Full-Day Adventure Tour of Culture through Santo Domingo
Description
Explore the highlights of Santo Domingo, the oldest city in the Americas, a great option for first-time visitors and history buffs. Visit the caves of Three Eyes National Park, the Columbus Lighthouse, the Colonial Walled Zone, and the National Presidential Palace, traveling between attractions with ease. Immerse yourself in the cultural and historical heritage of Santo Domingo with this full-day tour of the capital. Follow a guide on a walk past important monuments in the Colonial Zone, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Round-trip travel from Punta Cana is easy with hotel pickup and drop-off.
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The Colonial City is the oldest urban nucleus of the city of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic. The Colonial City was the first permanent European settlement in America, founded in 1502 by Spanish colonizers.
The Columbus Lighthouse, commonly known as the Columbus Lighthouse, is a Dominican monument and museum built in honor of Christopher Columbus, discoverer of the New World.
The Alcázar de Colón or Viceregal Palace of Don Diego Colón is a palace located in the Plaza de España in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, which was built on a site near the cliffs that look towards the Ozama River, granted to Diego Colón, first-born son of the discoverer of America, Christopher Columbus, by King Ferdinand the Catholic, to build a dwelling for him and his descendants on the island of Hispaniola, which he arrived in 1509 as governor and where today The Alcazar de Colón Museum works. Archived 2019-01-09 at the Wayback Machine.
The Catedral Primada de América, Catedral de Santo Domingo or Basilica Menor de Santa María de la Encarnación, is a cathedral and minor basilica dedicated to Santa María de la Encarnación that is located in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic
Calle El Conde is an old street in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo. For a time it was one of the main streets of Santo Domingo, named after the Count of Peñalva.
Los Tres Ojos National Park is a cavern that has a freshwater lake, naturally divided into three lakes that can only be seen from the inside and a single lake that can be seen without having to be inside. Located in the Santo Domingo Este municipality in the Dominican Republic.
The Monastery of San Francisco in the city of Santo Domingo is one of the most important ruins in the Dominican Republic. It is located in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo and was declared a World Heritage Site.
The Santo Domingo Fortress or Ozama Fortress is one of the historical Cultural Monuments of the Colonial City of Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic. It was built by the Spanish during colonial times and is the oldest fort built by Europeans in America.
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This schedule is an approximation. Please, let us know your hotel or accommodation name We will be contacting you to give you the right pick-up time, depending on your hotel or your accommodation.
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- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(3)
The knowledge and passion of our tour guide and bus driver. We learned so much about the history of this country and the founding father.
Absolutely terrible tour and a very unprofessional tour operator. The sights are interesting and should be visited - JUST NOT WITH CONEXION VIAJES who managed to ruin the experience for us. *They cancelled the tour on the 1st day without even informing us (we only found out when we were chasing up our pick up); * on day 2 they picked us up 45 mins after the scheduled time and we were made to feel as if we were afterthoughts - not fully paid up tourists like the rest of the group; we kept getting bounced from one tour guide to another; scheduled duration of tour and times at specific stops was nowhere near actual time spent at some sites - very rushed and very perfunctory. e.g. the schedule suggested we were to spend 45 mins at the Columbus Lighthouse, in reality we only spent 10 mins, did not go inside and were left to wander around on our own. It was advertised as a full day tour - in reality we were picked up at 11.00 am and had finished at 3.00 pm and that included a 1 hour lunch!!! The guides were useless - lazy, not really providing any information of any value, leaving us to audio guides and other such devices - or to wander around on our own so not sure what value they were adding? at £100 per person, this is a very expensive tour. ZERO value for money - we might as well have hired a taxi and gone around the different sites ourselves. Would have paid for transportation and entrance fees but not for the services of the guide which we didn't really get much from - would have been cheaper and better for us. Extremely disappointed that Viator has chosen to engage with such an incompetent, unreliable and unprofessional tour company like Conexion Viajes who should be struck off their list immediately. It has been very disappointing for us as we had engaged via Viatour only to get some guarantee of service and quality which we did not receive. Ruined the start of our holiday. Would advise all travellers NEVER to book this tour - not if it's being operated by Conexion Viajes - there must be other tour companies doing similar such tours, anything would be better than the rubbish we had to endure through this tour.
