Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine October 2017 | Page 247
PLACES OF INTEREST in the Dominican Republic Silver Coast On the Dominican Republic’s northern edge hemmed in by the Cordillera Septentrional mountain range to the south, the Silver Coast comprises of 300kms of seemingly unending beaches. Surprisingly though these beaches are devoid of the crowds found on the other parts of the island, especially around Santo Domingo. These are the beaches it is believed on which Columbus first landed even though the first settlements were built around Santo Domingo in the south. Cibao The Dominican Republic has the highest peaks in the Caribbean, some higher than even North America’s Appalachians. Cordillera Central mountain range that houses these peaks has long been known as Cibao (Rocky Land) but today the word is applied more to the fertile Cibao valley which lies between these and the Cordillera Septentrional mountain range to the north. It is in this valley that you will find the country’s second largest city Santiago, with its legendary nightlife and some of the world’s best cigars. Photo Credit: Dominican Republic Ministry of Tourism