The Zona Colonial was our first stop here in Santo Domingo. While only being a small part of the town, it is probably the oldest with a great amount of historical sites to visit. Beautiful colonial style houses, churches and the first Cathedral to be built in the new world. La Zona Colonial is located not far from the coast. This part of the city reminded us of Rome or Athens. Santo Domingo has a beautiful coastline, the zone…
…, yeah, it’s still Christmas.
It feels kind of strange to have breakfast in an air conditioned hotel restaurant with the sun shining bright outside listening to “Jingle Bells” and other Christmas songs. And they ONLY played Christmas songs, nothing else. When checking out I asked for how long they were planning to do that; the answer was “maybe 5th of January or so…”. I figured it’s for the orthodox tourists who celebrate Christmas on 7th of January. It’s not only the hotel but…