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Extract from the Barahona Travel Guides:
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 undeveloped coastline that stretches west of the city. If sticking around, head either to the Malecn, which is quite beautiful, or the parque central, a major hangout at night.
Most visitors arrive
via guagua or car
; coastal Highway 44 connects the city with Azua, Ban an... read the whole Barahona Travel Guides...
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