Cabarete

This laid-back village next to Puerto Plata offers a bohemian lifestyle, extreme
sports and a legendary nightlife. The little town sits between a
semicircular beach of golden sand and a lagoon with a backdrop of mountains.

Ideal wind and wave conditions have turned the four-mile-long beach into a windsurfer’s mecca, making it a magnet for
professional athletes and beach bums alike. This beach is ranked among the 10 best windsurfing sites in the world and
hosts Cabarete Race Week every June, an international windsurfing
competition.

Things to do:

Mountain-biking, surfing, scuba-diving, kiteboarding, wakeboarding, cave exploring or canyoning.
Visit El Choco National Park.
Play golf on a 9-hole public course west of Cabarete.