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Las Galeras


Pierre and Monick, the charming French-Canadian owners of this B&B, are consummate hosts and have been renting two rooms on either side of their cozy home for nearly 35 years – each room has a separate entrance and hammock. It's only 25m or so north of the main intersection on your right as you’re walking toward the beach.

The house is fronted by a long, well-maintained garden where tasty breakfasts (including delicious homemade bread) are served (RD$400 for nonguests). When you tire of DR’s ubiquitous restaurant offerings, Monick can whip up her take on Asian cuisine for you. It’s not the fanciest spot in town, but the hospitality is as warm as the sand.


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Nearby Las Galeras attractions

1. Playita

0.71 MILES

Better than the beach in town, Playita (Little Beach) is easy to get to on foot or by motoconcho (motorcycle taxi). It’s a stretch of tannish sand and…

2. Boca del Diablo

2.82 MILES

'Mouth of the Devil’ is an impressive vent or blowhole, where waves rush up a natural channel and blast out of a hole in the rocks. Car or motorcycle is…

3. Playa Madama

2.86 MILES

Playa Madama is a small beach framed by high bluffs at the edge of the country; keep in mind there’s not much sunlight here in the afternoon.

4. Playa Frontón

3.02 MILES

Playa Frontón boasts some of the area’s best snorkeling. Apparently it’s also popular with drug smugglers and Dominicans braving the Mona Passage on their…

5. Playa Rincón

3.54 MILES

Pitch-perfect Playa Rincón, with soft, nearly white sand and multihued water good for swimming, stretches an uninterrupted 3km – enough for every day…

6. Playa las Flechas

9.92 MILES

This small beach, 5km east of Samaná, is easily accessible from town. It's thought by many historians to be the site of a small and short battle between…

7. Cayo Levantado

10.04 MILES

A gorgeous public beach lies on the western third of this lush island, 7km from Samaná. It's the only section that's open to the public – a five-star…

8. El Museo de las Ballenas

11.18 MILES

The little-visited, old fashioned Whale Museum is housed in a dilapidated building south of the center. It won't tell you more than you'll get on a whale…