http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/travel/09hours.html?ref=travel
WHETHER one believes it was Columbus who actually discovered America or not, he clearly left his mark on Santo Domingo, the breezy capital of the Dominican Republic and the most vibrant of Caribbean cities. Columbus’s remains are said to be there, and a bronze statue honoring the explorer sits in Zona Colonial, where one can retrace his steps and find solace in an otherwise chaotic city. Exploring, after all, is what Columbus did, and you’ll find plenty of reasons to keep wandering. And in the oldest European city in the New World, there’s the oldest church in the Americas, the first paved road and the first sewer system. But Santo Domingo also offers plenty that’s new and trendy, like an elegant restaurant buried in a cave once used by pirates, and a seaside walkway that features towering condos on one side and the ocean that carried Columbus to the island on the other.
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