Santiago and the Cibao Valley Places

Constanza
The road south of Jarabacoa takes you higher up in the mountains until you reach Constanza, which has an altitude of 4,264 feet. However, since you are in the Cibao Valley you do not feel that high. The... (more)
Jarabacoa
Nature lovers should consider a trip to Jarabacoa, in the mountainous region known rather wistfully as the Dominican Alps (altitude 2,666 feet). Alas, the town is not pristine like a real Alpine village... (more)
La Vega
Founded in 1495 by Christopher Columbus, La Vega is the site of one of the oldest settlements in the New World. Gold was discovered here by the Spanish in the 1490s, and they also established the first... (more)
Santiago
The second city of the D.R., where many past presidents were born, is reached by the Autopista Duarte, the four-lane highway from Puerto Plata that follows a centuries old trade route that is even still... (more)

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