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Ciudad Colonial

Along the western bank of the Río Ozama, where its waters meet the Caribbean Sea, lie 11 square blocks that make up the fountainhead of colonialism. Fortresses still stand guard over the harbor where Columbus’s men  fought back in 1498.

Today the district offers tourists a walk back into history to when the conquistadors ambled along to the clinking of their armor and the gold in their pouches. Sixteenth-century architecture cohabits with the speeding mopeds of the new millennium. The smell of luscious Dominican cuisine curls through the air around the vendors and through the windows of museums.

With some buildings dating back to the early 1500s, efforts have been made to maintain the historical integrity or, in some cases, reincarnate them into hotels, pubs, cafés, and restaurants. But one thing is certain; you will find many authentic “firsts” here. Since it is the first European city in the New World, Santo Domingo boasts the first university, hospital, cathedral, and palace, to name a few.

Malecon Center has been designed under the concept of integration and comfort.
The shopping  center: it has three levels with one hundred and sixty six(166) premises from 16 mts2. At the first level are located different kinds of shops, as well as the most recognized banking institutions of the country. At second level there are many shops and the casino club of the hotel, being this the first level of contact between the hotel and the shopping center. At third level are located five (5)movie theatre, a fast food area and area for bars and restaurants.

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