Journal
The best time to visit Santo Domingo, month by honest month
Dry season, green season, hurricane math, and when the Colonial Zone is at its best — a straight answer instead of a brochure.
Carnival, merengue, and the festival calendar of Santo Domingo
February's Carnival, the merengue celebrations of high summer, and the December homecoming — when the capital celebrates, and what it means for your dates.
The Colonial Zone after dark
The district changes shift at sunset — plaza dinners, music in ruined monasteries, the Malecón in full voice — and how to enjoy all of it sensibly.
The first city of the Americas — a history you can walk in an afternoon
Santo Domingo holds the hemisphere's first cathedral, first street, first fortress, and one 1511 sermon that changed the argument about empire. A walking history, door to door.
The Malecón — Santo Domingo's seafront, from the front row
The capital's long ocean promenade runs practically past the front door. When to walk it, what happens on it, and why evening is its honest hour.
Packing for Santo Domingo — the list guests wish they had
What 96 stays taught us about what to bring to the Colonial Zone — the shoes, the earplugs, the cash logic, and what to leave at home.
A remote-work month in the Colonial Zone
The house allows stays of 28 days and longer, has ethernet and a dedicated workspace — and the oldest city in the Americas outside the door. A field guide to the long stay.
Santo Domingo or Punta Cana? The honest comparison
One is a resort coastline, the other is the oldest city in the hemisphere. Which Dominican trip is yours — and why some travelers quietly need both.
Santo Domingo with the whole family — a three-suite playbook
Six people, three bedrooms, three bathrooms, zero arguments over the shower. How a family trip to the Colonial Zone actually works.
48 hours in the Zona Colonial, done properly
A two-day plan for the oldest city district in the Americas — timed for the light, the heat, and the way the neighborhood actually lives.