Our villa is made up of a main apartment and a communicating studio apartment that can be rented together or seprately.The main apartment consists of a living room, kitchen, two king size bedded bedrooms and a bathroom.The studio apartment consists of a smaller living room, kitchenette, a queen size bedded bedroom, a bathroom and a dressing room. All rooms and common areas feature roof fans, which are enough to keep you cool given the mild temperature and the constant fresh breeze characteristic of the Samana Peninsula.

The main apartment has a very big living room and its two 4-fold sliding doors connect it directly to the huge open air terrace and pool. It features a big sofa and a dining table and faces directly the terrace and the swimming pool. The living room was designed with the idea of creating a fusion between outside and inside living, a luxury you can very well afford here in the sweet climate of the Caribbean islands. The main kitchen has 5 windows which can be lifted in order to open it directly to the outside area. This way you can easily have your breakfast in the open air without having to carry everything to the outside table. The kitchen features a refrigerator, a 5 fires-kooking place and a dishwasher machine. There are two king size bedded bedrooms in the main apartment, each with their own closet, roof fan and they are decorated with a distinctive tropical flair. One of them is equipped with a safety box and a wall mounted television. A bathroom with a spacious shower completes the features of the main apartment.

This smaller area is conceived to have the same space distribution as the main apartment but on a smaller scale. It has a direct access to the terrace/pool area from its living room and its kitchenette also opens up directly on the outside living area. The living room has two sofas which can be converted into beds at night when needed. The kitchenette is furnished with a small fridge, a 2-fires cooking place and a sink. The sleeping room has a queen size bed and a big door that can be opened directly to the garden. It also has its own closet and ceiling fan. There is an additional changing room with another closet between the living room and the bathroom giving more space and indipendence to anyone staying in the living room. A bathroom with a shower completes this part of the house.  

The villa has a 80 sq. mts. terrace, covered with a hand built palm tree leaves roof in the local traditional style, which gives it its unique tropical atmosphere. The terrace is furbished with hamocks, locally hand made ethnic lamps and a large L shaped sofa set to create an atmosphere that will help you relax, share time with your loved ones or read a book while enjoying colourful tropical sunsets and hearing the sounds of the breeze, birds and other small tropical animals from the surrounding jungle. It also features two dining tables with sitting space for up to 10 people. There is a spacious 50 sq. mts swimming pool sorrounded by a 62 sq. mts wooden deck appropiate for sunbathing and provided with 7 sunbeds. The pool is perfectly integrated with the terrace so that it seems to be a part of the inside living space on one hand and is the natural connection of the villa with its garden on the other hand. A 700 sq. mts. beautifully landscaped tropical garden surrounds the house. Every plant in the garden has been carefully selected for both its beauty and in its constant sequence of floration all year round.The access path to the house is provided with an automatic opening gate. 

The Villa is equiped with a power acumulator that supplies energy for most appliances, lamps and security lights during black outs, not unfrequent in the area, and it gives about 8 hours of electrical authonomy. Water is obtained from our own well and is filtered by biological and physical-chemical procesess in our own purification plant. Hence, water supply is totally autonomous from the local water supply system.

The house is connected to cable tv service providing a number of american, european and dominican channels. There are tv sets in the main living room, in one of the bedrooms and in the studio living room.The villa is equipped with a state of the art electronic alarm system which can be activated by the guest in order to give you extra protection and security in the night hours.Included in the price is a service of cleaning before and after the stay plus three times a week cleaning during the stay, also included in the price there is a night guard service.

The Dominican Republic is famous for its exceptional natural beauty and for the friendliness and warmth of its beautiful people. The Samana peninsula, in its turn, is famous within the Dominican Republic for being one of the most beautiful, varied and still unspoiled regions the country has to offer to the visitors. These characteristics have only recently attracted new tourism to the area and this has allowed it to grow fast but in a very discreet manner while mantaining a balance with the environment and with the local culture and life.

Las Terrenas is far from being a multi million mass tourism resort area as its conterparts Punta Cana, La Romana or Puerto Plata.It is still a small ex-fishermen village, where foreigners and locals meet and mix in everyday life and where you can still taste the real carribbean way of life.

Las Terrenas has developed offering a wide array of small hotels, villas, small residential complexes, restaurants, shops and water sports centers, all settled along many of its beautiful beaches or just a few minutes walk behind them.

