Las Terrenas is a town on the northeast coast of the Dominican Republic, located in the province of Samaná.

Tourism in this region is constantly growing due to investments in tourist infrastructure such as hotels, clubs, restaurants and shopping centers such as "Puerto Plaza las Terrenas".

Las Terrenas was founded in 1946, when then-President Rafael Leonidas Trujillo ordered the rural inhabitants of Santo Domingo to resettle in the town as farmers and fishermen.

The completion of a new highway in 2012 between Santo Domingo and Santa Bárbara de Samaná has enabled easier access, and the drive takes two hours.

In 1977 Adelphia Dane Bowen Jr. of Texas became the first foreigner to build a private home in Las Terrenas.