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Toppsesong — Winter high season, Christmas and New Year peak

• Natur

  Humpbacks on the Silver Bank

  15. jan – 31. mar · vanligvisHvalsesong

  Thousands of North Atlantic humpbacks calve on the banks off this coast in late winter. The dependable boats leave from Samaná, a long day each way from Puerto Plata, or from a liveaboard out of Ocean World.

Fortsatt på gang: Winter high season (15. des – 15. apr (vanligvis)), Christmas and New Year peak (18. des – 5. jan)

Toppsesong — Carnaval and Independence Day, Winter high season

• Festival

  Carnaval and Independence Day

  1.–28. febKarnevalMye folk

  Parades go out every Sunday through February and build to the twenty-seventh, which is Independence Day. Each town runs its own characters and its own costume workshops; the fireworks are municipal, not touristic. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Humpbacks on the Silver Bank (15. jan – 31. mar (vanligvis)), Winter high season (15. des – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Semana Santa, Winter high season

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa

  29. mar – 5. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidlig

  Dominicans take Holy Week off and head for beaches and rivers, with Good Friday a public holiday. Hotels fill with domestic travellers at higher rates, roads are busy and police run checkpoints, and beaches are crowded from Thursday. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Humpbacks on the Silver Bank (15. jan – 31. mar (vanligvis)), Winter high season (15. des – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Semana Santa, Winter high season

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Semana Santa (29. mar – 5. apr), Winter high season (15. des – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Fare

  Hurricane season

  1. jun – 30. nov

  The north coast catches storms tracking up the Mona Passage and Georges crossed the whole island in 1998. Big resorts stay open through it and discount hard from August. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Cabarete wind season

  1. jun – 15. sep · vanligvis

  The thermal wind at Cabarete, twenty minutes east, is at its most reliable through the summer: flat water in the morning, kite and sail conditions from lunchtime. The rest of the year it is a wave beach instead.

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Hurricane season (1. jun – 30. nov), Cabarete wind season (1. jun – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Hurricane season (1. jun – 30. nov), Cabarete wind season (1. jun – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Rolig — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Hurricane season (1. jun – 30. nov), Cabarete wind season (1. jun – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Hurricane season (1. jun – 30. nov)

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Hurricane season (1. jun – 30. nov)

Toppsesong — Winter high season, Christmas and New Year peak

• Sesong

  Winter high season

  15. des – 15. apr · vanligvisVintersolsesongMye folkBestill tidlig

  Charter flights from Canada and the north-east US fill the all-inclusives along Playa Dorada from mid-December. The town side of the bay, and the cable car up Isabel de Torres, get busy with them.

• Helligdag

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18. des – 5. janJul og nyttårMye folkBestill tidlig

  Peak season: Dominicans living abroad come home and North American and European visitors arrive, so flights, resorts and rental cars fill and rates are at their highest. Kilde ↗