Tourist Attractions

The Hotel Gran Bahia Principe Bavaro is located in the Altagracia Province, in an area prominent for its beautiful beaches and vegetation. It is really incredible how you can appreciate the different shades of blue between the sky and the ocean as well as the intense verdure of its fields.

CULTURAL SIGHTSEEING

There are a large number of places at Santo Domingo where you can see the culture and history of our people. A summary of the most important places is as follows:

• Museum of the Dominican Man.
• National History and Geography Museum.
• Natural History Museum.
• Museum of Modern Art.
• Colonial District.
• Catedral Primada de América.
• Museum of the Royal Palaces.
• Alcázar de Colón.
• Casa del Cordón.
• Ozama Fortress.
• Ruins of San Francisco.
• Faro a Colón: With the mausoleum that houses the ashes of the Discoverer of America, Christopher Columbus.
• Botanical Gardens: With a wide variety of local plant life covering 2 million square meters.
• National Zoological Park: One of the largest in Latin America, with a wide variety of animals.
• National Aquarium: Scientific, educational and cultural park showcasing our marine and fresh-water plants and animals.
• Los Tres Ojos Nature Park: With three fresh-water lakes, one of which has stalactites and stalagmites, and a fourth that is sulphurous.
• Model Market: The city's main handicrafts centre.

TRADITIONAL DOMINICAN FOOD

• Mangú.
• Sancocho.
• Mondongo.
• Arroz con habichuelas.
• Mofongo.
• Longaniza frita.
• Fritos verdes.
• Chivo (carnero) guisado.
• Arroz con pollo.
• Arroz con leche.
• Dulce de leche.
• Quesillos.
• Mangú (puree of green plantains stuffed with meats such as beef, lobster or shrimp)
• Sancocho (meat and yucca stew)
• Mondongo (tripe stew)
• Rice with red beans
• Mofongo (ground green plantains with garlic)
• Fried longaniza (salami)
• Fritos verdes (fried and flattened green plantains)
• Goat stew
• Rice with chicken
• Rice pudding
• Dulce de leche (milk dessert)
• Quesillos (cheese-filled tortillas)

THE AREA

Between its numerous Attractive Tourist sites we emphasize the following:

• National Park of the East with Saona Island
• Private Ecological Reserve of Punta Cana
• Bávaro Lagoon with an endemic fish species
• Paradisiacal beaches: Juanillo, Bávaro, Cabeza de Toro, Bávaro, Cortecito, Arena Gorda, Macao, Uvero Alto...
• Spas on the rivers Nisibón, Anamulla, Maimón de Nisibón, Sanate, Chavón...
• Areas for diving and international fishing, such as Cabeza de Toro
• Caves with prehistoric art: Bejucal
• Underground rivers
• Native cemeteries
• Basilica of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia and its pilgrimage with the famous Toros de la Virgen (Bulls of the Virgin)
• Ponce de León colonial house-museum
• Festivals for local saints
• Ruins of native colonies, such as Sanate
• Mountains
• Manatí Park.