Organized Tours in Santo Domingo

Prieto Tours, Av. Francia 125 (tel. 809/685-0102; www.prieto-tours.com), one of the capital's leading organized tour operators, offers a 3-hour tour of the Colonial Zone, leaving most mornings at 9am and again at 3pm if there's sufficient demand; it costs RD$875. A 6-hour tour visits the Colonial Zone, the Columbus Lighthouse, the Aquarium, and the city's modern neighborhoods; the RD$1,225 fee includes lunch and entrance to several well-known museums and monuments. About an hour of the tour is devoted to shopping.