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Puerta del Conde
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Puerta del Conde

La Puerta del Conde was the main entrance to the fortified city of Santo Domingo, named to honor Governor Captain-General Bernardino de Meneses Bracamonte y Zapata, 1st Count of Peñalva, who during his tenure saved the city from a siege in 1655 by Englishmen General Robert Venables and Admiral William Penn amid the Third Anglo-Spanish War.

Plan a trip to Puerta del Conde→From Santiago
How locals move

Getting around Puerta del Conde the local way

  • Get inOr, go up to the second floor at the Arrivals (at the very end), where a minivan will accommodate up to 8 passengers for a ride for RD$70 (pesos) for 1/2 hour to the Zona Colonial (only).
  • Get inThere is ferry service to and from Mayaguez as well as San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • Get inThe former company, Ferries del Caribe is now out of business and the new provider is called America Cruise Ferries.

From Wikivoyage: Santo Domingo, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.