Six Great Hotel Bars in Santo Domingo

By: - December 16th, 2013
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Santo Domingo is one of the great nightlife capitals of the Caribbean, and it’s also home to some seriously good hotels — with bars to match. Here are six of our favourites. What are yours?

Cibao Bar – MGallery Hostal Nicolas de Ovando

This is one of our favourite hotels in Santo Domingo. The cigar-focused Cibao bar is a taste of Santo Domingo as it once was.


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