Bavaro Trip Overview
Santo Domingo City Tour is the perfect option for people who love history and culture. In this complete tour we will take you on a journey through time, where you will enjoy an interesting historical account and visits to the most emblematic museums of the Dominican capital, with architectural designs dating from the time of the discovery of America.
The City Tour to Santo Domingo is a full day activity, in the company of a professional guide, we will take you to know the rich history of European colonization in America.
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Duration: 10 hours
Starts: Bavaro, Caribbean
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Santo Domingo City Tour is the perfect option for people who love history and culture. In this complete tour we will take you on a journey through time, where you will enjoy an interesting historical account and visits to the most emblematic museums of the Dominican capital, with architectural designs dating from the time of the discovery of America.
The City Tour to Santo Domingo is a full day activity, in the company of a professional guide, we will take you to know the rich history of European colonization in America.
Itinerary
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Stop At: The 3 Eyes National Park, Avenida Las Americas Parque Nacional del Este, Santo Domingo 11606 Dominican Republic
Discover Los 3 Ojos National Park, a complex of underground caves and lagoons used by the Taíno Indians
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Zona Colonial, Ciudad Colonial, Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
Get to know the Colonial Zone, the first permanent European settlement in America, founded in 1502 by Spanish colonizers and declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, here you can visit the first Cathedral of America, the Alcazar de Colón or Viceroyalty Palace of Don Diego, you will know Las Damas Street, the first urban street of the island
Duration: 3 hours
Pass By: Columbus Lighthouse (Faro A Colon), Av. Ana On the water side of Los Tres Ojos, near the airport in the Sans Souci district, Santo Domingo 11604 Dominican Republic
Panoramic views of the Dominican presidential palace and the Faro a Colón, monument built in memory of Christopher Columbus and where his remains rest.
Stop At: Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor, Callejon de los Curas Ciudad Colonial, Santo Domingo 10210 Dominican Republic
The Cathedral of Santo Domingo, better known as the Primada Cathedral of America, was declared in 1546 the first New World cathedral by Pope Paul III, at the request of Emperor Charles V. This beautiful minor basilica is dedicated to Santa Maria de la Encarnación. Its exterior shows a Gothic style with Renaissance ornaments dated between 1514 and 1546.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Alcazar de Colon, Calle La Atarazana 2 Plaza de Espana, Santo Domingo 10212 Dominican Republic
The Alcazar de Colón or Viceroyalty Palace of Don Diego Colón is a palace located in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, which was built on a plot near the cliffs that face the Ozama River, granted to Diego Colón, eldest son of the discoverer of America, Christopher Columbus, by King Ferdinand the Catholic, to build a lodging for him and his descendants on the island of Hispaniola, which he arrived in 1509 as governor and where the Alcazar Museum of Colon.
Duration: 40 minutes
