El Monte Azul

Las Galeras


This boutique B&B attached to the stunning restaurant of the same name offers three modern rooms in the home of the Laotian-French owner-designer, Vanina, and her husband, Pierre, a French fisherman and the chef at the restaurant. Small and tastefully – if minimally – designed with turquoise and muted-gray tones, it offers sky-high R & R with views that awe.


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1. Boca del Diablo

1.6 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…

2. Playita

2.95 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…

3. Playa Frontón

3.33 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…

4. Playa Madama

3.5 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.

5. Playa Rincón

5 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. Cayo Levantado

8.79 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…

7. Playa las Flechas

9.43 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…

8. El Museo de las Ballenas

10.95 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…