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Alcázar de Colón

The former house of Columbus's son Diego is crammed with antiques. For a more thorough explanation of the sacristies, it's worth it to hire (for a 30-peso tip) one of the guides who congregates here.

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From Travel + Leisure , JUN 2006

It's mid-afternoon in Santo Domingo's Zona Colonial, an 11-square-block district of peeling, cheerfully painted town houses and whitewashed churches built in the aftermath of Christopher Columbus's arrival in 1492. Five hundred-plus years later, some might say that the Dominican Republic's UNESCO World Heritage Site could do with a bit of a hose-down...MORE>>

– Alexandra Marshall The New Gold Coast

Last updated June 2006