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It was founded in 1946 with families brought in to fish and farm. Today it lives on tourism, has beaches on the Samaná peninsula, and French is its second language.
StubNo. 0009
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You leave the Zona Colonial and cover 143 km on the Juan Pablo II highway and the Bulevar Turístico del Atlántico, both with tolls. It's about two hours on the road.
If you fly in, El Catey airport, with flights from Europe and Canada, is about 30 minutes away.
Las Terrenas is a municipality on the Samaná peninsula. It was founded in 1946, when the Trujillo government moved poor families from Santo Domingo to work as farmers and fishermen.
The road to Sánchez was paved in 1989, and electricity arrived in 1994.
French is the town's second language.
Today it lives on tourism, trade and fishing.
From the 1970s on, French, Italian and Swiss newcomers arrived and opened bakeries, small hotels and restaurants.
French is the town's second language, and at the table there's Dominican, French and Italian food, among others.
Its beaches include Punta Popy, Las Ballenas, Playa Bonita and Cosón, which stretches several kilometers west of town.
The Pueblo de los Pescadores is a row of old fishermen's storehouses turned into bars and restaurants on the sea. It burned in 2021, the Ministry of Tourism renovated it, and in January 2026 it was reopening in stages.
1. Road distance and drive time: OSRM, calculated by ConoceRD on Sep 15, 2026