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Santo Domingo
Capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo, officially known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population.

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As of 2022, the city center had a population of 1,029,110 while its metropolitan area, Greater Santo Domingo, had a population of 4,274,651. The city is coterminous with the boundaries of the Distrito Nacional (D.N.), itself bordered on three sides by Santo Domingo Province.

Get in

Getting to Santo Domingo

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    Las Américas International Airport
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    La Isabela International Airport
See

Worth seeing

Despite boasting a rich cultural, architectural and artistic heritage, Santo Domingo has not been exploited for all its tourist potential. You're pretty much on your own to discover this fascinating city. Make the most of your time there. Colonial Zone. Santo Domingo was the first major European settlement in the New World. Christopher Columbus walked these streets!

Do

Things to do

Santo Domingo is an excellent place to study Spanish off the beaten track and get immersed in the language.

Eat

Where to eat

Santo Domingo offers a variety of cuisines from around the world from Chinese, Italian and Mediterranean to Brazilian. You can also find the main fast food franchises like McDonald's, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Wendy’s, and Taco Bell.

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    TGI Fridays

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    Tony Roma's

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    Outback Steak House

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    Hard Rock Cafe

    If you have to ask how much, you can't afford these places.

How locals move

Getting around Santo Domingo 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 and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.