Bávaro beaches on foot
3.5 km · half day · Bávaro · 6 stops
- Playa Bávaro
- Playa Los Corales
- Dalia's (breakfast)
- Le Café Los Corales
- Soho Beach
- Capitán Cook (El Cortecito)
105 places · Condé Nast and TripAdvisor picks, criollo comedores, Cap Cana fine dining and viral spots · 5 walking routes · buses included
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This interactive map of Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) brings together 105 hand-picked places: 29 attractions, 40 restaurants, 18 cafés and 18 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
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3.5 km · half day · Bávaro · 6 stops
7 km · full day · Cap Cana · 6 stops
1.8 km · afternoon and evening · Los Corales · 6 stops
18 km · full day · Cap Cana and Verón · 6 stops
2.5 km · sunset and evening · Downtown Punta Cana · 6 stops
Playa Bávaro
Miles of white sand and leaning palms — this is where you get why everyone comes back.
Tip: Get there before 9: by 10 there's no free shade left under the palms and the sun really bites.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro
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Show on mapLos Corales
The widest stretch in Bávaro, with beach bars — nobody here asks for a hotel key.
Tip: It's the only long stretch of beach where nobody moves you along if you're not a hotel guest.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Los Corales stop
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Show on mapEl Cortecito
A fishing village wedged between resorts — you buy the fish right off the boat.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — El Cortecito stop
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Show on mapMacao
Real waves, a low cliff and not a hotel in sight. Bring cash and nothing else.
Tip: If you see a red flag, stay in the shallows: Macao's rip current takes people every year.
🚇 No public transit — taxi or rental car
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Show on mapCap Cana
Clear water and crooked palms — the postcard you saw before you booked the flight.
Tip: It's public, but you go in through the Cap Cana gate: bring your passport or a photo of it.
🚇 Taxi to the Cap Cana gate
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Show on mapPuntacana Resort
A crescent of sand at Puntacana Resort: drop into the shade and order from the palapa next door.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Show on mapArena Gorda
Coarse sand, wind and miles to walk until you simply run out of steam.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Arena Gorda stop
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Show on mapCabeza de Toro
The calmest beach around: reef close in, barely any swell and nobody selling you anything.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro + motoconcho moto-taxi
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Show on mapUvero Alto
Half an hour north and suddenly you're alone: darker sand, coconut palms and a bit of surf.
🚇 No public transit — taxi or rental car
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Show on mapPunta este de la isla
The country's easternmost point: a lighthouse, wind and a dirt track you have to commit to.
🚇 No public transit — 4x4 or quad bike
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Show on mapCap Cana
Turquoise cenote at the foot of a 75 m cliff. The water is freezing and you won't care.
Tip: Only entry is with a Scape Park ticket: book the first slot of the day and it's nearly empty.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho to Scape Park
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Show on mapCap Cana
Ziplines, caves and cenotes: you spend the whole day and still leave things undone.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Show on mapCap Cana
Huge yachts and restaurants over the water. Walking around and gawking costs nothing.
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Show on mapPuntacana Resort
Twelve freshwater lagoons deep in the jungle, and you can swim in five of them.
Tip: Bring bug spray: these are jungle lagoons and the mosquitoes show no mercy at dusk.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Show on mapParque Nacional del Este
Catamaran, a natural pool full of starfish and an island you won't quite believe.
Tip: Pick the Bayahíbe departure: 20 min by speedboat instead of a 2 h bus plus catamaran.
🚇 Catamaran from Bávaro
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Show on mapLa Romana
Wall reef for snorkeling and undeveloped beach. You'll see fewer people than on Saona.
🚇 Catamaran from La Romana
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Show on mapMiches
Hammocks and swings hanging over Redonda lagoon. The photo takes you two minutes.
🚇 No public transit — tour or rental car
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Show on mapHigüey
Eighty metres of curved concrete: step in and you won't find another church like it anywhere.
Tip: January 21 is the patron saint feast: half the country shows up and you can barely walk.
🚇 Bus to Higüey
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Right by the basilica: robes, ex-votos and you get where the island's devotion comes from.
🚇 Bus to Higüey
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Freshwater cenote where Dominicans go on Sundays. You pay pennies and swim just the same.
🚇 Sindicato guagua bus — Verón route
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Show on mapCabeza de Toro
A bird refuge between the resorts: herons, ducks and a silence you don't expect here.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro + motoconcho moto-taxi
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Show on mapBávaro
A platform out at sea to swim with dolphins and rays. With kids in tow, you've won the day.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Show on mapDowntown Punta Cana
Slides and open-air pools: it saves your afternoon if you're with kids and it clouds over.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Cruce de Verón stop
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Show on mapCap Cana
Eight oceanfront holes designed by Nicklaus. Even if you don't play, the views floor you.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Show on mapPuntacana Resort
The PGA Tour plays here: the last three holes run along the cliff edge and you can see them.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Show on mapEl Cortecito
From cacao to chocolate bar in half an hour, tasting included. Duck in when the sun is too much.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — El Cortecito stop
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Show on mapLos Corales
Tiny museum of coffee, tobacco and rum with a free tasting. Yes, you end up buying something.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Los Corales stop
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Show on mapDowntown Punta Cana
A club inside a natural cave: you climb down the rock and come out after sunrise.
