Sosúa travel guide

Sosúa (28 km east of Puerto Plata) is a little town with a beautiful and lively 1-km beach. Vendors’ stalls and snackbars line the path along the back of the beach and you will be offered anything from sunbeds to toilets. There is a smaller public beach on the east side of town, referred to as the playita, or Little Beach, where you will be less bothered by vendors. The main street (correctly named Calle Pedro Clisante, but only ever referred to as Main Street, or Calle Principal in Spanish) is lined with a variety of shops, restaurants and bars. Little or no attention is paid to street names or numbers. The El Batey side of town (the side that houses most of the hotels and restaurants) was founded by German-Jewish refugees who settled here in 1941. A synagogue and memorial building are open to the public. The western end of the town is referred to as Los Charamicos (the two ends are separated by the beach); this is the older side of town, where the Dominicans themselves generally live, shop and party.