Gift ideas Santo Domingo

It is one of the best addresses in the capital to buy cigars! The workshops of this family business are located on the side of Santiago and manufacture the Caoba brand, with the Criollo type of tobacco. Several gift boxes are proposed to you, they are classified by age and by drink which accompanies the cigar (rum or cognac). You will also find all the accessories for the smoker. You will be able to visit a small workshop which will give you an idea of the manufacturing process.

This handicraft shop is composed of corners where local craftsmen expose their creations, exclusive and original objects. You will find souvenirs of all styles, amber and larimar jewellery of course, but also decorative or utilitarian ceramics, paintings, decorative objects... without forgetting the food products, liqueurs, exotic fruit jams, cigars... A small bar allows you to take a break with a coffee or a tropical fruit juice. Ask to visit the museum (free) at the back of the store!

Located in the heart of the colonial city, this pretty souvenir shop offers a good selection of local products: stone and wood sculptures, Haitian metal crafts, some more original objects (fossils, black coral...), replicas of old maps of the island, books on the country, and also original paintings by Haitian or Dominican painters (Luis Oviedo or Lefranc). Also a selection of books on the country. Don't miss to slip an admiring glance at the original cash register dating from 1900.

In this immense shop, composed of several thematic rooms crossing in enfilade the block of houses, you will find all that the local Dominican and Haitian craft industry counts of wonders, objects out of wooden, painted sheet, ceramics, jewels of all kinds, painting with abundance, T-shirts and beach clothes, local pareos... A cellar with air-conditioned cigars awaits the amateurs, as well as a bar. In short, it's ideal for last minute shopping.

Facing the cathedral, the two-story shop is more like an air-conditioned shopping mall and is orchestrated by a ballet of vendors. One finds there all the arsenal of the Dominican memories: rum, cigars, jewels of amber and larimar, sculptures and paintings of Dominican and Haitian artists (the quality here varies from one work to another...). All this in a somewhat impersonal atmosphere. Also restaurants for a lunch break before or after your possible purchases and souvenirs to bring back in your luggage.