North Coast News on Travel, Living and Investing
Food is the quintessential element for any successful vacation, and the North Coast of the Dominican Republic has a wide selection of restaurants as varied as its cosmopolitan population. Having shifted from all inclusive tourism to private villa and condo...
Maimon, Puerto Plata. The early morning time of 6:00 am was the starting point of the cruise ship industry`s comeback into Puerto Plata, the beautiful Northern town of the Dominican Republic. The Carnival Victory is the first ship to arrive...
We had the privilege of meeting Mark Von Zwehl back in early July, through a friend that recommended us as a viable partner to start a realtor agreement that would help further promote Sosua in the US market. After a...
The Top Ten Sosua Villa Rentals was written as an analysis of the ever-growing rental market in Sosua, one of the main destinations for self catering properties in the Dominican Republic. Renting a villa in Sosua now seems to have...
CLEANING OF SEA BEDS IN SOSUA The first Monday of each month starting in June, divers and volunteers will host environmental awareness sessions that include cleaning of the seabed of Sosua beach and also host recreational activities. The next first...
To Dominican people, one of the highlights of the year is Easter week, or as locally called Semana Santa. Literally thousands of citizens flock from their native towns to coastal cities, crowding beaches and rivers for a 4-day extravaganza of...
Tradition continues, and as each year Puerto Plata hosted its provincial Carnival of multicolored costumes, depicting its cultural heritage dating back hundreds of years. Local Dominican and tourists enjoyed the day long parade set across the ocean drive avenue called...
Since we get a lot of questions from villa rental clients in the North coast regarding eco tours , specially in the Sosua and Cabarete area, we are publishing a series of articles about the national parks in the Dominican ...
Canadians have their choice of travel between the Dominican Republic as its fourth destination , ranking the United States first, followed by Mexico and Cuba, while the fifth, seventh and eighth preserve it for Britain, France, Italy and Germany as featured...
Globalization being a reality inherited in the twentieth century that forced us all to implement historical changes to adapt or lose, it now transcends to the individual that trusted large scale economies that are now in dire financial status such...