Santiago Hotels
While doing my own search for accomodations I came across the website 'Island Connoisseur' that listed the following: (Listings starting with B are the more expenseive, F the least expensive)
Accommodation ? Santiago de Los Caballeros
(B) El Gran Almirante, Av Estrella Sadhal?, Los Jardines, on road north, Tel. 5801992, Fax 2411492. Popular with business visitors, quite good.
(B) Camino Real, Tel. 5817000, Del Sol y Mella. Good restaurant and nightclub, no parking facilities. C Matum Hotel & Casino, Av Monumental, Tel. 581-3107/8682, Fax 4768415. 47 rooms (old, poor a/c), nightclub, swimming pool open to non-residents US$2.
(C-D) Don Diego, Av Estrella Sadhal?, on road north, Tel. 5754186. Restaurant and nightclub.
(C-E) Ambar, also on Av Estrella Sadhal?, Tel. 5751957.
(D) Mercedes, Calle 30 de Marzo 18, Tel. 5831171. Hot water, a/c or fan, phone, central so a bit noisy, tatty, but friendly, fast laundry (5 hours).
(F) Dorado, Av Salvador Cucurullo (F) Colonial, Salvador Cucurullo, near 30 de Marzo, close to guaguas. Small clean rooms with a/c, TV, central, small cheap restaurant, friendly, luggage store. Many other cheap hotels on Salvador Cucurullo, 4 blocks north of Parque Duarte on 30 de Marzo (many guaguas start from this junction).