“Santo Domingo is the first destination of the Caribbean to provide a Gray Line Sightseeing Tour, which will touch the main points of interest for tourists visiting the capital of the Dominican Republic.”
The statement was made by Catherine Guzmán, Director of Sales and Marketing at Gray Line Santo Domingo. She explained that the sightseeing consists of touring around the main sights of the city of Santo Domingo inside comfortable panoramic buses, where the tourists receive detailed information in their own language, either by a professional guide or by audio guides.
She noted that the points of interest included in the Sightseeing Tour are the Plaza España and the Atarazana, the ruins of San Francisco, the Malecon, the Palacio of Fine Arts and the Universidad Autonoma of Santo Domingo (UASD), which was the first university of the New World, founded unofficially by a Papal bull in 1538, officially by royal decree in 1558.
In addition, Blue Mall, the largest and most modern shopping center from the venezuelan Group Velutini, the Botanical Garden, the Estadio Quisqueya, the Olympic Stadium “Felix Sanchez”, and the Culture Plaza which in itself is a unique experience including the National Theater, the National Library, the main museums of the city, the Museum of Dominican Man, Museum of Natural History, Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Geography.
Also, the National Palace, the Independence Park, the Model Market, the Cathedral of the Americas, Chinatown, the El Conde pedestrian street and the Fortaleza Ozama.
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