Housed in a restored 16th-century building, exhibits here celebrate rum and sugarcane, two of the country’s most important exports. Displays and photographs explain the history of their production and importance to the DR’s economy. At the bar you can sample the wares, which are distilled in-house and include passionfruit and cinnamon flavors, or buy some to go.
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The first stone of this cathedral, the oldest standing in the Western hemisphere, was set in 1514 by Diego Columbus, son of the great explorer (the ashes…
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Designed in the Gothic-Mudéjar transitional style, this was the early-16th-century residence of Columbus’ son, Diego, and his wife, Doña MarÃa de Toledo…
Museo Memorial de la Resistencia Dominicana
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Reserva Antropológica Cuevas del Pomier
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A long tree-filled corridor atop an enormous limestone ridge, this park is riddled with caves, some as big as airplane hangars. One of the caves has been…
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This is the New World's oldest colonial military edifice. The site, at the meeting of the RÃo Ozama and Caribbean, was selected by Fray Nicolás de Ovando…
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Nearby Santo Domingo attractions
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The 1813 birthplace of Juan Pablo Duarte was converted into a modest museum and renovated in late 2016. Three rooms display documents, artifacts and…
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The large open area in front of the Alcázar de Colón has been revamped many times, most recently during the 1990s in honor of the 500th anniversary of…
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This museum features an impressive collection of amber samples from around the world and excellent exhibits explaining (in Spanish and English) amber's…
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For a time, this imposing gate, built in 1571 downhill from the Alcázar de Colón, was the main entrance into the city. Beside it you can still see some of…
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Across from the Museo de las Casas Reales, this sundial was built by Governor Francisco Rubio y Peñaranda in 1753 and positioned so that officials in the…