attraction of the park remains nevertheless the cave paintings of the Indians Tainos, the first inhabitants of the island, in the caves of the Arena and Linea.
Religion: 80% of the population of the island declare Christian religion. The remainder of the population is declared atheistic.
Big cities and possibilities of lodging: Santo Domingo, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Romana, Samana, and Santiago of los Caballeros.
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Flights expensive not preferred towards and of Dominican Republic/C
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