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City Tour In Santo Domingo Leaving from Punta Cana

3.6(17)Punta Cana1 hour
VIATOR3.0(3)TRIPADVISOR3.8(14)

Description

Full-Day City Tour of Santo Domingo Close your eyes and there you are! Dive into history because of the encouragement of America's first street. Take the time to enjoy a unique lunch in a typical restaurant and discover the authentic side of the city. You can walk through the streets of "El Conde", the only pedestrian street in Santo Domingo, where you will find all kinds of arts and souvenirs. Also, make a short stop at the historic cave "The Three Eyes". Santo Domingo Tour. Also, meet the people of Santo Domingo in the modern part of the city, with its modern companies and architectures.

Tour Options

City Tour In Santo Domingo Leaving from Punta Cana
  • Pickup included

Itinerary

Admission included45 min

During the visit to Santo Domingo, we will stop at Los Tres Ojos National Park, where we will make a tour of about 45 minutes, and visit the three caves tainas and the fourth lake. The three-eyed nativity park played an important role in the life, culture and lifestyle of the Tainos. It is important to note that these caves played an important role in life, culture, and the Tain religion. This tour will always be guided, with a native of the area, who will give us every detail of what was visited there.

Pass by

On our visit to the Colon Lighthouse from outside the building we will observe the different countries that supported the initiative of the creation of this monument. This visit is to the external part of the monument where we will take pictures in this place with the pope mobile.

Pass by

At this place we will stop to take a photo of the Presidential House, which is a replica of the United States Capitol. This visit is to the outside of the Palace where we will also take a photo with the presidential guard.

15 min

This is one of the most favorite places to visit Santo Domingo where you can appreciate the warm and gentle Caribbean breeze and lose sight of the Caribbean. In this place they will travel a small part of the Malecón, they will also use some hammocks that we have here in this beautiful place. !What an experience! Riding hammocks here on the seawall, remembering your childhood, is priceless.

Admission included120 min

Here in the Colonial Zone we will visit the following places: 1. Mugado Restaurant, to enjoy a rich lunch. 2. We will visit Calles las Damas 3. Colon Park 4. Alcazar de Colon 5. First Cathedral of America 6. Plaza España 7. The Pantheon of the Fatherland 8. Souvenir Shop

Highlights

Typical Dominican Food and Snack
The Alcazar of Colon
Three Eyes National Park
The Lighthouse to Colon
Vehicle with Air Conditioning
Presidential Palace of the Dominican Republic
The First Cathedral of America
The Pantheon of the Fatherland

What's included

Included
Typical Dominican Food and Snack
The Alcazar of Colon
Three Eyes National Park
The Lighthouse to Colon
Vehicle with Air Conditioning
Presidential Palace of the Dominican Republic
The First Cathedral of America
The Pantheon of the Fatherland

Pickup Locations & Times

If your hotel is not on the list, you can contact us and we can provide you with a nearby meeting point.

Traveller Ratings

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Important Information

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Reviews(17)

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alejandr_amariajosem
July 30, 2026
Nothing of relevance to see

We went to see those things they have history They never told us that Columbus's house had been under renovation for two years. And other historical places too. They took us to a museum where we watched a movie of no great relevance and there was nothing else. It was basically a shopping tour.

Operator response

Gracias por compartir su experiencia. Lamentamos sinceramente que el tour no haya cumplido con sus expectativas. Algunos sitios históricos, como la Casa de Colón, han estado sujetos a trabajos de restauración por decisión de las autoridades correspondientes, algo que lamentablemente está fuera de nuestro control. Nuestro City Tour está diseñado para combinar historia, cultura, visitar diferentes museos, la Zona Colonial, etc, incluimos una paradas en una tienda de productos típicos, pero nunca con la intención de que la experiencia se sienta centrada en las compras. Agradecemos sinceramente sus comentarios, ya que nos ayudan a seguir mejorando nuestro servicio. Esperamos tener la oportunidad de brindarle una mejor experiencia en una próxima visita.

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Barbara S
December 5, 2025
Moderate performance for the money paid.

