Cabarete
Cabarete sits on the north coast of Dominican Republic, where the wind seems to have signed a long-term lease. Folks come for kitesurfing, but end up staying for the coconut bread. Once, a traveler tried to ride a donkey to the beach, but the donkey stopped for lunch before the traveler did. Popular things to do or visit here include walking the beach at sunrise, losing your hat to the breeze, and eating fried fish right from a roadside cart. If you ask a local about the best hotel in Cabarete, you might get three different answers and an invite to their cousin’s birthday party. Money goes fast if you keep tipping in dollars instead of pesos, but that's a story for another time.
Local weather in Dominican Republic
SPRING
warm & sunny
SUMMER
warm & sunny
AUTUMN
warm & sunny
WINTER
warm & sunny
Top destinations in Dominican Republic
Santiago de los Caballeros
Los Conucos
Puñal
Accommodations in Cabarete
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Things to do and places to visit in Cabarete
If you wake up early, you can watch the sun crawl over the horizon while fishermen haul in their catch, sometimes singing songs that sound older than the beach itself. The lagoon behind town holds secrets—kayakers sometimes find themselves paddling next to cows, which is more common than you’d think. You can try windsurfing, but don’t be surprised if you spend most of your time falling with style, as one visitor described it (he’s still looking for his sunglasses).
People say the best hotel in Cabarete offers hammocks with a view, but no one agrees on which hammock or which view. Restaurants serve passionfruit juice that stains your shirt if you’re not careful; the stain becomes a badge of honor after a week. If you find yourself in need of a souvenir, try the little market where vendors tell you stories about each seashell, usually involving a lost uncle or a mysterious fish. And don’t forget, if you order coffee, it’ll arrive when it wants, not when you want—Dominican time is a flexible thing, like a rubberband that's seen too many summers.
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