The largest town on Samaná Peninsula is Santa Bárbara de Samaná. You can call it Samaná for short. Most of the 100,000 residents are spread across the base of a forested hill named Sierra de Samaná. The town’s limited tourist sites are parallel to the scenic Bay of Samaná. Samaná is primarily a launching point for exploring the rest of the peninsula. In the foreground is Cay Vigia, one of many picturesque islets dotting the bay.