Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine October 2017 | Page 246

PLACES OF INTEREST in the Dominican Republic

Zona Colonial
There is a square-shaped
town in the center of the
Dominican Republic’s
capital Santa Domingo,
which is circled by old
walls. This is the town built
in the times of Columbus
which features the New
World’s first customs house,
university, cathedral and
monastery. Today it is on the
UNESCO World Heritage List.