Location: Santiago de los Caballeros
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Top 10 Things to do in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Santiago de los Caballeros in Dominican Republic, from Caribbean region, is best know for Points of Interest & Landmarks. Discover best things to do in Santiago de los Caballeros with beautiful photos and great reviews from traveller around the world here!
Restaurants in Santiago de los Caballeros
1. La Aurora Cigar Factory
Overall Ratings
5 based on 314 reviews
La Aurora Cigar factory is a global tour around a Premium cigar factory, from seed to packaging. Our visitors obtained in less than an hour a complete view of the intricate process of making a cigar and about the history of La Aurora, the original cigar factory in Dominican Republic, opened in 1903.
Reviewed By weakglovehand - chicago
An excellent factory tour and great attraction. From the cruise ship port it's a a bit of a haul, almost 90 minutes. The labor intense process of growing tobacco to making cigars is explained before entering the factory, in a video display room appointed with the tools used. Our tour leader then led us into a hall where machine made cigars are manufactured. From there we moved into a "rolling room" where a dozen "rollers" made as many different cigars. Samples were handed out, cut, lit, and enjoyed with proper lighting technique demonstrated. After about 30 minutes the tour moved into the sales store for some "souvenir" shopping. Decent prices as compared to online retailers. Education, fun, coffee, and a good cigar, what's not to like?
2. Centro Leon
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 239 reviews
Centro Leon is a nonprofit institution that belongs to the Eduardo León Jimenes Foundation, which opened its doors in 2003. It's a cultural center that houses four exhibition rooms, a media library, an auditorium, multipurpose lounges, a Caribbean menu cafeteria sand a shop where you can buy selected products, related to and prepared by national art crafters and from the Great Caribbean. In the Gardens there's a collection of sculptures, native and endemic plants, with birds and reptiles that make an aviary their home. Besides meeting the standards set by the International Council of Museums and the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization, Centro León carries out a vary of programs and projects related to art, culture and environmental topics, that benefit community development throughout the strengthening of three central focuses: creativity, identity and habitability. Thanks to the cooperation of private donors and partnerships arranged with responsible businesses and cultural institutions in the country and from the world, Centro León works for the Dominicans in a Caribbean context through art and culture. Receives 66,000 visitors on average each year and in its first decade has executed more than 90 national and international Exhibitions, not to mention the more than 2,500 public activities that have been organized so far.
Reviewed By Marcella F - New York City, New York
I visit the Museum every time I come to Santiago. The Museum grounds are beautifully kept. It's a pleasure just to sit on the grounds and enjoy the peacefulness of the area. They have 2 permanent exhibits halls and a temporary exhibit hall. At the...MoreHi Marcella. Great to know you have enjoyed our latest exhibition from Mexico. Thank you for coming all the time. We hope having a new exhibition for the next time you come back to Santiago.
3. Monumento a los Heroes de la Restauracion
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 404 reviews
Reviewed By Ron and Jeanne B - Dallas, Texas
None of the travel guides said much about Santiago and there are few hotels in the center. We overnighted here simply as a convenience on our way to Haiti. So glad we did. This monument is truly impressive and had a lively surrounding scene on a Sunday evening.
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 56 reviews
Free admission is offered to this nineteenth-century Cathedral which houses the tombs of several Dominican heroes and also includes beautiful stained-glass windows.
5. Las Colinas Mall
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 60 reviews
Reviewed By The2015Traveler - Santiago, Chile
Most locals are either empty or out of business. Only worthwhile stores are the cheap jewelry stores on ground floor. Jumbo food store is okay. Food court setup is not conducive to eating and conversing with the person accompanying you. The reason being that music is so deafening loud you would almost think you're in a disco and not in a food court.
6. Estadio Cibao FC
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4.5 based on 11 reviews
Reviewed By alex c
The Cibao FC is a soccer stadium in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. It is currently used for football matches and hosts the home games of Cibao FC of the Liga Dominicana de Fútbol. The stadium holds 5,000 spectators and is a great place to watch an exciting match.
7. Fortaleza San Luis
Overall Ratings
4 based on 14 reviews
Reviewed By Marc S - Paris, France
Inspired by masonry architecture at the end of the XIXth century, this fortress is a piece of history in the today's cement universe of Santiago even if there are still some wood house. The place is open to public but be aware to be friendly because this is also the quarter of the metropolitan police and some militaries. Since 2004, there is a museum. There you will see paintings, sculptures tainos, cutlery, jewelry, rifles, handguns and coins, among other pieces that have been donated. People have made donations. In the courtyard there are ancient wars tanks that were used by the Army after World War II. There are weapons used by the Navy, Air Force and the National Army, some guns, thanks to the Armed Forces donations.
8. Monumento Natural Pico Diego de Ocampo
Overall Ratings
5 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By alex c
Diego de Ocampo is a mountainous elevation within the Dominican Republic and the highest point of the Northern Cordillera. The mountain is located in the province and city of Santiago. It has a height of 1.249 meters above sea level. I highly recommend a visit to this beautiful protected area.
9. Duarte Park
Overall Ratings
4 based on 9 reviews
Reviewed By JCFondeur - Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
If you are visiting Santiago and you want to take a walk and seat in a park with a nice viewm this is the place, it is located in the same are where the Cathedral is and also Centro de Recreo and Casa de la Cultura, so you will enjoy the area.
10. Mercado Modelo
Overall Ratings
4 based on 15 reviews
Reviewed By ABREU L. J
Walking down Calle El Sol, we enter the Mercado Modelo. This is a 2nd story building full of gift shops, hand made articles, souvenirs and other objects wanted by tourists visiting Santiago. It also sponsored jewell shops (gold, silver) , authentic dominican gems (amber, larimar) but also fake jewellry made of gold filled stuff and stainless steel. The shops also sell wood made items, tobbaco, clothing and other miscellaneous objects.
For those travelling to DR, who wants to have some nice dominican souvenir to bring back home at a fair price.
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