Car Hire Dominican Republic

It attracts about three million tourists from around the world every year in the Dominican Republic on the beautiful Caribbean island of Hispaniola. Summer, Sun, beach and sea as far as the eye can see, the island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean has to offer. Year-round water temperatures from 26 to 28 degrees here almost all water sports can be exercise. Tourist centres include Puerto Plata, La Romana, Punta Cana, San Juan River, Samana or Santiago considered this de los Caballeros.

While Spanish is spoken in the whole Dominican Republic, Samana is an English-speaking enclave in the northeast of the island. In Sosua, however, is sometimes even German street signs. The reason for this is that during the second World War approximately 600 German Jews immigrated here. The capital of Santo Domingo is located on the South coast, on the Caribbean side and has the most important harbour of the country.

The Dominican Republic has a fairly well-developed road network, which is ideally suited for sightseeing with a rental car to the Interior. While consistently dominates a tropical climate on the coast, temperatures can come up here in the four mountains of the island also in winter under zero degrees. The Pico Duarte is the highest point in the entire Caribbean at 3175 meters. Up there, the route leads through the fascinating landscape of rain and bamboo forests, as well as huge, urzeitlich-looking ferns.

An absolute highlight in the Dominican Republic is the Carnival which takes place every year to the January 27 in the cities of la Vega and Santo Domingo. A colourful spectacle, with typical Caribbean atmosphere.