Sosúa

Sosua is a small town in the Puerto Plata province of the Dominican Republic. The town is divided into three sections, el Batey which is the main section where most tourists visit, los Charimicos which is the poorest of the three, and Sosua Abajo.

Sosua is one of the most beautiful beaches of the Dominican Republic made of white sand and crystal clear water.

El Batey was the settlement area of approximately 500 of the 5000 German and Austrian Jewish refugees for whom the Dominican government issued visas between 1940 and 1945. The government provided them with land and resources with which they created a dairy and cheese factory, named Productos Sosua, still in existence today. Descendants of the original settlers still live in Sosua, where they maintain a synagogue and a museum.