{"id":6868,"date":"2026-02-27T22:28:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=6868"},"modified":"2026-02-27T22:28:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:28:59","slug":"sniff-out-the-caribbean-isles-hush-hush-hammocked-hot-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=6868","title":{"rendered":"Sniff out the Caribbean isle’s hush-hush hammocked hot spots"},"content":{"rendered":"


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From car trunk speakers thumping merengue,\u00a0to marketeers hawking fresh mofongo, Dominicans have many talents \u2014 spoiler alert: quietude ain\u2019t one of them.<\/p>\n

That is, however, until you ask about their secret beaches \u2014 then a silence washes across their vocal cords like so much seaweed upon their shores.<\/p>\n

Of course, quisqueyanos quickly find their words and freely bloviate about Punta Cana, La Romana, Puerto Plata. These are the tourist traps. These are the ones meant to sunburn the likes of Drake and Jake Gyllenhaal.<\/p>\n

Your villa will overlook the beauteous blue lagoon that is Rinc\u00f3n Bay.
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Empty palms: These discreet Dominican beaches are sparsely touristed. Courtesy of Ocama<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then there are what locals dare only murmur about in the back corner of a colmado: the DR\u2019s Seven Hidden Beaches, accessed only by hiking (you boat it = you\u2019ve cheated; you horseback it = you\u2019ve hacked it). Their names are probably meaningful if you passed Spanish I: Playa del Amor, Playa el Ermita\u00f1o, Playas Colorada 1, Colorada 2, Playa Escondida, Playa Calet\u00f3n and La Playita. (You get, at least, the \u201cplaya\u201d part.)<\/p>\n