Boca Chica

Boca Chica on the map of Dominican Republic

Boca Chica is a city in the Dominican Republic. The city of about 22,000 inhabitants, is located on the Caribbean side of the island of Hispaniola, about 30 kilometers east of the Dominican capital of Santo Domingo.

History

Boca Chica has been developed and promoted in the early 20th century by Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos as a seaside resort. The heyday of the place were the 1950s, when the dictator Trujillo the construction of a modern hotel, the Hotel Hamaca ordered. This hotel became famous as Trujillo granted the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista in Cuba after the revolution in this hotel for political asylum. After Trujillo was assassinated on May 1961 the hotel was closed shortly afterwards and remained so for more than 20 years. It was not until 1990, it was reopened.

During the 1950s and 1960s built many rich Dominican families have their summer homes along the coast that were accessible only on private roads. In the 1970s, the area became popular as a seaside resort and accessible through the establishment of public transport.

Tourism

The bay of Boca Chica is very popular with domestic and foreign guests as a bay -shore reef shields the bay and the water is therefore very quiet. The reef forms the shape of a semicircle and protrudes from the water surface. Up to the reef the water is barely deeper than 1.50 meters. Between the beach and reef are two small islands, the Isla de Pinos and the Isla Matica. Behind the island is the harbor, which was expanded.