San Francisco Ruins Monument — Attraction in Santo Domingo

The San Francisco Monastery was the first monastery established in the Americas. It has an elevated position on a small hill - very picturesque neighborhood some 10 min walk from central Plaza de Espana. The Monastery is mostly ruined, from most sides you cannot enter it, but walking around it can give you a picture how it looked like. It's a place of great historic value along with the first hospital down the street. The only reason I deduct one star is too much...

The place itself is nice but small so not much too see. Though there is a guy standing at the entrance pretending to be selling tickets for 100 pesos per person. We asked for the ticket and he said he will give after we leave but then he didn't give as anything and didn't even talk to us when we...

There's no public access to this place, but from the outside you can enjoy the view of this building and take pictures. Also, every Sunday night from 8:00PM to 10:00PM there's a band called "Grupo Bonye" that makes an amazing show and you can have...