Half Day Historical Tour of Santo Domingo

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  • Duration:5 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
  • Location: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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We start with a meeting in the lobby of your hotel or starting point coordinated with our operator to start our tour until we reach the first point of visit, the caves of the three eyes where accompanied by our guide they climbed underground. We will make a stop at the Columbus Lighthouse to take photos of this attraction inaugurated by Pope John Paul 2. We will visit the presidential palace as well as places and places in the modern city of the country. - We will arrive at the colonial zone where they will visit places such as: The Alcazar de Colon, National Pantheon, the Primary Cathedral of America with a duration of 45 minutes, the Dominicus Convent, Las Damas Street, the Amber Museum. - Then we will take a break to have a typical Dominican lunch in the company of places with visits and history of locals. - And finally we will visit the typical local product store - Then we will return you to your hotel.


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Posted By : Rajdip_B
Liked the way the tour was organized and executed. The tour guide Johny was very knowledgeable and easily approachable. He even arranged umbrellas for everybody when it started raining suddenly.
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Posted On : 2024-06-29 19:07:11 full ratings


Posted By : Vero F
¡Me encantó! El trato del personal siempre fue muy amable, puntuales en la recogida y cumpliendo el itinerario, tenían guías en español y en inglés, los lugares que visitamos todos espectaculares, se tiene el tiempo ideal para disfrutar de cada parada, definitivamente una excursión obligatoria en República Dominicana.
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Posted On : 2024-06-25 17:01:33 full ratings


Posted By : KarnoAshadi_S
The tour guide was good. The place and restaurant also good arrangement. It is good city and country.
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Posted On : 2024-06-18 08:07:21 full ratings


Posted By : lopezalisil
Punctual departure, the driver Artemio is pleasant with good conversation and explains the life of Santo Domingo very well.
Tito was our guide and he gives a very good explanation and answers everything that is asked very adequately.
We leave happy. The only thing missing was water during the tour to hydrate
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Posted On : 2024-05-03 12:29:53 full ratings


Posted By : D4546HDcesarc
The visit was excellent, the treatment was wonderful, everything was very punctual when it came to picking us up, I can say that the excellent team could not have been better, thank you very much
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Posted On : 2024-05-03 12:11:23 full ratings


Posted By : 221julieu
This tour was overall a wonderful experience in the amazing city of Santo Domingo. Few cities can boast about having such a beautiful historic district as well as the natural cave and lake wonder of Tres Ojos National Park. The tour guide Miguel was knowledgeable and led our group with multilingual finesse. He went above and beyond to assist and share the story of his city. However an initial blip occurred regarding the posted pick up location. The driver never showed up at the appointed time. Upon phone call to the tour company, I was simply told to find a ride somehow to meet up with the rest of the group at Tres Ojos. Frustrating to say the least! Once I found the group though the experience was great and would highly recommend!
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Posted On : 2024-04-22 00:50:29 full ratings


Posted By : Ijeoma_D
Based on previous reviews I was looking forward to a well organised and insightful tour, unfortunately this was nothing of the sort.

I was collected from my hotel in Santo Domingo alongside one other person. We were dropped off at the first stop Three Eyes National Park where we had to wait over and hour to eventually be clubbed with a bigger tour group that arrived from Punta Cana - it is likely that we were given to a different tour operator as there was only 2 of us from Santo Domingo.

The three Eyes National Park was the best part of the tour purely due to it being a natural sight to see. The next stop Columbus Lighthouse was pretty pointless: we simply got out of the bus for a few minutes to take pictures from the street, we did not go near the lighthouse itself. Finally the remaining stops in Colonial City were quite rushed in terms of how quickly we went through the sights and the time the tour guide spent giving information. In general throughout the tour not much information was provided in English so the majority of time myself and the other English speaking person had no idea what point of the tour we were on. On a positive note, lunch was restaurant sit down and the food was good.

To conclude the tour guide did not provide any additional benefit, however this did not stop him pressuring myself and the other English speaker to tip. If I were to see these sights again I would do it independently via Uber if already in Santo Domingo.
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Posted On : 2024-04-21 16:24:34 full ratings


Posted By : Bettyfm1
This was a very good tour. Our guide was knowledgeable and communicated extremely well. He moved seamlessly between English and Spanish. There was a minor glitch in the pickup, but after sending a message to the operator, the driver came to our hotel and we were off on our adventure.
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Posted On : 2024-04-14 09:18:06 full ratings


Posted By : Kimberly_H
I will start with the good ... the guide Leo was fantastic. He was funny and energetic. The place that we stopped to eat lunch at was good as well.

Now the bad. The other reviewers were not lying. It is hard to get in contact with the owner. I messaged them on Viator and received nothing. I had to do a google search and find the company's information and contact them via WhatsApp.

On the day of the tour, the driver picked me up and dropped me off at the cave. He said my tour guide would be there in 20-30 minutes because the group was coming from Punta Cana. I thought this was a tour company from Santo Domingo. Despite picking English, the tour is in English and Spanish. The guy explains it in Spanish first and then in English. I would have liked to have had an all English tour so I did not have to wait to find out what he was saying. Afterwards myself and another guy had to wait for the driver to pick us up after the tour was done. It was very unorganized but I gave them 3 stars because you did experience a lot and the guide was really good.
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Posted On : 2024-03-26 14:33:24 full ratings


Posted By : jennifer_s
The tour did not live up to its advertised itinerary. While the itinerary listed "admission included" for several attractions, we did not get to explore most of them from the inside. We only visited three of the listed attractions: Three Eyes National Park, the Museum of the Royal Houses, and a quick 5-minute stop at the Columbus Lighthouse for photos. We missed out on visiting the Panteon Nacional, Parque Colon, and despite walking through the colonial district, none of the specified sites were highlighted.

Other attractions listed on the itinerary, such as The Alcazar de Colon, the Primary Cathedral of America, the Dominicus Convent, Las Damas Street, and the Amber Museum, were not visited at all. The convent was merely pointed out from a distance. Overall, the tour did not deliver as promised, and we felt it was not worth the money, as we could have visited these places independently. This discrepancy between the advertised itinerary and the actual tour experience was disappointing.

Our tour guide was friendly and knowledgeable, which was a plus. We were picked up on time by a single driver from our hotel and then taken to Three Eyes National Park, where we briefly waited for another group. In total, our group had about 10 people. The food we enjoyed was delicious, and the restaurant provided a refreshing break with its air conditioning.
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Posted On : 2024-03-19 11:54:35 full ratings