Except that the pickup took place at the scheduled time, the tour was defective. After picking up the guests from the various hotels, we stood at a gas station for at least 30 minutes before being redistributed to other minibuses. Upon arrival, a Spanish speaking guide was waiting for us, although some of us had booked English. His English was not good and what he told about the sights was more fantasy than history. The group totally split up and he wasn't able to hold the people together. This always resulted in long waiting times. Lunch was bad and unkind in a hotel. The return trip was only with the driver who did not speak English and failed to collect everyone at a toilet stop, so we waited again 45 minutes useless. Conclusion: the planned targets have been approached. Most of the time was spent in the bad restaurant and in a souvenir shop.

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Jacobpeces
May 31, 2024
All day travel for an unenriching experience

Looking for an activity that didn't involve spending day after day at the resort, we chose this one to do as a family. They pick up at the door of the hotel, but we had to make 2 previous minibus transfers before taking the final bus after a while of waiting at a meeting point gas station. The trip there early in the morning was pleasant between naps and snoozes and the desire, but it is about a two-hour trip, not counting the previous pick-up. They picked us up at 7:20, we were arriving around 11. The visit to the city, saving the 3 eyes, is a tour from souvenir shop to souvenir shop, the guide's explanations were very limited, positioning yourself in each place and reading Wikipedia is the same . We didn't go down to the Columbus monument, we saw it from the bus (according to the guide and driver it was a dangerous neighborhood to go down to take a photo, when there were tourists), from there we had lunch at a buffet with normal and not very varied options. My impression is that we did not stop at the Columbus monument so as not to crowd the restaurant, where we coincided with other groups. The Cathedral closed for the Corpus Christi festival. As we walked we saw some other interesting area that surely deserved some explanation, but they passed us by and the guide became urgent if you stopped to take a photo. Taking into account that we did not go to the Columbus monument or enter the cathedral, we could have taken more advantage of other areas or monuments and that did not happen. Rush, souvenir shops and to top it off another 3 hours or so of travel to Punta Cana (with the music blaring on the bus...although this and other things at least gave us a few laughs). In short, you spend the day on a bus, hoping for a more enriching experience visiting the city, which you do not find, it is not worth the effort or price, it is preferable to stay at the resort or look for another option.

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olivierh757
April 27, 2024
Bad, horrible, disappointing, waste of time

We were picked up at 7:30 a.m. by a shuttle at the hotel and then dropped off at a gas station where we waited until 9:00 a.m. for another shuttle to fill up. After a 2.5 hour drive we arrived in Santo Domingo. Stop in front of the presidential palace which can be seen from the outside through the gates (zero). Then the guide took us to visit 3 souvenir shops and ended up in a restaurant with a buffet (food and lousy service). Then again a souvenir store 😞. In short, at 2:00 p.m. we begin the visits at a leisurely pace only with commentary by audio guides and at a leisurely pace without going all the way to the end. The Casa de Colomb, the pantheon can be seen from the outside and from afar (no interest). Anyway, at 4:30 p.m. the tour was over and we left for Punta Cana. Basically we left at 7:30 a.m. and returned at 7:30 p.m., in 12:00 we did 2 hours of sightseeing, 5 hours of driving and 5 hours of gift shop and restaurant.. Don't do this excursion, it's M----E!! !!

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Marina_V
January 29, 2024
Amazing trip to Santo Domingo!

Tour bus pick us up exactly on time and the tour guide man was very professional bilingual and very polite everything was perfect!!

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christinebQ1193EE
January 2, 2024
Good tour, very long day

The caves and Santa Domingo was good, but everything was rushed apart from lunch which was very good with lots of choice for all tastes. From hotel pick up, which was prompt, transport was changed 3 times so it was 2 hours before we set off. The guide for caves and the town was really informative and one of the better ones from the 3 tours I took. Long drive back, 3 + hours, but no transport changes. Tour was good and tok you to the main highlights. Was back at the hotel 12 hours later and very tired, but glad I went.

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Carlitos141455
July 22, 2023
Very nice everything

Spectacular the whole tour, I was fascinated by everything seen, my family really enjoyed everything they loved

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jacksoncG4174EO
July 20, 2023
Many activities

Wait so long for a trip like this and after much effort I managed to come, spectacular experience

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8azaels
July 19, 2023
Good tour

Good Service, the best service.. have a very prepared logistics.. thanks for everything I recommend

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yannellyr
July 18, 2023
Tour

Excellent Service, we very much enjoyed our walk. The best scenery and the best attention! I want to repeat

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