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Barahona
city isn't an especially pleasant place. Founded in 1802 and
once the informal capital of Trujillo's multimillion-dollar
sugar industry, the city has fallen on hard times due to the
closing of the local sugar mill.
That said, the locals are friendly and it does have a couple
of good hotels, making it a useful base to explore the
undeeloped coastline that stretches west of the city. If
sticking around, head either to the Malecón, which is quite
beautiful, or the parquet (park) central, a major hangout at
night.
Most isitors arrie ia guagua or car ; coastal
Highway 44 connects the city with Azua, Baní and Santo
Domingo to the east before continuing west all the way to
the border. If spending the night, most accommodations
are within a couple of blocks of the seaside Malecón.
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The best of the lot is the Gran Barahona, Mota 5
(phone # 809/524-3442; US$25-50), with comfortable rooms
that have A/C, Tand hot water. There's a decent array of
places to eat; Melo's Café, Anacaona 12
(phone # 809/524-5437), is the best of the lot, an
unpretentious diner with delicious American breakfasts and
nightly dinner specials. Also worth checking out is
Brvisas del Caribe, a seafood restaurant on the far
eastern end of the Malecón; the creole shrimp and broiled
kingfish are house specialties.
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