It's just perfect from the top to the bottom. This family-owned inn sits on 15 verdant hillside acres on the Samaná Peninsula, with views of the Atlantic in the distance. The Victorian colonial design evokes an eighteenth-century plantation house (this one filled with eclectic art, including a collection of wooden sheep). Beautiful rooms in earth tones have Brazilian hardwood floors, antiques such as Chinese bamboo storage trunks and Indian ivory cabinets, and mahogany soaking tubs. Enjoy drinks on the terrace or, for an unforgettable culinary and sensory experience, try a seafood lunch at the Beach Restaurant, a few miles—and a free shuttle ride—from the main hotel. Expect "truly unbeatable service from the outstanding staff. This is the most perfect, tranquil, relaxing place I've ever been...More

CONDÉ NAST TRAVELER

Une île, une maison de planteur et la volupté des varangues. The Peninsula House et ses chambres végétales vous embarquent vers leurs sables de nacre. Dans cette résidence nostalgique, la vie est un enchantement de chaque instant...More

HÔTEL & LODGE

The emergent sophistication of the peninsula reaches its zenith on a mirador-like plateau dominated by Peninsula House, a two-story plantation house with Victorian gables and wraparound veranda. Lawns lead to a garden-shrouded swimming pool with dreamy views of forested gullies and glistening sea. Co-owners Marie-Claude Thiebault and Cary Guy came here six years ago, then spent two-and-a-half years designing and decorating the interiors with antiques and 56 artifacts from a lifetime’s collecting by Marie-Claude...More

CARIBBEAN TRAVEL + LIFE

The DR continues to move beyond the all-inclusive market with the help of the Peninsula House, which debuted early 2008 in a restored Victorian plantation house on the Samaná peninsula. The six tasteful suites showcase designer Serge Robin’s take on global style and are filled with Louis XV chairs, handwoven rugs from Turkey, and a cosmopolitan collection of objets d’art (African masks; Indonesian marionettes). All have terraces overlooking a remote jungle setting...More

TRAVEL + LEISURE

Un reto poder transmitirle con solo palabras lo grato que resultó para el equipo de Refugios encontrar en República Dominicana una mansión tan majestuosa en todo el sentido del concepto. The Peninsula House es lo que debe llamarse un hotel boutique, una enorme, pero a la vez pequeña, exclusiva y acogedora casa para huéspedes, donde la privacidad es primordial. Su elegancia sobrepasa todos los preceptos que pudiéramos imaginar, al utilizar exquisitos detalles que alimentan nuestra admiración por tan fastuoso lugar...More

REFUGIOS MAG

This luxury hotel has a special charm and a first class service, spaces between the casual and the elegance which are enhanced by antique collections and superior art of great value. The sophisticated design was made by the French architect Serge Robin, named by Architectural Digest as one of the 100 best architects in the world. The Peninsula House combines a colonial Victorian style, inspired in the XVII century with exuberant tropical gardens with views to the Atlantic and the crystal clear waters of Cosón Beach...More

DISTRICT CO MAG

A SMALL WORLD unto itself, perched 1,000 feet above sea level, The Peninsula House is the result of impeccable taste and a thousand intelligent decisions. A plantation-style guesthouse, it contains just six airy suites and public areas distinguished by a museum-quality art collection, the life’s work of French proprietor Marie-Claude Thiebault and her American partner, Cary Guy...More

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