President Leonel Fernandez proclaimed Santo Domingo as the Cultural Capital of America 2010 during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace yesterday. Last year the International Bureau of Cultural Capitals in Barcelona chose Santo Domingo to become the first Caribbean and Central American nation to receive this title.
Speaking at the start of the ceremony, Bureau of [...]
It’s Carnival time in the DR. This means that carnival processions are celebrated every Sunday afternoon. Dominican carnival is a colorful experience in which the festive spirit of the country’s people comes to the fore as carnival characters take to the streets in search of fun. While originally a Spanish custom, throughout the centuries carnival [...]
The beaches are Dominican Republic’s tourism’s sweetest caramel but the fact its capital doesn’t have one is a disadvantage for the Santo Domingo market.
“If the situation could change in the medium term it would become the second most important tourism region second only to Punta Cana-Bavaro,” says a report on diariolibre.com by the consultant Juan [...]