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Bienvenido a Santiago

Santiago de los Caballeros is the second largest city in the Dominican Republic. It is located in the Cibao Valley about an hour south of the Dominican North Coast. Recent estimates show the population around a 1,000,000 people.

One of the things I like about my life style here is the laid back nature and not being as high pressure like back home. One of the most frustrating things about living here is the laid back nature. Driving in Dominican Republic takes the meaning of defensive driving to a new level, it is not for the faint hearted.

One reason I like Santiago is that it is not a tourist town. One of the problems that visitors face is that one thinks that there are no “touristy” things to do. As my wife continues to teach me the city, I find that there is more here than meets the eye. For those days where we want to get away and do the touristy things, then Puerto Plata and Sosua are only an hour and half away. Santo Domingo, with zona colonial is 2 hours the other direction.

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Number of Current Listings

	For Rent	For Sale
Apartments	5	14
Houses	2	30
Commercial	0	1
Land / Lots	0	5

Real Estate Blog

Santiago 3 bedroom furnished house for rent

628 M2 Santiago corner lot for sale

3 bedroom 288 M2 santiago house $216K

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3 bedroom apartment for rent $215 / month

new Apartment $88K nego

New 3 bedroom apartments $85K nego

Consulates in the Dominican Republic

We have added a page that shows the contact info for the foreign consulates that are located in the Dominican Republic. You can find consulate info here

Real Estate Blog

As interest in the real estate section has grown, we have been thinking of the best way to get the information to you. We have decided on a blog style entery. A person will be able to visit and view all our listings in the real estate section, or they will be able to view the blog and and see the latest listings, subscribe to the blog as a RSS feed and have them delivered to you desktop to be viewed when you like, or sign up from the blog to receive an email everytime a new property is added to the blog. Search our properties in the manner that is best for you. Check out our blog

Living in Santiago NewsLetter

We have writen the program and the newsletter is now active. We will start with common interest news items as they are available. Of course we will inlude the spanish words of the week and cultural sections. As we go along we will be refining the layout and context as new features are added. Sign up to have the newsletter delivered right to your inbox! View present and past newsletters

As always we are open to comments as to features you would like to see in the newsletter. Drop us a line and let us know. Contact Us

FREE SPANISH LESSONS - HAVE ARRIVED

Our partnership with U.S. Institute of Languages will allow us to bring some exciting programs to you. Below is a list of programs for right now. They are also working to release some advance programs come November time frame. These modules will help a person to start and tune their 'ear' to hearing and understanding Spanish as it is talked in normal conversation.

There are 5 modules located on Living in Santiago that are free for you to use and learn.
There is a Free CD available that contains 18 lessons, games, and activities not available on this website. ($1.95 shipping cost)
Incorparated into our weekly newsletter there will be words of the day and a cultural section to learn how and when to use the words.
An Enhanced Weekly Spanish Newsletter. Cost - $9.95 for 6 months ($ .38 per issue)

We are woking on our first newsletter and will have samples on the site of the enhanced newsletter. We are excited about this program. The link can be found under the services section of the menu. ¡Checkout the programs and free lessons here!

Don't miss an issue of the Free Spanish Newsletter. Register using the form on the left.

Living in Santiago Events Calendar

Our latest feature is an events calendar. As we hear about events we will add them to the calendar. The calendar is searchable by date and catagory.

Do you have events that you would like to add to our calendar or suggestion for adding a catagory, drop us a line. Contact Us

Living in Santiago Classified Ads

Our staff at Living in Santiago has now grown and we are feverishly working to add new features. Our newest feature is a classified ad section. This is open to the public for private use. Trying to clean out the servant's quarters? List it here for free. Have a need? List it here and see if one of our viewers can help you find it.

If you have a business or service, you can list it here for $30 US for 3 month run. Need more than one ad, drop us a line and we will work together with you. Contact Us

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Living in Santiago Hotel Booking Engine

I have put into place an hotel booking engine. From the menu you can go straight to one of the major cities here in the Dominican Republic or do a search for any wheres in the world off the search page. Another feature of this booking engine is that you can book half day and full day tours from several of the cities around the island.

The booking engine is powered by World Choice Travel (WCT). More information on them along with contact and reservation info can be found on the About Us page.

Santiago Interactive Map

Check out our Interactive map. Due to the fact that we are in the Dominican Republic and not the US or Europe, we can only display the satelite photo and not the road map. But once you start moving around you will find that this map is actually pretty good. I have marked a couple of the places of interest. Would like to back those up with photos posted around the site or maybe a photo gallery.

Living in Santiago is a source of information for those visiting the Dominican Republic. We specilize in Santiago but will also have real estate listings of other Dominican cities. If you need info on insurance, lawyers, real estate, hotels, sites to see, Living in Santiago will be your source.