Local Attractions

Santiago de los Caballeros is the capital city and municipality in the province of Santiago. Located in the heart of the Cibao region, about 155 km northwest of Santo Domingo de Guzman and an average of 175 meters above sea level. The municipality covers an area of 524.03 km ² (the city has 75 km ²) and is bounded on the north by the province of Puerto Plata, on the south by the municipalities of Janice and San Jose de las Matas, the east by the municipalities tambourine, Licey and Dagger, and west by the municipalities Gonzalez and Villa Esperanza.

The city has 535,362 inhabitants and a population density of 1187 km ². This makes the second most populous city of Santiago in the Dominican Republic after Santo Domingo de Guzmán.

Here are the nearest places of interest we have.

Great Theatre Of The Cibao

Work done by provision of Constitutional Government of the Dominican Republic and Ex - President Dr. Joaquín Balaguer. Inaugurated on August 16, 1995, met at the 132 Anniversary of the Restoration Patriótica Gesta momentous as the delivery and the contribution to the homeland of the Heroes of the Restoration. The design of the project was designed by architect and designer pieces like the Dominican National Theater and the Columbus Lighthouse, Teófilo Carbonell is a much improved replica of the successful design of the Teatro Nacional in the capital city (Santo Domingo), which after more than twenty years of service still retains its functional efficiency and the freshness of style.

Monument to the Heroes of Restoration

This monument was built by order of the Tyrant Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros. Is at the top of a hill on the east side of town, where you can see much of the province. Its design is the architect Henry Bona. Building started on April 30, 1944 with the centenary of national independence. In the fall of the regime of Trujillo was given the name it bears today. It is with a height of 70 meters.

Center León

In 1964 was the first Art Eduardo Leon Jimenes, with the dual aim of promoting the development of visual arts and encourage creativity in the young generation of artists. In his inaugural speech when Don Eduardo Leon Asensio expected that over the years, have a large collection of visual art that would demand the creation of an institution that is a permanent appointment. This prediction came true in 1999 when Eduardo Leon Jimenes Foundation, chaired by José A. Leon Asensio began the preparatory work for the construction of the Cultural Center Eduardo Leon Jimenes.

Pontificia Catholic University Mother and Teacher

Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra was founded by the Dominican Church in 1962. Surge in Santiago de los Caballeros in response to the educational needs that were emerging in the country in its process of economic and social development following the death of Trujillo, and particularly in the educational needs of the Cibao region, especially from Santiago, the country's second city and an important center of the national economy.

Madre y Maestra was named as a tribute to the Great Social Encyclical of His Holiness John XXIII, whose principles are based.

Club of Golf The Aromas

Nestled in the mountains near the city. From its heights one can see a majestic view of the Cibao Valley. In operation since 1980. It has 18 holes of great challenges.

Cibao Stadium

Cibao Stadium is a multipurpose stadium located in the city of Santiago de los 30 Caballeros in the Dominican Republic, is regularly used primarily for baseball practice and serves as home to one of the most popular baseball teams in the country The Aguilas Cibaenas. Was officially inaugurated on October 25, 1958.

The stadium has a capacity for approximately 18,077 spectators and its dimensions in the field of play are; Garden right 335 feet, left field: 335 feet and centerfield: 385 feet.

Arenas del Cibao Dr. Oscar Gobaira

Magnificent work done in reinforced concrete, considered today one of the most beautiful buildings in the city, for its elliptical morphology in plan and elevation, including the structural design dish hanging from the ceiling. This site is located northwest of the city of Santiago, construllo in the mid-70s, designed by architect Rafael Calventi, Dominican-Italian and opened in the 1980s.

Cathedral Santiago Apostle

The largest parish of St. James Cathedral of Santiago, now the greatest monument of its time republicano more beautiful than our country in the region Cibaenas. Speak, and also to build the temple to the great master builder Don Santiago Onofre de Lora. That the church was blessed on January 21 in 1895.

It is worth mentioning, as a preamble, which since colonial times was outside the square who gave their stadium in 1884 to the park for recreation, or central, Duarte today a larger parish in Santiago de los Caballeros, and that this was the which is located the current level was elevated to cathedral during Trujillo.

Kaskada Park

This amazing water park that is located in the province of Santiago and is a magnet for tourists because there is no way to get bored or have a bad at all. This is a pretty big that we will find several different games, but all related to water, so do not forget to bring your bathing suits because it is sure to be wet from top to bottom. It has many pools of different sizes, each with a story to tell, because it is everything that is related to a different theme. For example, the larger octopus and see a great figure of that animal in the center. Many trampolines, some quite high for those who like to experiment a little bit of adrenaline that occurs when dropped from as high.

International Airport of the Cibao

Cibao International Airport is an international airport in Santiago de los Caballeros, the second city of the Dominican Republic, in the Cibao region. It has a modern terminal with some of the most advanced facilities Airport. Serves mostly Dominicans living in the United States and Caribbean islands like Cuba, Turks and Caicos Islands, Puerto Rico and Panama. Cibao Airport infrastructure is a Senior International Terminal, Domestic Terminal and Cargo Terminal. The International Terminal is the most used and receives the majority of scheduled flights that operate here. It has modern facilities, many of last generation, to make it easy, fast and efficient check-in processes (control / log), the boarding of passengers, baggage and growing.

(10 minutes from the hotel).

Puerto Plata

At the heart of the North Coast, Puerto Plata surrounds the base of Mount Isabel de Torres, a National Park. A beautiful botanical garden and an enormous statue of Christ, smaller version of its equal in Rio de Janeiro, which is expected to comfortably mounted on a cable car, reaching the top. The variety of Victorian architecture enhances the charm of Puerto Plata, the largest city in the North Coast. Stylistically, the wood and the proper care of the pastel colors of its houses and public buildings leads to a romantic past of the city. Today it houses the companies providing tourist services, offices, shops, bars, restaurants and nightclubs. The story left intact the imposing San Felipe Fort, built by the Spaniards in the 16th century as a protection against invaders who came by sea.

(10 minutes from the hotel).