Sosua is a small town on the north coast of the the Dominican Republic. It doesn’t have an airport but it is still known and visited by lots of foreigners each year including more than a few who call the place home year round. Outside of the usual local brothels there are a lot of working women in the area targeting foreign customers every day of the year.

Today there is not a whole lot to report on. Despite the expressed wishes of at least some local authorities Sosua now functions in many ways as a sort of open air brothel for foreign visitors. The action isn’t as centered in bars and other establishments as it used to be and a lot of the meeting greeting now goes down in the street or simply on the beach.

Still there was a time not that long ago when some truly legendary adult oriented businesses operated in Sosua. They weren’t always strictly bars but calling them bars is still probably one of the best ways to find them. The following is a report on some of the lost bars of Sosua.

The Palace

Not to be confused with the massive Pierre Giorgio Palace Hotel that operates today, The Palace was a small compound located just a few meters off of the main strip in Sosua. Run by a guy locally known as “Palace John” the hotel cum mini-male-resort operated as a sort of all inclusive place for guys on vacation.

Inside the walls stood a small hotel, a swimming pool, a hot tub, and a bar. Early on the bar was always staffed and there were usually several women hanging around looking for customers. As time went on the bar got more quite and customers seemed to pull in more women from the city.

Some of the most well known working women in the city of the early 2000’s made regular appearances at The Palace. Some worked nowhere else since they didn’t have to. It was nothing to see a half dozen women sitting around the palace or swimming in the pool.

Room prices were reasonable and The Palace always had a number of guys staying inside. The ladies who worked the place usually charged between 1000 and 1500 Pesos for a short romp in the rooms. They nearly all offered “happy hours” too which was the local slang for a threesome.

Alas The Palace disappeared along with a lot of other places. Today there are a lot of girl friendly hotels in Sosua and as described earlier most of the action has moved to the streets

The Blue Dolphin

The Blue Dolphin, which is not to be confused with the new Blue Dolphin Condos, was larger than The Palace but never as popular. Owned by a retired pro wrestler the place was only steps away from The Palace. It more ground, more rooms, a larger pool and a bigger bar. Still, it never did really rival The Palace as far as I could tell.

One reason for that may have been the lack of ladies at The Blue Dolphin. Some would filter in and out and times but they seemed to be attached to customers. Because of that whoever did stay at the place only really used it as a hotel.

Passions is close

Passions was without a doubt the most infamous adult enterprise in the history of Sosua. What started as a small bar attached to the previously mentioned Blue Dolphin property turned into a large adult entertainment center complete with stages and private rooms.

The European owner really expanded his open air facility in a short time. He started with a few uniformed gals working behind the bar and transformed the place into an indoor venue with tons of scantily clad gals shaking it on stage in between doing massages in private rooms.

At the end it more or less looked like a high end Thai go go bar except that the women working inside were Dominican and Haitian. Plus it even had a soapy massage parlor element with soapy body to body massage being offered on premises.

In 2013 law enforcement closed the place down. The owner apparently fought for years to get the bar reopened but it never happened. At this point it looks like Passions Sosua is gone for good so it is added to this list of the lost bars of Sosua.

After Passions was closed a lot of other places seemed to disappear too. In some ways the closure of Passions can be seen as a harbinger of what was to come.

D’Latinos and Rumba

D’Latinos and Rumba were at one time the epicenters of Sosua nightlife. These two nearby nightclubs would fill up at night to the point were it was actually difficult to get through the place. The customers were a mix of foreign guys, a few local guys, lots of female sex workers, and a few local and foreign “regular girls”.

Although the places weren’t brothels themselves it seems that someone thought otherwise. Both clubs were closed down by order of the government and they sat empty for years. Rather than eliminating the sex trade things just moved into the street where it remains today.

A few months ago news emerged that the tattered shells of both D’Latinos and Rumba were finally being reworked into other businesses. Rumba is apparently being turned into a sports bar while D’Latinos is becoming an upscale restaurant.

A few months ago I wrote a report on Blackbeard’s Resort in Costambar. A mere forty kilometers down the road sits Blue Paradise in Cabarete. The self-described “social club” operates on a very similar model to Blackbeard’s. Neither are far from the well known town of Sosua.

Blue Paradise is an all inclusive club that caters exclusively to foreign men and couples. Located along its own private section of beach Blue Paradise could perhaps be described as a sort of high end adults only resort. The prices obviously reflect that.

A top notch resort

Everything from the rooms to the pool is top notch at Blue Paradise. Things are very well designed. There are all sorts of things spread around the grounds including a stripper pole and the obligatory hot tub. They also maintain a full staff that includes armed security and housekeepers who offer daily turn down services. Rooms come with stocked refrigerators and air conditions and they regularly treat the place to keep the tropical bugs away. It seems the people behind Blue Paradise have thought of everything.

As an all inclusive resort Blue Paradise offers three full meals a day to their guests along with snacks and drinks throughout the day. They also offer the accompaniment of women which makes Blue Paradise rather unique.

Most of the adult resorts in Latin America require their customers to negotiate with female service providers directly if they want to get intimate. I would imagine that is for their own safety. Like the FKK sex saunas of Europe they probably don’t want to get involved in any private matters between the women and the guests. Blue Paradise on the other hand includes “overnight” and “2 hour” coupons with their various packages that customers can hand over to women at Blue Paradise in exchange for their accompaniment. The women at Blue Paradise even go as far as getting into formal attire and joining the guests at the resort for dinner each night.

Summary

I am not sure how this all works out in regards to legality as I am not a legal expert especially when it comes to the laws of countries like the Dominican Republic. On their website the people behind Blue Paradise say where they operate there are “laws which actually legally support adults only resorts.” Since they’ve been operating openly for a decade along a coast which is also home to other adult resorts this seems quite possible.

Besides the regular grounds, kitchen and security staff Blue Paradise also employs a large number of Dominican Women to keep the guests company. The resort promises a ratio of two to three of these women for every male guest though at times there are more.

The women who work at Blue Paradise are generally attractive and their twenties. There are people of all skin tones in the Dominican Republic but the resort seems to have a preference for those with lighter skin. The resort maintains a no cash tipping policy which seems intended to prevent any of the women from hassling guests. Customers only need to hand over their coupons if they want to spend private time with one of the ladies.

Rates at Blue Paradise range from $995 to 1525 for a single night depending on the package. They accept cash, credit card, and Western Union for payment.

By:  Rockitreports