Gourmet products local specialties and wines East

There's also a rum factory, which you can visit when the arranged rums are being prepared, and a large adjoining store where you can buy painted bottles of punch. Several flavors to choose from: coconut punch, pineapple, banana, passion fruit, coffee, lime... A good idea for a smart gift, especially as you don't have to limit yourself to two bottles to get through customs, as these painted bottles are considered to be handicrafts, although moderation is of course required.

Every Friday, the Haitian market ties up an artery just outside the city for the entire day. You can find all kinds of clothes, shoes and other very cheap products whose origin is not always known, but which you can easily suppose to come from international organizations or to be escaped products from the free trade zones... Some good deals to be done here (don't hesitate to bargain, Haitians understand your French), while enjoying the pleasant and somewhat frenetic popular atmosphere.

An ice cream shop that offers homemade ice creams, some of which are gluten free, no added sugars and no lactose. All the ice creams are made from fresh local fruits. Special mention for the coconut, strawberry, mango and passion fruit flavours. Those with a sweet tooth can enjoy their ice cream on a hot waffle! Cinco Gelato - which has a shop in Santo Domingo and Casa del Campo - also makes frozen yogurts and brownies, great sandwiches, and serves tight Italian coffees just like back home!

An elegant, modern setting for this pastry shop run by an American-Dominican. People come here for breakfast or a gourmet coffee, at any time of day: cakes, tarts and other pastries, each more tempting than the last, line up on the display. The Crema Pasteleria is also a restaurant, with a choice of excellent meat dishes, sandwiches and burgers, as well as delicious fresh salads, pasta dishes and risottos.

The Color Café is a project born from the love of Christelle (of French origin) for the Dominican coffee. By getting in touch with producers in the Barahona area, in the highlands (coffee grows between 900 and 1,200 meters), she came to set up this small educational itinerary that allows you to understand the whole process of coffee making. Thus, from the seed that is planted to the coffee that is drunk, it is the entire journey of coffee that is explained from A to Z! Store on site, to leave with a bag and a cup!