Where to dance
Cities
5 cities · ranked by activity
Santo Domingo's bachata heartbeat is the Sunday Bonyé jam at the Ruinas de San Francisco — free, outdoor, and packed since 2004.
Punta Cana's resort circuit runs bachata and merengue every night — Imagine Punta Cana (Veron) is the canonical Dominican-style bachata club for serious dancers.
Added for BailaMar Bachata Camp multi-city Dominican Republic program.
Santiago de los Caballeros — the DR's second city and a bachata heartland in its own right — has New Dance RD as its anchor; the third-Saturday Son Cubano workshop-and-party is the local fixture.
Bachata's birthplace on the north coast. Sabor Latino Dance Academy on Calle 12 de Julio offers daily salsa/bachata/merengue classes for travelers. The ADN Bachata World Festival every late January is the headline annual event.
Worth the trip
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