News about the hotel, cultural and tourist offer and news about the revitalization project capture the attention of those attending the tourism fair
Santo Domingo commitment to cultural and heritage tourism with the Colonial city as the main attraction, and relaunches its promotion strategy with news about its hotel offer, its cultural and tourist attractions and its revitalization plans at the fair DATE 2022leading event for the commercialization of the tourist product of Dominican Republicwhere important negotiations are held annually between travel agents, tour operators, specialized groups and the main suppliers of the national tourism sector, which is held this week in Barceló Bávaro Convention Center in Punta Cana.
DATE 2022 was the stage to echo the hotel offer of the Colonial citywhich ranges from establishments as emblematic as the Nicholas Hotel Ovandolocated in what was the residence of the governor of the island from 1502 to 1509, to boutique hotels such as “16th century houses”a selection of
cozy colonial houses with the seal of Small Luxury Hotels of the Worldthe Hotel Billini and the hotel Greater Europe, just to mention some of those that together add up to more than 1,000 rooms. The addition of new rooms is also expected, from the hotel Iberostar Heritage Las Mercedescurrently under construction.
The cultural and tourist attractions of the historic center of Santo Domingo, the Colonial Citydeclared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 1990, are anchored in its monumental heritage, a setting where you can see the first houses built on the American continent, the first cathedral, the first cobbled street “Las Damas” and many other primacies in America that make this place one of the most extraordinary cultural destinations in the Caribbean, and all this accompanied by fascinating experiences, such as the emblematic El Conde street, the city’s traditional pedestrian shopping street, which in its buildings, both colonial and modern, can tell the stories of this ancient city.
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«With a large number of cultural and tourist attractions to enjoy – from the short film entitled «The Battle of Santo Domingo»loaded with sensory experiences about the attack by the English corsair Sir Francis Drake on the walled city of Santo Domingo in 1586, at the theater 4D of The Colonial Gate Cinemaand the Museo de las Atarazanas Reales, with a fascinating exhibition of goods from shipwrecks that occurred between the 15th and 19th centuries, extracted on the Dominican coast, to the tour of the KahKow Experience, where you can learn about the origins of cocoa cultivation in the country. and the production of chocolate in a holographic theater and creating one’s own chocolate bar – it is highly satisfying to see the strength that tourism has in the Colonial City and how this benefits economic development”, commented Rosanna Rivera, Director of Tourism of the Colonial City of the Ministry of Tourism.
“In terms of gastronomy, this colonial enclave has some of the best proposals in the city, from the outstanding expression of local cuisine in Jalao, Buche Perico and Valiente, the eclectic fusion cuisine of Nácan and Maraca and the innovative vegetarian food of TIME, to the daily dish of the day in traditional establishments such as Petrus, D’Comer Colonial and others”, he added.
When night begins to fall, you begin to feel the vibe of nightlife in its streets, micro theaters and bars, where there is an atmosphere for all tastes: Rock & Roll in Caciba or Proud Mary; Latin music, at Parada 77 or El Sartén; electronic music at Local Colonial, or musical and dance experiences such as what is experienced every Sunday in front of the majestic San Francisco Ruins with the Bonyé group and its mix of jazz, merengue and son. Both there and in the grocery stores and squares of the city, the choice made in the “Readers’ Choice Awards” of Conde Nast Traveler magazine, which in 2018 designated this tourist enclave as the second friendliest city in the world, is ratified.
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At the press conference during the event, Arch. Amin Abel Santos, General Coordinator of the Colonial City Tourism and Urban Development Program, financed by the Inter-American Development Bank and executed by the Ministry of Tourism, emphasized the work that are carried out to revitalize the historic center of Santo Domingo in its urban, economic and cultural tourism aspects.
He stressed that “among other activities and renovation works, new cultural attractions will be added, such as a tour of the walls and new museum proposals in the Alcázar de Colón, Fortaleza de Santo Domingo and in the museums of the Casas Reales and the Cathedral, as well as diverse activities of cultural animation”.
The streets of this historic center with a Renaissance urban fabric are ideal for taking a walk, walking or cycling, while discovering that the Colonial City of Santo Domingo is more than history.
