Santo Domingo is the capital city and with a dense population, many high rises and bad traffic jams with the worst trash problems. We have ocean front close by but it is rocky and with so much trash and no one goes in to the water. But only a hour drive away there are beautiful beaches you can even snorkel.
Here I ordered the biggest fish ever for lunch. They brought the raw fish to make sure that I actually wanted that big fish... (about a foot and a half in size)