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Dominican Republic
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La Altagracia Province
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Punta Cana
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Full-Day Santo Domingo City Tour from Punta Cana
1 day
About this activity
Get ready to board a comfortable air-conditioned bus and immerse yourself in Dominican culture and heritage. On this tour you will rediscover the first city of the new world. Our expert tourist guide will take you over the first city of the Americas, learning historically-relevant facts of this modern-day metropolitan city.
Stroll down the Colonial Zone and observe monuments and museums. Pay homage to the First Cathedral of the Americas, birthplace of a fervent Catholic faith know as the Catedral Metropolitana Santa María de la Encarnación .Stroll down Las Damas Street, the oldest back street not only in the Dominican Republic, but also in all of the Americas, Here you can see the largest amount of monuments in this area. Pass by The Museo de la Casas Reales, formerly the Governmental Palace. A walk across the Alcázar de Colón takes visitors back to the era of the first Spanish conquistadors. The pedestrian street known as Atarazanas was the first commercial street in the Americas. Cool off and take a small break while watching a movie about one of the famous Pirate in a 4D cinema.
On the boardwalk of Santo Domingo you can appreciate the beauty of the Caribbean Sea and some modern buildings such as the Fine Arts Palace, National Theatre, Presidential Palace, and more. A nice lunch of typical Dominican food will be served in a prestigious restaurant.
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Stroll down the Colonial Zone and observe monuments and museums. Pay homage to the First Cathedral of the Americas, birthplace of a fervent Catholic faith know as the Catedral Metropolitana Santa María de la Encarnación .Stroll down Las Damas Street, the oldest back street not only in the Dominican Republic, but also in all of the Americas, Here you can see the largest amount of monuments in this area. Pass by The Museo de la Casas Reales, formerly the Governmental Palace. A walk across the Alcázar de Colón takes visitors back to the era of the first Spanish conquistadors. The pedestrian street known as Atarazanas was the first commercial street in the Americas. Cool off and take a small break while watching a movie about one of the famous Pirate in a 4D cinema.
On the boardwalk of Santo Domingo you can appreciate the beauty of the Caribbean Sea and some modern buildings such as the Fine Arts Palace, National Theatre, Presidential Palace, and more. A nice lunch of typical Dominican food will be served in a prestigious restaurant.
Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Professional guide
- Bottled water
- Lunch
Not included
- Gratuities
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Women must have shoulders and knees covered to enter the cathedral
Features
Tourism
95%
Cultural
85%
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It has been 40 years since my last visit and I was amazed and disappointed at the immense change the Capitol city had taken, traffic, garbage, dilapidated housing, slums, over-populated. However once we entered the old city and toured the various venues it was great!!.
Most of the itinerary listed on the tour such as sightseeing was simply just riding on the bus, also alot of the time was taken up by picking up other tourists transferring from one bus/shuttle to another.
If you are staying in Punta Cana for all your stay in DR its a great trip to see something different and a historic capital. It also gives you an opportunity to see the countryside along the 3 hour trip there.
We left Punta Cana at 7am and arrived back at 7pm. the guide had arranged for two rest stops in the am and one in the pm, which was great! the tour involved the inner city and historical area where Columbus would have landed and the house where family lived later. That was educational. This is a walking tour. We had a fabulous buffet lunch in a restaurant. one stop at a cathredral a play about pirates which could have been skipped, and a shopping hour at the end. It was enjoyable. We had one downpour of rain and they hurried and got umbrellas for us! The 2nd guide in the museum was very repetitive in his speech and I would have preferred the first one to keep going. It was a successful day and we enjoyed it, and learned a lot!
spent more time driving to/from santo domingo than you actually did in the city. the tour guide was very confusing and rushed through his facts of several sites