Getting Around Samaná
Towns
Las Terrenas (just 10 minutes away from Villa Calma) is the most vibrant town in the peninsula where you can mix with the locals and also access to all kind of services: shops, pharmacies, banks, gas stations, supermarket, fruits stands, fancy restaurants in the beach front, and discos to enjoy the tropical rhythms and dances.
165 locals recommend
Las Terrenas
Calle Emilio Prud'HommeLas Terrenas (just 10 minutes away from Villa Calma) is the most vibrant town in the peninsula where you can mix with the locals and also access to all kind of services: shops, pharmacies, banks, gas stations, supermarket, fruits stands, fancy restaurants in the beach front, and discos to enjoy the tropical rhythms and dances.
Santa Bárbara de Samaná (60 minutes away) is the largest town in the peninsula. There you can go shopping in the colonial colourful houses along the Avenida la Marina, eat at one of the restaurants in the pier overseeing the walking bridges connecting the keys over the water, depart to Cayo Levantado, take a whale-watching tour or an excursion to Los Haitises Natural Park across the bay. The bay is home to some of the world's best whale-watching from mid January to late March.
92 locals recommend
Samana
Santa Bárbara de Samaná (60 minutes away) is the largest town in the peninsula. There you can go shopping in the colonial colourful houses along the Avenida la Marina, eat at one of the restaurants in the pier overseeing the walking bridges connecting the keys over the water, depart to Cayo Levantado, take a whale-watching tour or an excursion to Los Haitises Natural Park across the bay. The bay is home to some of the world's best whale-watching from mid January to late March.
Tours
Cascada Limón
Discover the waterfalls Salto El Limón, by trekking or by horse.
Restaurants
Delicious cuisine with a Cuban-French fusion, excellent service and spectacular views of Playa Bonita.
Casa Grande Hotel Restaurant
calle José Francisco Peña GómezDelicious cuisine with a Cuban-French fusion, excellent service and spectacular views of Playa Bonita.
Enjoy the cuisine of the famous French chef from the Paris Elysées.
41 locals recommend
Hotel Atlantis
Enjoy the cuisine of the famous French chef from the Paris Elysées.
City advice
Getting around
Rent a car, quad or motorcycle to move around
The boulevard is a road with verdant mountainsides that connects the main towns in Samaná.
Go to Las Terrenas for shopping, leisure and other services.
A relatively new toll road connects Santo Domingo to the peninsula in around a two-hour drive.
Don't miss
Cuban Saturday nights at Casa Grande
Every Saturday, the Casa Grande hosts a party with Cuban and Dominican music and dancing.