What you can see on the Santo Domingo cam
From high on the tower, the camera looks across a wide spread of rooftops, avenues and low buildings to the horizon, where a tall radio mast stands out against the sky. It shows the city waking up at dawn with its lights still on, the traffic and the weather through the day, the storms that build in the afternoon in the rainy months and the glow of the streets at night.
Santo Domingo from the Color Visión tower
From high on the television tower of Color Visión, this camera looks across a wide spread of rooftops, avenues and low buildings to the horizon, where a tall radio mast stands out against the sky.
It shows the city waking up at dawn with its lights still on, the traffic and the weather through the day, and the glow of the streets at night.
The first city of the Americas
Santo Domingo was founded in 1496 on the east bank of the Ozama River and moved to the west bank a few years later, in 1502. It was the first seat of Spanish rule in the New World, and its Colonial Zone still keeps the first cathedral, university and fortress built by Europeans in the Americas; it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1990. Around that old core the modern city has grown into the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean, with about 4.3 million people in Greater Santo Domingo.
When to watch Santo Domingo
The Dominican Republic keeps Atlantic Standard Time all year, four hours behind UTC. The cam is at its best at dawn and at dusk, when the city lights come on. From May to November the afternoons often bring heavy showers, and the hurricane season runs from June to November.
Around Santo Domingo
The Malecón, the avenue along the seafront, runs west from the Colonial Zone beside the Caribbean. East of the city, near Las Américas airport, lies the beach of Boca Chica, and further east Casa de Campo, by La Romana, about 110 km (70 miles) away, and then Punta Cana.
Visiting Santo Domingo
Las Américas International Airport, east of the city, is the main gateway. The Colonial Zone is best seen on foot, with its old streets, churches and squares close together; across the rest of the city distances are long and traffic is heavy, especially at rush hour.
