Samaná - Samaná

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Samaná
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108.179 (2012)
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Samaná

Samaná, official name "Santa Bárbara de Samaná", is a city in the province of Samaná in the region Cibao in the north of the Dominican Republic.

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Samaná is not only the small port town, the whole peninsula and the administrative district bear this name as well as the deeply cut bay on which the small town is located.

The city was founded in 1756. It was largely destroyed in a major fire in 1946.

getting there

By plane

  • Aeropuerto Internacional de el CATEY "Samaná", official Aeropuerto Professor Juan BoschAeropuerto Profesor Juan Bosch in the encyclopedia WikipediaAeropuerto Profesor Juan Bosch in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsAeropuerto Profesor Juan Bosch (Q1262548) in the Wikidata database(IATA: AZS).

By train

In the street

By boat

  • The small port of Samaná is the destination of some cruise ships, whose passengers then populate the city. Larger ships can, however, in the 1 Do not moor the Bay of Samaná, your passengers will be brought ashore in tender boats.

mobility

Map of Samana

Tourist Attractions

Cayo Levantado
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  • 2  Santa Barbara Church (Iglesia Católica de Santa Bárbara)
  • 3  Churcha. Iglesia Evangelica. (St. Peter). The wooden church was spared from the city fire in 1946.
  • 4  Museo de la Ballena (Whale Museum). Tel.: 1 809 538 2042. small museum with skeletons (whale, manatee, turtle.Open: Mon-Fri 8:30 am-3pm, Sat, Sun by appointmentPrice: Entry $ 3 (RD 100).
  • 5  Malecón. Quayside at the harbor.
  • 6  Cayo Levantado. uninhabited island, often film set for advertising, "Bacardi Island".
  • 7 Footbridge to the island Cayo del Puente, picturesque but useless.
  • In January / February, humpback whales come to Samaná Bay to mate.

activities

  • 8  Los Haitises National Park. only accessible with a guide.
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