Tip: Buy the open-bar ticket with hotel transfer: a taxi back at 4 am costs a fortune.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Show on mapLa Romana
A 16th-century stone village that's actually from 1976: you see it and don't believe it.
🚇 No public transit — tour or rental car
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Show on mapLos Corales
Caribbean-Asian fusion in a little house with a garden. Order the seared tuna, ask nothing else.
Tip: Book two days ahead: there are eight tables and they fill every night of the year.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Los Corales stop
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Real criollo: mofongo, stewed goat and sancocho stew even when it's 33°C outside.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Los Corales stop
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Wood-fired Neapolitan: thin base and fresh burrata. Order the margherita and compare.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Los Corales stop
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No-frills seafood: pick your fish from the cooler and they fry it whole with tostones.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Los Corales stop
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Asturian cooking in the Caribbean: fabada bean stew at night, Galician octopus always.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Los Corales stop
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Corner spot for giant breakfasts and burgers. One of those places you go back to three times.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Los Corales stop
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Show on mapPlaza Turquesa
Vegan done right in a leafy patio: bowls, curries and desserts that don't taste vegan.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Los Corales stop
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Fresh pasta rolled by an Italian who stayed for good. Portions that actually fill you.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Los Corales stop
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Show on mapLos Corales
Tables in the sand, ceviche and a caipirinha while the afternoon quietly disappears.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Los Corales stop
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Show on mapPlaya Los Corales
Loungers, grilled fish and a DJ at sunset. Get there before 4 and you'll still find shade.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Los Corales stop
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Show on mapLos Corales
Neighborhood Caribbean at neighborhood prices: the shrimp mofongo feeds two.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Los Corales stop
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Show on mapLos Corales
Chimi truck: toasted bun, beef, cabbage and pink sauce. You roll up at two in the morning.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Los Corales stop
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Show on mapEl Cortecito
Grilled lobster facing the sea since 1988. Weighed raw and you pay by the pound.
Tip: Confirm the price per pound before the lobster hits the grill: afterwards there's no arguing.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — El Cortecito stop
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Gyros, souvlaki and the match on the big screen. Open late and the beer lands ice-cold.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — El Cortecito stop
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Show on mapEl Cortecito
French bistro with pavement tables: order the mussels and a glass of white, done.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — El Cortecito stop
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Show on mapBávaro interior
Where the hotel staff eat: fresh seafood and you pay in pesos, not dollars.
🚇 Sindicato guagua bus — Verón route
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Peruvian ceviche in a place with zero pretension. Drink the leche de tigre to the bottom.
🚇 Sindicato guagua bus — Verón route
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Food-truck yard where all of Bávaro lands after shift. You come for a chimi and stay.
🚇 Sindicato guagua bus — Friusa stop
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Show on mapBávaro
Order La Bandera at noon: rice, beans, meat and salad for pocket change.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro
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Neighborhood comedor with a hot counter: point at what you want and they pile the plate.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro
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Stewed goat and mondongo tripe for Dominicans. If your Spanish fails, point and trust.
🚇 Sindicato guagua bus — Verón route
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Show on mapPlaya Bávaro
Wooden rancho right on the sand: catch of the day and a sunset that shuts you up.
Tip: Ask for a front-row table on the sand for sunset: it's booked separately and sells out.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — El Cortecito stop
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Show on mapPlaya Bávaro
Criollo buffet under a thatched roof: mangú, chicharrón and tostones until you say stop.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro
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Show on mapPlaya Bávaro
Old-school seafood a step from the sand: order the paella for two and share it.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro
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Sushi, steaks and cocktails in Downtown's prettiest patio. Arrive by day, stay into the night.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Cruce de Verón stop
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Live lobster in a tank and white-tablecloth service. It's pricey and you know it going in.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Cruce de Verón stop
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Grill and cocktails in an open rancho: ribs, fried yuca and live music if you go Friday.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Cruce de Verón stop
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Show on mapBlueMall Puntacana
Juan Luis Guerra's own restaurant: refined criollo and live bachata if you drop in on a weekend.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Fishmonger with tables: pick your cut at the counter and they grill it right then.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Market cooking, short menu that changes often. Best thing in the mall and you'll notice.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Brewpub with fat burgers where the people who live here eat. That's how you know.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Family trattoria: house-made pasta and a wine list bigger than the dining room. Book ahead.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Tapas and wine by the glass in a Village patio. Go at sunset, when the neighbors turn up.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Show on mapCap Cana
You eat on stilts over the water, in a room shaped like a boat. Most romantic spot around.
