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bienamor

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Does anyone know what day Carnival will be in Santo Domingo, and what the route is this year.
 

bigbird

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Does anyone know what day Carnival will be in Santo Domingo, and what the route is this year.

The Big Carnaval - Gran Finale - will be first Sunday of March along the malecon, from the oblisk to Jaragua Hotel/Casino.

Can't help you with info on the smaller Carnavals they host throughout the city during the month of February.
 

HUG

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There are carnivals all over the city every weekend for the duration of Feb. Some even midweek, depending where, which barrio etc. They started on Ave Espana and went i to the cities malecon this past weekend. It is very easy to find carnival this month, two or three even on a weekend.
 

Chirimoya

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from this week's DR1 Travel News:

It's Carnival time!
Every Sunday in February is time for carnival. The most famous Dominican carnival celebrations take place in La Vega (with the traditional diablo cojuelo characters), Bonao (macaraos), and Santiago (lechones). In Puerto Plata there is also a carnival at the Central Park where the traditional carnival character is the "taimascaro".
The National Carnival Parade then takes place in Santo Domingo on Sunday,
1 March 2015
and on 7 March 2015 in Punta Cana. In both locations a selection of the best carnival troupes from all over the country will be taking part.

Dominican Republic Travel News - February 10, 2015
 

Dolores1

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From DR1 Daily News 5 February 2015:

Santo Domingo Carnival starts Sunday
The Santo Domingo Carnival begins this Sunday afternoon, 8 February 2015 along Maximo Gomez Avenue, filling the street with color and joy.

This year Santo Domingo is celebrating the 500th anniversary of the first carnival in the Americas. The city government says that the first ever carnival was held in 1515, just 23 years after the European settlement in 1492.

The 2015 Santo Domingo Carnival celebrations are scheduled for Sunday, 8 February 2015 and will continue for two more Sundays (15, 22 February) along Maximo Gomez Avenue from 3 to 7pm. This year the National District (ADN) city council has ordered the parade area to be extended to 1.1 km for the 116 troupes and characters that will be parading along the Maximo Gomez Avenue between Jose Contreras Avenue and the Malecon, or George Washington Ave. This year's carnival celebration is trying to include people with disabilities and the organizers have asked the National Disability Council to send its members and their floats. The prize money for the best groups will come to some RD $900,000.
 

bienamor

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Thanks for all the info was primarily interested in the grand finale
 

Luperon

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Where would be the prime location to watch, closely and safely, the La Vega Carnival, even if a premium needs to be paid? What are the best days to go, I was told every Sunday in February.

thanks