Dominican is in the Caribbean region and takes most of the island of Haiti (the remainder of the State of Haiti).
Holidays in Dominican can be planned independently. Who needs to do it?
An independent holiday in Dominican is best suited to those who love to explore the country and draw up their own impression about it, those who do not suit only the beach holidays on the territory of the hotel, to those who want to plunge into the local life and feel the local flavor.
Going on holidays in Dominican Alone, you can choose a reliable airline, book one of the many hotels and save money on excursions.
Airfare
Tourist bags offer one of the charter flights from Russia to Dominican Republic. Most often it will be a Transaero airline that flies to the dominica of about 12 hours. If you are going to independently organize your journey, I recommend that you pay attention to such airlines as Airberlin and Lufthansa, which fly to Dominican Republic from Europe. Both airlines have new and reliable aircraft that are equipped with everything necessary for a pleasant flight. There are no direct flights from Russia, you will first need to fly to Germany, and from there go to Dominican Republic. But the flight time in this case is reduced - from Germany to Dominicanna You will have to fly about 9-10 hours. You can book tickets on the site of the airlines themselves, which are offered in several languages.Accommodation
There are a lot of accommodation options in Dominican, these are luxurious five-end hotels, and pretty cozy and clean hotels 4 stars, and modest three-star hotels and hostels. Book a hotel more convenient through the Booking.com website, which offers over 500 accommodation options in Dominican Republic. On the site you can choose a hotel in different parameters - location, price, star, good reviews, hotel type. You can pay accommodation with a bank card. In addition, the site has pictures of the hotel, made by its owners and tourists. In addition, there is a tourist reviews about every particular place, and based on them, choose a hotel that best suits you.
If you arrived in some kind of Dominican city, without having booked the hotel, you can do it in place - as a rule, there will be a pair of free rooms in hotels, the price in this case will be slightly higher than with prior booking.
Food
In the vicinity of any hotel in Dominican Republic there is a lot of restaurants and cafes. Prices for food in Dominican Republic are low, but the food itself is very tasty and fresh. In restaurants you will be offered fresh juices from exotic fruits, fresh fish and seafood, as well as international dishes. The price of food outside the hotel is significantly lower than in the hotel itself.
How to move around the country
There is no railway network in Dominican, so if you want to ride around the country, you have two options - rent a car or take advantage of the services of a long-distance bus. Movement in Dominican Right-sided. Car rental market in Dominican is well developed, you will be offered cars of any price category. Rental prices are starting from $ 50 a day, while you should be borrowing to buy insurance, which will save you from the need to pay damage (if an accident occurs) from your pocket. Be sure to note that the road traffic in Dominican is very chaotic, as a rule, Dominicans do not comply with the rules, the rule, in fact, one thing - who managed, he drove. They can be rebuilt without using turn signals, brake dramatically and fly out on the head of the oncoming movement. If you are not confident - it is better not to take a car for rent, because the driving style in Dominican is different from our worse. The second option - you can move between cities on intercity buses. Basically there are local, so buses are not very comfortable - there is no speech about the air conditioner. However, this is a fairly safe way to move around the country - not a single accident involving a bus for all the time in this country we have not seenExcursions
Since Dominican Republic is a poor country, its inhabitants seek to earn in any way - that is, offering tourists a variety of services, so be prepared for the fact that all tourist places will be approached by local residents with a proposal to spend a tour of you. I would not recommend you to agree, because in the concept of a local resident to spend a tour - it is to show where it is and where you can take a picture. There is no historical information about the speech - Dominicans and they themselves do not know their history. In large museums, exhibits have signatures, and in the capital you will be provided with an audio guide - use it better for them, so you get more complete information.
Security and Communication with Local Residents
All tourists who would like to relax in Dominican, are interested in how locals are tuned towards tourists and how to communicate with them. Dominicans are friendly people, they treat tourists well, because they understand that the tourist industry is one of the leading in the country. No aggression in the address of foreigners does not show local residents, so you can safely walk through the Dominican streets. The only thing - of course, you can steal the wallet in the crowd - a lot of pockets here. I would not recommend walking through the streets alone after the occurrence of darkness - there is a chance that you are robbed (however, as you understand, in Russia this probability also exists).
The official language in the Dominican Republic is Spanish, so if you speak Spanish - you can always be explained and everywhere. With English, it is already much more difficult - in large hotels, the staff speaks a little in English, but this language is unfamiliar to local residents. However, since the Dominicans really want to earn and help the tourist - tell me where it is, to spend a tour, to sell something - they themselves will try to understand you, can even be resorted to the language of gestures - so do not hesitate and explain so As you can.
