

Floor-to-ceiling windows in the hills above Jarabacoa.
Everyone flies into Punta Cana and spends a week staring at a swim-up bar. Meanwhile, the actual Dominican Republic is sitting up in the mountains looking like this.
Jarabacoa guesthouse, floor-to-ceiling windows, private jacuzzi on the terrace, valley views that stretch until the clouds eat them. From $308 a night. I reheated empanadas from town in the full kitchen and ate them watching the sunrise. That might be the best meal I've had in years.