Santo Domingo Walking Tour: Explore the First City of the Americas
4.8
24 Ratings
Santo Domingo
Embark on a captivating walking tour of Santo Domingo, the First City of the Americas. Explore ancient edifices and monuments, uncovering the rich cultural heritage of this modern-day metropolis.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Alcazar de Colon - Transports you to the time of the Spanish explorers. It’s the earliest fortified palace of European origin in the New World. Situated as a component of the Ciudad Colonial, it’s recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
- Catedral Primada de América de Santo Domingo - Step into The Cathedral of Santo Domingo, also referred to as the Primada de América Cathedral, which holds the title of the first cathedral in the Americas since 1546.
- Calle Las Damas - Wander along Las Damas Street, the most ancient paved road in not just the Dominican Republic, but the entire Americas. It’s home to the highest concentration of historical monuments in the vicinity. The Museo de la Casas Reales, once the seat of government, now captivates with its collection of artifacts from the colonial period. A site of great historical importance, the National Pantheon, originally a Jesuit church, now serves as the burial site for many distinguished Dominicans following its renovation in 1538.
- Museo De Las Casas Reales - Inside, you’ll be fascinated to find a collection of maps, vintage tapestries, and numerous relics from the Colonial era, integral to the Dominican Republic’s storied past.
- La Atarazana - Here, you’ll have the pleasure of savoring the national Dominican fare, famously known as \
What's Included
- Lunch included
- Entrance fees covered
Additional Information
Discover Santo Domingo, the First City of the Americas. Travel across its most important roads all leading towards ancient edifices and monuments of an invaluable cultural heritage in a modern-day city.
Through yesterday’s narrow lanes, we will set out to unveil the humble beginnings of the New World. Tour the oldest colonial city, erected in the fifteenth century, and scour the first colonial epoch residences.
Get ready to board a comfortable, air-conditioned bus and immerse yourself in our culture and heritage. Come with us and discover the first city of the new world. Our expert tourist guide will take you to the First City of the Americas, where you will learn about the diverse history of this modern-day metropolitan city.
Location
Alcázar de Colón
Calle La Atarazana
meeting point is at the Alcazar entree
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(24 Ratings)
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Connector10687097289
Mar 20, 2024
Good - Good explanation and great tour guide!
Generally a enjoyable experience.
Lunch was decent. It is just really hot in Dominican Republic....
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R640hgmackenzies
Mar 5, 2024
Walking Tour with Darius - Darius has been such a wonderful guide! Not only has he provided informational material for the group, but shared his own experiences living in DR as well. He has many jokes & is very personable! Our bus driver Pina is also great & ensured we got to all destinations on time.
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B113yajesset
Feb 22, 2024
Santa Domingo 2024 - Darius was very knowledgeable about the history of the Dominican Republic. And was extremely helpful with the sites and stores we visited.
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916bigt
Nov 9, 2023
Outstanding! 😊 - This tour was part of my bucket list. The colonial architecture was amazing. And our tour guy made it very spacial for all tour participants
👍 Awesome
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Ernestomn9744yr
Nov 2, 2023
Tour - Excellent trip with excellent tour guide (monchi) and driver Mr. Pineapple.
I recommend this company.
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Krystalml9101ql
Oct 10, 2023
Very positive experience - Very safe, extremely reliable. 100% recommend this company. Amazing customer service. The guide was great. He was so knowledgeable
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Annasd5564dd
Sep 27, 2023
Amazing experience! - Amazing organization, very interesting tour , good lunch and very friendly atmosphere from the guide. Denis, the tour guide, did incredible job, very interesting story telling, so much attention to people, made us feel great and we didn't want excursion to be finished. Special gratitude to the driver Mouses!
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R4328zrannj
Sep 25, 2023
Great trip - We had a great time with Amado. You need to do this with this guide he is great in everything je does.
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Henrit471
Mar 16, 2024
Don't do it if you are into history instead of shops - Sadly for us, this tour was pretty much a scam. Air Transat representative told us Santo Domingo isn't that safe and that a tour would be better. Not true. We should have rent a car and go around ourselves. She also forgot to tell that the tour wasn't in French. It was English and French. So the guide was translating aka repeating himself, all the time.
The tour was awful. Darius, the guide, was nice but the tour content is bad. We wanted to learn about the city and the island. But we did the following (more or less):
- 1h bus (normal)
- 30 minutes in a chocolate stop framed as a toilet stop (maybe)
- 1h30 bus, with some explanations about the city and island (ok)
- Walk a little with some explanations (ok)
- Go to some 4D cinema explaining the James Drake battle with a really bad sound
- Walk a little with some explanations (ok)
- Visit the cathedral with the details of each chapel force into us from au pre-recorded audioguide (uselessly detailed)
- Go to a gift shop for a long time (no no)
- Walk a little with some explanations (ok)
- A little museum with the same useless audioguide (quite useless)
- Eat basic food with some cheap dancing for tourist (no)
- Visit a larimar shop with some pseudo explanations of how it's made (no no)
- Back in the bus
- Another stop at the chocolate for longer this time. Same pseudo explanation of how chocolate is made to try to make it look like something touristic
- Back home
So for a tour from 7 AM to 6 PM (we were supposed to be back at 7), we basically did maybe 1 hour of actual tour of the city. A really badly invested 310$ USD.
We are currently asking for a refund and I guarantee this review will stay on until we get it and made sure the tour is fixed.
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