{"id":7805,"date":"2018-11-15T12:35:53","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T12:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/?p=7805"},"modified":"2025-02-21T10:03:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T10:03:51","slug":"santo-domingo-the-capital-of-dominican-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/santo-domingo-the-capital-of-dominican-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo – The capital of Dominican Republic."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Santo Domingo, officially \u201cSanto Domingo de Guzman\u201d is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic<\/strong><\/a>, and the most populous city in the Caribbean region. Founded in 1496, Santo Domingo is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas and was the first seat of the Spanish colonial rule in the New World. It is also the site of the first university, cathedral, castle, monastery, and fortress in the New World. Santo Domingo is the cultural, financial, political, commercial and industrial center of the Dominican Republic. Many of Santo Domingo\u2019s notable landmarks are located within what is known as the Zona Colonial district of the city, a World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some of the top places to visit in Santo Domingo.<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Parque Col\u00f3n (Columbus Park)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Catedral Primada de Am\u00e9rica (First Cathedral in the Americas)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Museo de las Casas Reales (Museum of the Royal Houses)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Pante\u00f3n Nacional (National Pantheon of the Dominican Republic)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Plaza Espa\u00f1a<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Chu Chu Colonial Sightseeing Trolley<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Monasterio de San Francisco<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Choco Museum Santo Domingo<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Calle El Conde<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Parque Independencia<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    Things to do in Santo Domingo.<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Wander Around the Zona Colonial<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Visit the New World\u2019s First Cathedral<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Escape the City for Boca Chica<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Hit the Columbus Lighthouse<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Walk Over History on Calle de Las Damas<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Cruise the Malec\u00f3n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. Go Back in Time at the Fortaleza Ozama<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    8. Bite into La Bandera<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    9. Check Out the Quinta Dominica Gallery<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    10. Visit the\u00a0Choco Museum Santo Domingo<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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      Santo Domingo, officially \u201cSanto Domingo de Guzman\u201d is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic, and the most populous city in the Caribbean region. Founded in 1496, Santo Domingo is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas and was the first seat of the Spanish colonial rule in the New World. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":332,"featured_media":39464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[697,695],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-must-try-activities","category-travel-insider"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7805"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39466,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7805\/revisions\/39466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}