{"id":41,"count":0,"description":"The Saman\u00e1 Peninsula is where the unspoiled natural beauty of the Dominican Republic mingles with friendly small-town sensibilities \u2013 a stark contrast to the glitzy resorts of Punta Cana and the bustling grind of Santo Domingo. \r\n\r\nThe capital of this peninsular province is the eponymous Saman\u00e1, located in northern Saman\u00e1 Bay. Eco-tourism is popular here, with one major star attraction: whales. The best time to go is between January and March, when thousands of humpback whales descend upon the bay to give birth to their calves. \r\n\r\nEl Museo de las Ballenas (Whale Museum) in the neighboring town of Salinas is an attraction in its own right, with guided tours of marine mammal exhibits, handcrafted souvenirs and a full 12m (40-ft) skeleton of a humpback whale found along the rocky coastline between Las Galeras and Santa B\u00e1rbara de Saman\u00e1 in 1993.","link":"https:\/\/destination.drawingboard.xyz\/?accommodation_cat=samana","name":"Saman\u00e1","slug":"samana","taxonomy":"accommodation_cat","parent":37,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/destination.drawingboard.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/accommodation_cats\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/destination.drawingboard.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/accommodation_cats"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/destination.drawingboard.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/accommodation_cat"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/destination.drawingboard.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/accommodation_cats\/37"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/destination.drawingboard.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Faccommodations&accommodation_cats=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}