Santo Domingo Colonial Zone Private Day Tour

Santo Domingo Colonial Zone Private Day Tour

You will be picked up from your hotel in the Punta Cana area and be driven to Santo Domingo. The Santo Domingo Colonial zone is the oldest constantly inhabited city in the American Continent. Enjoy this ten hour adventure in a luxury vehicle with a private, bilingual, certified tour guide, with whom you will travel in all comfort through the history of this 500+ year old city.

You will be picked up in your hotel in Punta Cana in a luxury SUV at 8:00AM and will be returned to the same location around 9:00PM.

Visit the oldest city of the New World and Christopher Columbus’ first permanent settlement after his “discovery” of the Americas. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992, Santo Domingo is a city with many firsts in the New World with the first cathedral, paved road, university, hospital, stone home, tavern and much more.

You will visit the Columbus Palace. Completed in 1514, it was the home of Christopher Columbus’ son, Diego. From the palace, the group will walk through the historic Plaza de España and onto Calle Las Damas, the first paved street of the New World. The ultimate destination is one of the most important sites in the Dominican Republic: the first cathedral of the New World, Catedral de Santa Maria La Menor. With the tour to Santo Domingo, you’ll experience the city’s rich history and the daily life of everyday Dominicans in their capital of 3 million inhabitants.

The driver and tour guide will pick you and your party up at your desired location in a private vehicle with complimentary cold drinks (non alcoholic). In this tour you will visit the most important locations in the Santo Domingo Colonial Zone. At the end of the tour, you and your party will be driven back to your hotel in Punta Cana.