Heritage House · 1
- La Aurora Cigars Tamboril (Santiago de los Caballeros) / Dominican Republic
La Aurora was founded on October 3, 1903, by Eduardo León Jimenes, then eighteen years old, who began production in the Guazumal community near Santiago de los Caballeros with a payroll of six tobacco rollers. store page → · open in the atlas →
Hidden Gem · 8
- Carambola Surf House Cabarete
A surf-and-kite house at Cabarete blending lodging with lessons, board rental and guided sessions at nearby Encuentro and the town bay. Guests get coaching across surfing, kitesurfing and wing foiling along with transport to whichever break is working that morning. store page → · open in the atlas → - GoKite Cabarete Kite Beach, Cabarete
A Kite Beach school offering structured kiteboarding and wing-foil courses, radio-helmet coaching and equipment rental for students and independent riders. Multi-day packages cover progression from first drills to unhooked riding on Cabarete's dependable afternoon thermals. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kah Kow Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo
Kah Kow is the Cortés family's bean-to-bar chocolate label, working cacao from Dominican growing regions into single-origin bars. Its Zona Colonial store doubles as an experience centered on that cacao. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kite Beach Watersports Center Kite Beach, Cabarete
A watersports center on Cabarete's Kite Beach offering kiteboarding, wing-foil and surf instruction together with equipment rental and storage. The team coaches all levels on the flat inside water and the open swell beyond the reef. store page → · open in the atlas → - La Fábrica Samaná Lodo Blandito, Ruta de Café, Samaná
La Fábrica Samaná grows, ferments and roasts its own coffee and cacao on a working Samaná peninsula farm, taking each "from soil to cup, from tree to bar." Its on-site café serves the results alongside seasonal juices and homemade pastries, open Monday through Saturday. store page → · open in the atlas → - Larimar Museum (Museo del Larimar) Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo
The Larimar Museum in the Colonial Zone is a private educational museum devoted to larimar, a blue pectolite found only in the Dominican Republic. Its retail stores sell certified larimar jewelry alongside the displays. store page → · open in the atlas → - Laurel Eastman Kiteboarding Kite Beach, Cabarete
Founded by American pro rider Laurel Eastman on Cabarete's Kite Beach, LEK pairs an IKO-certified teaching center with a pro shop stocking harnesses, wetsuits, boards and replacement lines. Instructors coach kiteboarding, wing foiling and downwinders on the trade-wind flats while the counter handles rentals, repairs and gear sales for drop-in riders. store page → · open in the atlas → - Liquid Blue Cabarete Cabarete beachfront
This concept store on the Cabarete beachfront stocks surf, kitesurf and wing-foil gear alongside sunglasses, boardshorts and travel accessories, and doubles as a booking desk for lessons. Staff are working watermen who dial in board and kite sizing for the bay's conditions before renters and buyers hit the water. store page → · open in the atlas →
The Register · 3
- Antibes Punta Cana / Dominican Republic
Inside the Blue Mall's West Hall, Antibes curates sustainable luxury fashion, jewelry, and home decor from Latin American designers like Farm Rio, Circe, and Faoba for Punta Cana's resort crowd. The concept store is open seven days a week and ships its collections online as well. store page → · open in the atlas → - Cabarete Kite Point Cabarete
A kiteboarding school on Cabarete's wind-blown shore running beginner-to-advanced courses plus wing and kite-foil clinics with certified instructors. Packages bundle lessons with equipment, and the center handles rentals and storage for riders staying through the windy season. store page → · open in the atlas → - Chez Nicole Boutique Punta Cana / Dominican Republic
Founded in 2005 out of Nicole's personal love of Larimar, this family-run gift shop in Bávaro sells the blue Dominican gemstone as jewelry alongside handmade crafts, cigars, and Mamajuana, with a free tasting station for cocoa and rum. Chez Nicole also offers complimentary hotel pickup across the Punta Cana area for shoppers without their own transport. store page → · open in the atlas →