DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Parties

Basketball, Baseball, Volleyball

Due to cultural syncretism, the culture and customs of the Dominican people have a European cultural basis, influenced by both African and native Taíno elements, although endogenous elements have emerged within Dominican culture;[221] culturally the Dominican Republic is among the most-European countries in Spanish America, alongside Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay.[221] Spanish institutions in the colonial era were able to predominate in the Dominican culture’s making-of as a relative success in the acculturation and cultural assimilation of African slaves diminished African cultural influence in comparison to other Caribbean countries.

Music and sport are of great importance in the Dominican culture, with Merengue and Bachata as the national dance and music, and baseball as the favorite sport

along the 1,600 kilometers of sandy coastline. More than 200 beaches, many of which remain unspoiled, line the Caribbean and Atlantic coasts. In northern coast you could choose Playa Rincón in Samaná, Cabarete, Playa Grande, Punta Rucia, Playa El Valle, Playa Frontón, Playa Dorada. In the south region: Playa Paraíso and Bahía de las águilas in Pedernales, Había de Neiba, Salinas in Peravia, . In the East region: Playa Macao, Uvero Alto, Playa Puntacana, Playa Juanillo, Playa Bayahibe in La Romana, and many many others

Some of the best bird watching in the Caribbean can be found in Montecristi. Ornithological enthusiasts can spot boobies, brown pelicans, magnificent frigate birds, wood storks, spoonbills, great egrets, a variety of herons, terns, plovers and willets – you may even catch a glimpse of a flock of flamingos near the shore. https://www.godominicanrepublic.com/es/sobre-rd/flora-y-fauna/