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Santo Domingo is the cultural, financial, political, commercial and industrial center of the Dominican Republic, with the vast majority of the country's most important industries being located within the city. Santo Domingo also serves as the chief seaport of the country.
Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic. It is situated on the southeast coast of the island of Hispaniola, at the mouth of the Ozama River, and is the oldest permanent city established by Europeans in the Western Hemisphere.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Dominican Republic’s capital city, Santo Domingo is also the most modern and dynamic metropolis in the Caribbean. La Capital—as it is affectionately called—epitomizes the pulse of Dominican culture, where the old and the new converge seamlessly from centuries old architecture and history, to large shopping malls, art galleries, an ...
Amid the cobblestone streets it would be easy to forget Santo Domingo is in the Caribbean. But this is an intensely urban city, home not only to colonial-era architecture, but also to hot clubs, vibrant cultural institutions and elegant restaurants.
- Half Day to Full Day. TIME TO SPEND. Partially barricaded by stone walls, accented with baroque architecture and lying on cobblestone streets, Santo Domingo's Zona Colonial marks the area where Columbus settled in the New World.
- Churches/Religious Sites, Sightseeing. TYPE. 1 to 2 hours. TIME TO SPEND.
- Address: Calle Las Damas. Castles/Palaces, Sightseeing. TYPE. 1 to 2 hours. TIME TO SPEND.
- Address: George Washington Avenue. Entertainment and Nightlife, Free, Neighborhood/Area, Casinos. TYPE. 2 hours to Half Day. TIME TO SPEND.
To this day, Santo Domingo is still a lively, thriving metropolis and acts as both the capital city of the Dominican Republic and the largest city in the Caribbean by population.
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