01 · Capital 2–3 nights
Santo Domingo
The Americas' first city
Its Colonial Zone is the continent's oldest permanent European settlement, founded in 1498, and still eminently walkable. At six in the evening the colonial doorways open to aged-rum bars and merengue drifts out from a corner shop. This is a living city, much more than a museum.
- Hotels
- Hotel Billini · Casas del XVI · El Beaterio
- Must-see
- Catedral Primada · Alcázar de Colón · Calle Las Damas
- Best time
- December to April · cool evenings