Themed tours and activities Dominican Republic

A 40-minute tour for chocolate lovers. In a fun, interactive way, you'll learn all about the chocolate-making process! You'll learn all about chocolate, from its discovery by Christopher Columbus to its use today. It all begins in a theater, where the history of cocoa is presented in French. You'll taste it in its original form, then learn how cocoa ferments and dries. You can also create your own chocolate bar or make your own chocolate soap.

One of Christopher Columbus' first companions on his voyages to the New World was called Don Diego Bermúdez, who is said to have brought sugar cane, the basic ingredient in rum processing. Centuries later, the house still bears his name, and produces one of the three biggest brands of rum in the country. It is possible to visit the distillery and, of course, to leave with the many products in the shop. Interesting.

Unfortunately, this is not a visit to a distillery, but to a bottling plant specially set up for this purpose. A gallery overlooks the room where a few employees supervise the automated bottling of rum and its packaging in cartons. The tour (multilingual versions) presents the history of the Brugal brand. Apart from that, there is no particular interest, except for the glass of daiquiri that is offered to you as a preliminary to your purchase. However, the whole team is happy to show you around.

If you want to do something off the beaten tourist track, we can't recommend the decolonial tour enough. On this tour, Ruth, your guide, will tell you about the little-known history of slavery and resistance on the island. She'll show you the historic monuments from a new angle, and tell you a thousand secret stories about the capital. The tour is suitable for the whole family and is conducted in French.