Samaná Peninsula: Places to Explore

Sleepy Las Galeras, a dot on the map between two protected and undeveloped green mountain capes, is the endearingly unkempt North Coast sister of Las Terrenas. Despite its tucked-away location in eastern... Read more

Las Terrenas is the main tourist base on the Samaná Peninsula. It, rather than Santa Bárbara de Samaná, the peninsula's biggest town, is the true center of a visit to the region.... Read more

The official name of the city is Santa Bárbara de Samaná; but these days it's just called "Samaná." An authentic port town, it's just getting its bearings as a tourist zone, and compared... Read more