JARABACOA & CONSTANZA
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Golf Jarabacoa Golf Club. Quintas de Primavera, La Vega province • Tel 809 5732474 • Year opened: 1984 • 9 holes. Built amid pine trees, this course’s setting is a mountain resort.
Culture Every Sunday throughout the month of February, the most popular of the Dominican carnival parades take place in the city of La Vega, the provincial capital that lies half an hour from Jarabacoa and Constanza. The Bonao carnival parades, about half an hour south from La Vega, or the Santiago carnival, half an hour to the north, get excellent reviews, too. Not to be missed in Jarabacoa is the Sunday Mass with Gregorian Chants in Pinar Quemado. On site the priests sell natural remedies and just- baked breads. Fairs and festivals. There is a Festival of the Arts (between November and December), EcoMarket Fair (January), Mountain Poetry
Festival (between July and August) and the Flower Festival (between May and June) held every year in Jarabacoa. For dates, see dr1.com/calendar
Shopping City of artists. Jarabacoa prides itself on offering works of art not to be found anywhere else. Several artists of national and international acclaim have moved to Jarabacoa, inspired by the beautiful natural scenery. Several small art galleries sell their work. Constanza is one of the country’s primary farming districts and is the site of the flower and delicious strawberries, among other fruits and vegetables, that can be purchased at road stands that also sell arepas (corn bread) and cepa de apio (celery root), a local specialty made into a puree.
the natural air-conditioning turned on at night.
Nightlife Most of those who travel to Jarabacoa and Constanza do so for intense days of outdoor activity. By the time the evening rolls around, these people just want to relax. Thus, each town offers a handful of very good restaurants that serve some of the best Dominican food anywhere. One or two beer bars and discotheque stay open until late, mainly catering to crowds of domestic tourists that venture to these mountain areas at peak travel times during the year. The exception to this will be night-time events organized during peak domestic travel times, such as Easter, when two or more outdoor shows will cater the vacationing crowds.
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