The beaches in Las Terrenas are definitely amongst the best in the country. They unfold in an endless succession of rounded small, medium and big size bays; each of them offers its own special and different charm. They all have in commmon huge forests of beautiful and tall coconut palms on the back – this is the highest concentration of coconut trees in the world!- so thick and green that if you look at the shore from the clear turquoise water you won’t even realize there is any tourist activity behind them.

The water on the beach is always calm as it is protected by barrier reefs which keep the big ocean waves from coming in. Coral reefs are close enough to the coast that they can be reached by simply snorkeling from the beach in a few minutes swim in the crystal clear waters! The colour of the water is exceptional, with its varieties of shades of blue and turquoise displaying themselves from the shore into the deeper sea. Beaches are never crowded and there are so many of them along the coast that you can always find a beautiful spot for youself. Nothing but you, sea, sand and palms, and a few local fishermen passing by from time to time offering you grilled lobster for a very cheap price !

The Samana Peninsula is a natural jewel and it has a lot to offer in terms of excursions and adventure. Apart from litterally being able of going to a different beach every day there is a whole variety of places that you will have the chance to visit while you are here. The famous waterfall El Limon is a national celebrity and is only a few kilometers away from Las Terrenas.From January to March thousands of humpback whales gather in the Samana bay from all the north Atlantic for reproduction and they can easily be seen in their natural habitat from one of the authorized boats visiting their sanctuary. Playa Grande, a five kilometers spectacular white beach, is a couple of hours drive from Las Terrenas and the surfers´ town of Cabarete just a few more minutes away from it. Playa Rincon, with its unparalled water colours, can be reached with a short but unforgettable boat ride from the village of Las Galeras, one hour drive from Las Terrenas. Horse riding on the beaches is also available in Las Terrenas as well as it is the renting of quads, motorbikes and cars, which is reccommended for a full appreciation of all the wonderful natural aspects of the area.

Although small, Las Terrenas has a surprisingly wide variety of trendy restaurants and bars where to spend the evening hours. Located mainly directly on the beach, with terraces overlooking the sea just a few steps away, the restaurants offer everywhere surprisingly high quality creative dishes with chefs that have moved here from all over Europe. The large influence of French and Italian couisine fuses here with the tradition of local food and fresh sea food ingredients. You can also find nice cocktail bars of tasteful design set on the beach or under the palm trees as well as more traditional salsa and merengue clubs where locals and tourists dance together the tropical rythms under the moonlight ! 

As you can imagine there is no real gay scene in such a small town as Las Terrenas but the natural and non-apparent open mindness of the local Dominican men will surprise you!! As a start there is absolutely no generalised homofobic feeling either amongst the local population or amongst the many Europeans living there. You can not say this is a gay town but it is a very gay-friendly place, and you will surely be able to find your way to get your fun if this is what you are looking for here as well. There are many tranquil and secure beaches where you can feel confortable if you are with your boyfriend, even though this does not mean you have to avoid the more frequented ones in order to feel at ease. Only a small amount of common sense is required !

Hardly any man in town would be openly and visibly gay acting but if anyone does not spot you and approaches, you can be a little streetwise and make yourself understood in a way or another, for example with the local moto-concho drivers (motorbike taxis). The numerous times somebody will ask you if you have or you look for a girl don’t be ashamed to say that you don’t like women and most of the times they will come up with a practical solution for you, and they will only ask you for discretion.

One important thing: the average level of income here is quite low in comparison to that of Europe and North America so always be careful not to show off with jewellery or valuables and never carry large bulks of money with you. If you do something with somebody try not to do it in your house and try not to show off what you own, as there might always be somebody trying to demonstrate some interest in you only in order to get a hold of your valuables at your minor distraction!!

A new intercontinental airport, Samana El Catey Airport, has just been opened in november 2006 and is just 45 minutes away from Las Terenas. It is already served by most important european and american charter flight companies. Santo Domingo Las Americas International airport is conneccted daily to all the most important capitals in the world by commercial flights. From there you can take a 30 min. flight to Las Terrenas El Portillo Airport with local operators (Aerodomca, Air Century or Volair) on a scheduled or private basis from La Isabela airport or from the same Las Americas airport. In alternative you can take a taxi for a 4.30 hour drive to Las Terrenas.Puerto Plata International airport is 3.30 hours drive from Las Terrenas and is also connected to all major european ad U.S. cities with commercial and charter flights.Our local representative will advice you and help you arrange the transfer for you if you want.