Plaza Lusitania Hotel

Las Galeras


Situated at the main intersection, on the 2nd floor of a tiny mall, complete with a decent Italian restaurant and a pleasant open-air atrium. Rooms are large and comfortable but nothing fancy; some rooms have air-conditioning and others only fans with no price differential.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Las Galeras attractions

1. Playita

0.67 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

2.85 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

2.93 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

3.08 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

3.48 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

9.85 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

9.98 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

11.11 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…