SDQ transfers to Zona Colonial / Ciudad Colonial hotels

Calle Padre Billini, Ciudad Colonial

A restored 19th-century mansion turned design hotel on Padre Billini, one block from Plaza España and three from the cathedral. Guests are mostly couples and long-weekend visitors from Europe and North America who want the old city rather than the Malecón, and who arrive with two suitcases and no car.

Several restored houses around Calle Padre Billini and Isabel la Católica

Not one building but a handful of restored 16th-century houses scattered across the old city, each with a few rooms and a courtyard pool. Which house you sleep in changes the drop-off point completely, so the reservation name alone is never enough for a driver.

Calle Duarte, southern Ciudad Colonial

A 16th-century convent building on lower Calle Duarte, run as a small guest house with a stone courtyard and a dozen rooms. Guests are usually independent travellers, academics and couples on a second visit to Santo Domingo who already know the old city.

Calle Las Damas, riverside edge of Ciudad Colonial

The former residence of governor Nicolás de Ovando on Calle Las Damas, the first paved street in the Americas, now a 100-room hotel with a pool terrace facing the Ozama. It takes conference groups, cruise passengers and couples, so arrivals here are often four cars at once.

Calle Las Mercedes at Arzobispo Meriño

A small restored colonial townhouse hotel on the corner of Las Mercedes and Arzobispo Meriño, two blocks from the Alcázar. Around twenty rooms around a stone courtyard, mostly couples and European travellers on short city stays.