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The Dominican Republic: ‘Love Is Blind’s Romantic Getaway
28.02.2024 - 19:53 / forbes.com
Netflix’s mega-hit dating show Love is Blindis back— with viewers once again fascinated with the love-seekers in the pods. Episode 5 of season 6 follows five engaged couples enjoying a romantic honeymoon at a luxurious all-inclusive resort in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.
The show has reminded viewers of the island located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, a dreamy destination with palm tree-lined, white-sand beaches and azure waters; luxe resorts and top golfing.
Following the release of the sixth edition of Netflix’s dating experiment, new data from travel experts at Islands.com has revealed that searches for flights to the Dominican Republic have increased by 700%,while searches for Punta Cana have increased by 300% since the first week the show dropped.
While the Punta Cana resort area offers ideal lodgings for romantic getaways, the DR offers much more, including rainforests and savannahs; and highlands topped by Pico Duarte, the Caribbean’s tallest mountain.
The Dominican Republic’s historic capital city, Santo Domingo, is filled with Spanish landmarks such as the Gothic Catedral Primada de America in the Zona Colonial district, dating back five centuries As one of the Caribbean's oldest cities, Santo Domingo’s walled, cobblestoned core has buildings dating to the 1500s. On the cafe-lined Plaza de España, the Alcázar de Colón palace, one of the city’s many museums, displays medieval and Renaissance art.
To the north of the island, the vibrant city of Puerto Plata provides varied pleasures: Victorian architecture, all-inclusive beach resorts, a cable car to the peak of Mount Isabel de Torres, concerts at an amphitheater on the Atlantic, and the 16th-century San Felipe Fortress.
Columbus named the area the “Silver Port” and settled in with a mixed community of Tainos–original inhabitants of the area–and Spaniards, who built the first church and his first home in the Americas. You can follow Columbus’s trail and tour archeological ruins, now part of a national park.
Near Puerto Plata you can also explore the 27 Damajagua waterfalls, snorkel off the island of Cayo Arena, or play a round of golf on an award-winning course. Neighboring towns worth visiting are Cabarete, a kite-boarding hub; and Sosúa, a picturesque beach spot with a recent history as an enclave for refugees fleeing the Nazis.
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Using Tripadvisor data, including the total number of reviews, average cost, and review score, we identified and ranked the best things to do and places to visit in Punta Cana in 2024.
Best places to visit in Punta Cana, ranked by positive reviews
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