Santo Domingo, Columbus Lighthouse, History + Shopping

Santo Domingo was founded by Christopher Columbus’ brother and is the first city in the New World. In Santo Domingo is the lighthouse of Columbus, which stores the ashes of the legendary navigator. The tour of Santo Domingo also includes a visit to the Alcázar Palace, a walk through the historical center of the city. We will also visit the first street of the New World - Dam Street, see the first Cathedral of the New World, the Las Casas Reales Museum, the military fortress of Osama and many, many interesting and fascinating things. After the tour, you can go shopping :

If children are present on the tour, then a visit to the National Aquarium is also included in the tour. In this huge complex there are 90 aquariums and other artificial reservoirs, which are filled with sea water of the Caribbean Sea. Some of them are located in the open air and there you can swim with the marine inhabitants. Don't forget the towel:

The main feature of the aquarium is a huge transparent tunnel, which makes it possible to admire the underwater world from the inside. In total, about 3 thousand marine inhabitants live in the aquarium, including local tropical fish, sharks, inhabitants of other seas and oceans. You can also look at the manatee:

Notable places on the Columbus Lighthouse route