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Occupying the eastern half of the island of Hispaniola, the Dominican Republic (or the DR, as it's often known) is a hugely popular destination, thanks to the portion of the country that most resembles the image of a Caribbean playland: the crystal-clear waters and sandy beaches lined with palm trees, of which the DR has plenty. This vision of leisurely days spent by the sea and romantic nights filled with merengue and dark rum is supported by what turns out to be the largest all-inclusive resort industry in the world.

Set on the most geographically diverse Caribbean island, the DR also boasts virgin alpine wilderness, tropical rainforests and mangrove swamps, cultivated savannas, vast desert expanses and everything in between within its relatively small confines - slightly smaller than the US states of New Hampshire and Vermont combined - providing staggering opportunities for ecotourism and adventure travelling .

The DR also lays claim to some of the more intriguing culture and history in the area, dating back to its early cave-dwelling groups, the Tainos , who recorded much of their activities in the form of rock art - it's

quite likely you'll find yourself clambering down a dark cave to view some of these preserved paintings during your stay. In addition, as Dominicans are often quick to point out, their land was the setting for Christopher Columbus's first colony, La Isabela, and Spain's first New World city, Santo Domingo , at the end of the fifteenth century. Though the island quickly lost this foothold, the events that took place during its brief heyday did much to define the Americas as we know them.

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• Cibao Dominican Republic Travel Videos
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  CIBAO (rocky land) is the word Tainos used to describe the Cordillera Central mountain range that takes up much of the Dominican Republic's central interior. - Dominican Republic
  

• Samana Peninsula Dominican Republic Travel Videos
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  It's not hard to appreciate the beauty of THE SAMANA PENINSULA , a thin strip of land poking from the Dominican Republic's northeast. - Dominican Republic
  

• Barahona Dominican Republic Travel Videos
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  Occupying the coast west of Santo Domingo and taking its name from the major city at its centre, the BARAHONA REGION was once the focus of Trujillo's personal sugar empire; vast tracts of cane still take up much of the land north of Barahona city, but today this is one of the country's poorest regions. - Dominican Republic
  

• Southeast Dominican Republic Travel Videos
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  The Santo Domingo valley stretches east along the coast from the capital, encompassing vast tracts of sugarcane. - Dominican Republic
  

• Santo Domingo and around Dominican Republic Travel Videos
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  Santo Domingo isn't the tropical paradise most travellers come to the Caribbean in search of, but at the core of the rather bewildering sprawl the old Spanish colonial capital - the very first European city of the New World - lies magically intact along the western bank of the Rio Ozama. - Dominican Republic
  

• Silver Coast Dominican Republic Travel Videos
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  The Dominican Republic's SILVER COAST , 300km of prime waterfront property on the country's northern edge, is the most popular tourist destination in the Caribbean. - Dominican Republic