Things to do in Dominican Republic

5 things to do in Dominican Republic, including Alcázar de Colón, Altos de Chavón and Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia, across Distrito Nacional, La Altagracia, La Romana and Puerto Plata. Opening hours, contact details and dire…

  • Alcázar de Colón · Distrito Nacional — The early-1500s palace of Diego Columbus, son of Christopher, overlooking Plaza de España in the Colonial City. Its coral-stone arcades house a museum of perio…
  • Altos de Chavón · La Romana — A meticulously built recreation of a 16th-century Mediterranean hill village, completed in 1982 on a bluff high above the Chavón River. Cobbled lanes lead past…
  • Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia · La Altagracia — The Dominican Republic's national shrine, a bold 1971 modernist basilica in Higüey whose arched tower rises high over the eastern plains. It holds the venerate…
  • Ciudad Colonial de Santo Domingo · Distrito Nacional — The first permanent European city in the Americas, laid out beside the Ozama River in the late 1490s and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its grid of sh…
  • Fortaleza San Felipe · Puerto Plata — A squat 16th-century Spanish fortress on a headland guarding Puerto Plata's harbour, among the oldest European military structures still standing in the Americ…

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