Car Hire Santiago

With the car Santiago de los Caballeros discover

The city of Santiago de los Caballeros is located in the Dominican Republic. With its nearly 560,000 inhabitants is Santiago de los Caballeros to the second largest city in the country, after the capital of Santo Domingo.

The most important monument of the town is El Monumento, a nearly 70 metre column, on the top one is Jesus statue. The monument at the request of the dictator Trujillo was built in the 1940s, it should remember the Dominican Republic against the Spanish colonial Government in the resistance. A lift to the upper platform is located in the Interior of the monument. From there offers a beautiful view over the city and its surroundings.

El Monumento is situated at the end of the Calle del Sol, the main shopping street of Santiago de los Caballeros. Here, there are many small shops, stands and flying dealers. Also rum and cigars, the two specialties of the city, are offered in addition to clothing and food. Santiago is world famous for his cigar factories. There, the cigars in hand are produced and exported as a luxury item in the whole world. Some of the factories are accessible to visitors and offer guided tours for tourists. In addition, there is also a tobacco Museum dealing with the tradition of tobacco production in the Dominican Republic.

The two rum factories in the city offer guided tours for visitors and tastings of its products. Can of Santo Domingo from Santiago de los Caballeros easy on the Duarte highway access. It is worth so to borrow a car to and pay a visit to the city of rum and the cigars.