singletravel
04-09-2004, 11:11 AM
There are dozens of hotels in Cabarete and from what I understand many of the "upscale" are not excited about over-night guests (or even short time). It's their image, for this is really a young and family area -- so check and ask before!! I always stay in Sosua (ten minutes).
No Cabarete doesn't have the girls of Sosua or PP and the traffic is crazy and probably the most expensive restaurants in the Dominican Republic. So why go??
A awesome beach (and on the weekends filled with locals from 100 miles around, great to meet a non-pro), laid back S. Calif feel (no fat Germans or touts bugging you) and at night a cool place to hang (Ono's bar is #1) to meet some "real people" and maybe get lucky. After 11.00PM "Las Brisas" turns into a disco (and some cute working girls start to appear, in case you don't get lucky) and on the way back to the Sosua discos you can stop at El quipo for a sure thing :)
I was there last week ...
Cabarete (norht coast of the DR, 20 minutes from Sosua) has become one of the hotest destinations in the Caribbean. Yesterday (sunday) took me 30 minutes to drive to the end. Full of the "young & sporty" crowd it is a happening place. At night the bars are full and while not a real monger place, you can get lucky and meet some lonely French secretary or ??
Real estate has almost doubled in the last year and prices are now moving towards Sosua. The bad news it is like Coney Ilsand and traffic has become a nightmare. But a great place to hang out and at night Las Brisas rocks and El Quipo is just down the road. This is a happening place and if you wind surf (or kite surf) well, it is amazing. Even the waves now have traffic problems now.
The beach
http://www.tsmtravel.com/free/4.jpg
The action for the athletic
http://www.tsmtravel.com/free/5.jpg
action for the all-inclusive people
http://www.tsmtravel.com/free/7.jpg
For the crowds
http://www.tsmtravel.com/free/6.jpg
and don't forget on the drive back to Sosua I always get a girl waiting for a Wha/Wha -- I love this country!!
No Cabarete doesn't have the girls of Sosua or PP and the traffic is crazy and probably the most expensive restaurants in the Dominican Republic. So why go??
A awesome beach (and on the weekends filled with locals from 100 miles around, great to meet a non-pro), laid back S. Calif feel (no fat Germans or touts bugging you) and at night a cool place to hang (Ono's bar is #1) to meet some "real people" and maybe get lucky. After 11.00PM "Las Brisas" turns into a disco (and some cute working girls start to appear, in case you don't get lucky) and on the way back to the Sosua discos you can stop at El quipo for a sure thing :)
I was there last week ...
Cabarete (norht coast of the DR, 20 minutes from Sosua) has become one of the hotest destinations in the Caribbean. Yesterday (sunday) took me 30 minutes to drive to the end. Full of the "young & sporty" crowd it is a happening place. At night the bars are full and while not a real monger place, you can get lucky and meet some lonely French secretary or ??
Real estate has almost doubled in the last year and prices are now moving towards Sosua. The bad news it is like Coney Ilsand and traffic has become a nightmare. But a great place to hang out and at night Las Brisas rocks and El Quipo is just down the road. This is a happening place and if you wind surf (or kite surf) well, it is amazing. Even the waves now have traffic problems now.
The beach
http://www.tsmtravel.com/free/4.jpg
The action for the athletic
http://www.tsmtravel.com/free/5.jpg
action for the all-inclusive people
http://www.tsmtravel.com/free/7.jpg
For the crowds
http://www.tsmtravel.com/free/6.jpg
and don't forget on the drive back to Sosua I always get a girl waiting for a Wha/Wha -- I love this country!!