Tip: Book for sunset: the tables out on the point go two weeks in advance.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Show on mapPlaya Juanillo
Juanillo's beach club: loungers, fish over coals and a DJ. Pay for the lounger and forget.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Pizza and Caribbean food hidden in south Cap Cana: you only find it if someone told you.
🚇 No public transit — taxi or rental car
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Open palapa with seafood, sushi and Italian. Pricey, but you'll remember the service.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Long lunch with your feet in the sand: fish, rum and you don't move until five.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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In Macao village: fried fish with tostones and passion-fruit juice when you leave the water.
🚇 No public transit — taxi or rental car
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Show on mapCruce de Verón
Roadside comedor where the drivers stop: order the plate of the day for under three dollars.
🚇 Sindicato guagua bus — Verón route
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Show on mapPlaza Turquesa
Croissants, cakes and decent coffee next to Citrus. Breakfast here and start the day easy.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Los Corales stop
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Hugely attentive Cubans, stovetop-pot coffee and toasties. What you see is what you pay.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Los Corales stop
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Pancakes with fruit, eggs and a flat white in a beachy patio. Show up hungry.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Los Corales stop
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Short espresso and pastries watching the avenue go by. Opens early, so drop in whenever.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Los Corales stop
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Order the Dominican cafecito good and sweet plus a passion-fruit juice, two blocks off the sea.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro
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Bakery from 1998 where Dominicans order their cakes. Try the flan and you'll get it.
🚇 Sindicato guagua bus — Friusa stop
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Café with A/C, wifi that works and sandwiches: if you have to work, this is the place.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Cruce de Verón stop
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Dominican cacao every which way: truffles, hot chocolate and ice cream. Take bars home.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Cruce de Verón stop
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Bubble tea and ice-cold shakes: the mandatory stop when you come back fried from the beach.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro
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The most Dominican coffee brand there is, with its own shop. Order a cortadito and go.
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Artisan gelato with local flavors: order mamey or passion fruit, don't play it safe.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Cakes and cupcakes that look better than they have any right to. Buy some for the hotel.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Bagels made on site and filter coffee. Go on Sunday and you queue with the expats.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Deli, café and sushi in one place. Good breakfast if you're off to the airport early.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Spanish bakery facing the marina: fresh bread for breakfast while you eye other people's yachts.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Show on mapCabeza de Toro
Quiet café with fruit infusions and armchairs. You sit down and nobody rushes you.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro + motoconcho moto-taxi
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Village bakery: warm pan de agua, oat drink and people who greet you on the way in.
🚇 Sindicato guagua bus — Verón route
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Not original, but it's the only place around with A/C, plugs and stable wifi.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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The big mall: Zara, Nike, a cinema and air conditioning once the heat has beaten you.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Jumbo supermarket, pharmacies and shops of all kinds: this is where you run the dull errands.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Cruce de Verón stop
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The mall locals shop at: cinema, jewelers and prices without the markup you get outside.
Tip: Open until 11 pm: it's the plan if it rains on your last night and you don't want to stay in.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Cruce de Verón stop
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Old souvenir arcade with currency exchange: haggle freely, the first price is always double.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro
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Open-air arcade with brands, a bank and a food court. Half empty, but it does the job.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Palma Real stop
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A block of shops, cafés and delis in the residents' neighborhood. Nobody hawks bracelets here.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Show on mapBávaro
Small plaza with a pharmacy, laundry and colmado corner shop: trip logistics sorted at once.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro
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Wooden craft market: carnival masks, amber and Haitian paintings. Haggle.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro
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Single-origin Dominican chocolate: Duarte bars and rum truffles. Take a box home.
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A serious wine shop and the best aged-rum selection in the country. Ask and they advise well.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Hand-rolled cigars, rum and neatly labeled mamajuana. Fixed prices, no haggling.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Cruce de Verón stop
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Contemporary Dominican art gallery: if you want something that isn't a fridge magnet, here.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Dominican cigars singly or by the box, with a proper humidor. They let you smell first.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Los Corales stop
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Certified larimar and amber: larimar comes from here and nowhere else on earth.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Souvenirs steps from the beach: hats, T-shirts and the sunscreen you forgot to pack.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — El Cortecito stop
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Mini market open late: cheap water, cold beer and cold cuts you won't recognize.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Los Corales stop
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The good supermarket: Santo Domingo coffee, Barceló rum and fruit you've never seen.
🚇 Taxi / motoconcho moto-taxi
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Liquor store with every rum in the country at local prices. Ask for Brugal 1888 and compare.
🚇 Guagua bus to Bávaro — Cruce de Verón stop
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