Not to worry. The food quality has survived the move from Balicana's old beach-adjacent location to a gated golf-course community. Give your taste buds a shock: this immensely pleasurable spot serves up Asian recipes normally missing in action in the DR. Thai (green curries, pad Thai), Indonesian (nasi goreng) and Malaysian (coconut curries) offerings are all devourable under fan-cooled thatched open-air pavilions.
Balicana
Bávaro & Punta Cana
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Ojos Indígenas Ecological Park & Reserve
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Basilica de Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia
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Parque Nacional Cotubanamá – Eastern Entrance
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Nearby Bávaro & Punta Cana attractions
1. Ojos Indígenas Ecological Park & Reserve
11.15 MILES
Though development may eventually cover every inch of the Dominican coastline, for now there are still large areas of pristine coastal plains and mangrove…
19.75 MILES
This interesting, modern museum traces the history of religion and culture in the DR back to the 18th century. It is on the grounds of the Basilica de…
3. Basilica de Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia
19.9 MILES
From the outside, this basilica is a strange mixture of the sacred and the profane. A utilitarian concrete facade, not far removed from a military bunker,…
23.25 MILES
Just east of the two-lane highway linking Higüey to Boca de Yuma, outside the small town of San Rafael del Yuma, is a fine rural Dominican town surrounded…
24.11 MILES
This large cave, with scattered Taíno pictograms (and graffiti) and stalactite and stalagmite formations, is several kilometers west of Boca de Yuma on…
6. Parque Nacional Cotubanamá – Eastern Entrance
24.61 MILES
There's little formality or information available from this entrance as few people enter here (and nobody is around to collect an entrance fee), but there…