{"id":22098,"date":"2020-06-18T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T06:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"\/en\/blog\/?p=20440"},"modified":"2025-11-19T15:27:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:27:58","slug":"santo-domingos-colonial-zone-walking-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cataloniahotels.com\/en\/santo-domingos-colonial-zone-walking-around","title":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo\u2019s Colonial Zone: walking around"},"content":{"rendered":"

If we talk about urban planning and things to do in the city of the Dominican Republic<\/strong>, it is inevitable not to think about the beaches and the magnificent weather. But there are really many more things to do in the city besides lying in the sun. Santo Domingo is a region with a rich history<\/strong> and a lot of tourist attractions<\/strong> that have little to do with its climate and its beaches. Without going any further, one of the magical places that all this has is the Colonial Zone<\/strong>, in which visitors not only have access to the best restaurants and bars but also to its numerous cultural buildings that allow a journey through its history and the evolution simply by contemplating different works of art.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo is one of the most important tourist destinations in the city<\/strong> and among the most visited in the Dominican Republic<\/a> and is just where the history of the New World began. It is located on the eastern side of the mouth of the Ozama River and was founded by Bartolom\u00e9 Col\u00f3n on August 5, 1496, and later moved to the western side in 1502 by Nicol\u00e1s de Ovando. In the area, you will be able to witness a whole era through the different buildings, squares, streets, and parks of the Colonial Zone. It is a place that deserves to be visited to contemplate the museums and monuments, and its houses built at the time of colonization, declared on December 8, 1990, by UNESCO, a World Heritage Site<\/strong> and today constitutes one of the most emblematic historical centers of the Caribbean.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The history behind the walls of the colonial zone and each space on the streets, make it a rich area, an exquisite mix that doesn’t lack a little fun, a lot of art, and the exact dose of culture<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Among the things to do in Colonial Zone and that you should not miss,\u00a0 is one of the main streets, called<\/strong> El Conde,<\/strong>\u00a0 it this being the only pedestrian street in Santo Domingo that is characterized above all for having numerous shops.<\/span><\/p>\n

To the east of El Conde street, you will discover the first paved street in Las Am\u00e9ricas:\u00a0 Las Damas street<\/strong>. It has 16th-century architecture, colonial buildings turned into museums and embassies that fill this picturesque and narrow street. Key sites located along this historic street<\/strong> include the Ozama Fortress<\/strong>, the first fortress of the Americas, and the National Pantheon<\/strong>, the resting place of the Dominican Republic’s national heroes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Colonia Zone buildings, museums, and attractions<\/h2>\n

During the colonial era, the Spanish built more than 300 buildings that today are part of the historical heritage of the place<\/strong>, among these tourist attractions we can mention some of the places that you should visit such as:<\/span><\/p>\n