Santiago points of interest.
For a day trip to Santiago, using Caribe Tours back and forth, here is what you can do.
1) Go to Centro Leon. Upstairs is a permanent art exhibit with millions of dollars worth of art on display. Downstairs there is a very modern exhibit of today's Caribbean art....violence and creepy, but interesting.. and then the permament exhibit on how the island and the DR came to be...very good dioramas(?)...And finally an exhibition of how to make some of the most expensive cigars sold, the Aurora Aniversario and Preferidos....(Mon-Friday)
2) You can go see the Tomás Morel Folklore Museum, very interesting....on Calle Restauración...
3) There are still tours of the Bermúdez Rum factory if you get there early enough..call ahead
If you spend the night, you can enjoy places like AhiBar, Francifol or Tribeca or perhaps some of the "other" places, depending on your tastes..
And if you golf, there is a nice place to do that, too.
There is also a water park (Kaskada Water Park), and starting Oct 21 Winter League Baseball!!
Theater, dance etc as well as cock fights..
HB
