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A quiet residential neighborhood that exudes a suburban atmosphere with its shaded trees and attractive middle-class homes.
A crowded downtown shopping strip.
One exhibit at this museum, which focuses on Dominican history, is dedicated to Generalísimo Trujillo and includes the car in which the dictator was assassinated.
This popular thoroughfare is home to luxury hotels and casinos as well as historic monuments and statues.
A 150-foot statue of Fray Antón de Montesinos, the priest who protested Spanish treatment of the natives.
A sculpture of a male figure next to the female La Obelisca constructed on the Malecón during Trujillo's reign.
Monumento al Pago de la Deuda Externa (External Loan Payment Monument) This is NOT called La Obelisca, this is actually the monument that reminds Dominicans that for the first and only time the...
The current National Palace, house of the Dominican Goverment has an image that captivates over the profile given by the modern architecture that projects the historical city of Santo Domingo. The...
Full of flowers and plants native to the island, the gardens offer tram tours of the facilities.
Visitors can view indigenous and exotic animals roaming freely in natural habitats.
A small stone sixteenth-century chapel.
One of the oldest churches in the Americas, this chapel was built in 1544.
Once the home of Jesuit monks and now the home of the Institute of Hispanic Culture, this sixteenth-century building has a facade covered with gargoyles.
The old entrance to Santo Domingo from the city's port.
Once part of the city's original walls, this gate is an important landmark in old Santo Domingo.
Once part of Santo Domingo's original city walls, the Gate of Mercy provided protection for the island's natives from natural disasters.
This area is home to a collection of 16th-century houses that now serve as art galleries and jewelry stores.
This science park features an aquarium.
A collection of original works of art by the island's native Arawak Indians.