First you will be picked up from your hotel by bus. The tour will start with meeting a professional guide that will give you some information regarding the island and the Dominican culture, food, music and much more. Either a buffet or typical Dominican meal will be provided. This tour will definitely give you the real history of this island!
Posted By : estebanrL2444IE
Even though it had few ratings, we decided to go because of the quick response from the administrators on TripAdvisor, but the experience we had was really terrible.
1. First they picked us up in a car, and then we waited 40 minutes at a gas station for the van that would take us to Santo Domingo.
2. Once we took the van, it took 4 hours to get to Santo Domingo due to the countless times it stopped along the way.
3. We just met our guide in the three eyes, who was almost arriving in Santo Domingo.
4. The guide had very little interaction with us, in fact we learned more about the history of Santo Domingo with a couple who also took the tour and were already informed of the history in advance.
5. The tour in the center of Santo Domingo literally lasts 1 hour, and of that hour you lose 20 minutes entering the church.
6. Not to mention the driver. He drove badly. In fact we crashed twice. He was speeding and talking on his cell phone while driving. He braked very abruptly on the road.
The experience was really terrible. I don't recommend it at all.
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Posted On : 2024-04-04 01:36:22 
Posted By : eriquef2017
Beautiful city, a lot of history. They are recovering several streets in the historic area which will complement the tourist offer it already has, be sure to visit its museums and ecological reserves, there is something for all ages.
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Posted On : 2024-01-02 11:28:32
Posted By : Sabrina_S
It wasn’t what we expected and it was a bit confusing if you wanted to tour in English. It also is a really long day. We did not plan for that and we really tired at the end of it.
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Posted On : 2023-05-06 19:44:04 
Posted By : SALVADOR_R
Beware of the schedule. It is advertised from 6am but actually picked us at 7:30… with a 25 min delay: 8:00am. On the way to Santo Domingo they chose the longer route though La Romana. At the end we came back at 7pm. So it was wrongly (and ok purpose?) advertised as shorter time.
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Posted On : 2023-04-09 15:29:20
Posted By : J_B
We had very little time in the national tres ojos park the guide from the park was good. We spent most of the time in the bus. The tourguide was ok. The tour In santo domingo was not what we expected. And a bit boring. The guide took us twice to a souvenirsshop in the hope we spent our money there. We had no free time for other shops or the buy souvenirs. The drive back to the hotel afther the change from the big touringcar into a small bus was terrible. Ower driver did not know the way to all the hotels to drop off the passengers so we where driving a lot in cirkels en it took very long before he had found our hotel.
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Posted On : 2023-04-01 09:13:50
Posted By : Micaela_N
The tour itself is nice and informative, but one person takes you from the hotel to the meeting point were another person in another car takes you to Santo Domingo and they didn’t explain to us how it would work.
There was a lot of people there and one person say to go to this van and another say “no go to the other one” very confusing and unorganized and that killed a lot of time.
Felix our tour guide was very nice though.
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Posted On : 2023-03-23 14:55:53
Posted By : lou_lou_fur
Tripadvisor's mark-up is 50% and it really shows. This tour was not value for money. We generally try and avoid writing bad reviews but feel we have to share our experience on this tour as it was a disaster from start to finish. We went from one petrol station to the next to meet the group and waited for over an hour until clients started shouting: 'Let's go'. It was like musical chairs with people getting on and off the bus. One couple threatened with leaving the tour before it had begun due to the cramped conditions. We really wish we had at this point! Four adults were sat on the back seats and I was over the wheel so I had nowhere to put my feet. The journey was a few hours each way. The guide fell out with one of the clients enroute. He may have had his reasons, but he did not handle the situation very professionally - involving all clients and threatening to leave the tour. We thought it was a prank but alas no. When we eventually made it to Santo Domingo, which is a lovely city by the way, we learnt so little. The guide took us from one shop to the next. He was clearly on commission as he didn't hurry clients at all. They were taking so long in one shop that he sent the others in the group to the cathedral with one of the many police officers that he introduced us to. Turns out he hadn't paid and so we ended up waiting outside the cathedral for an age. We bailed and headed into the square for a much-needed break. After the visit, one client went AWOL and the guide made little effort to find her. He said she could make her own way back to Punta Cana - openly complaining about her in front of thr group. When we finally got back to the hotel, we were thoroughly disappointed and exhausted. This is a day of our holidays that we cannot get back. Save your time and money, and do not book this tour.
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Posted On : 2023-02-19 07:38:03
Posted By : NorthStar308868
First...it's not an easy trip...but it is nice!Mr.Felix ,a simple and kind person,very nice and helpfull.Thank you very much for every information.
Marcial-the best driver from Dominican Republic.I see how the people drive..Thank you,Marcial,for driveing safe going and back ,you make us to fell very safe.
In the rest,one interesting trip.Different from what you cam see in Europe.I will recomand sure to go and see..but if you like 5 star ,take a private car,with your privat everything...
Thank you very much ,company Platinium for promtitude !
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Posted On : 2022-08-26 20:50:59
Posted By : GoPlaces59220802577
Poor organisation, we were picked up at 7:20 and did not arrive in Santo Domingo until half past 12. We were switched bus three times and stood in a car park for an hour. We booked this tour as it stated it was an English speaking tour. We were left on a bus with no one who spoke English, we had no idea where we were going or what we were doing. We were left feeling a little bit vulnerable and it sadly ruined our day. The tour itself is not lengthy you are shown to shops and places that they have connections with, you can not go round on your own or even explore a little bit from the party. The bus is a long bus journey which we were aware of but is not easy when the bus was so uncomfortable and hot.
Overall this was the worse day of our holiday. The only positive was lunch was quite pleasant.
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Posted On : 2022-08-13 11:15:33
Posted By : LouAnne_D
learned a lot about the city, people and traditional food. Our guide translated to English for us which was enormous help. SO much walking, so be sure to wear comfy shoes.
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Posted On : 2022-05-16 12:58:39
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