Kimpton Las Mercedes by IHG

Restored colonial schoolhouse

A sixteenth-century schoolhouse now runs as a leafy social hub, linking historic stone courtyards to a rooftop pool deck.

What it’s good at

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Design

Notable

Contemporary travertine and timber additions arranged around breezy courtyards by Moneo Brock.

Heritage

Notable

A restored sixteenth-century colonial edifice centered around a preserved courtyard and stone well.

Local

Listed

Balconies overlook Ciudad Colonial streets, framed by headboards painted with native birds.

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What they say

Michelin Selected

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Kimpton’s Santo Domingo offering, Las Mercedes, captures the vibrant post-colonial spirit that still animates the streets of old Santo Domingo and the 16th-century edifice it occupies.

In a lively part of town

Lively Central Quiet Secluded

Where things happen: restaurants, shops, people.

The stone ruins of Convento de San Francisco sit steps away, surrounded by Ciudad Colonial's oldest plazas and open-air bars.

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The rooms

Rooms open onto courtyard-facing balconies, set with platform beds and headboards painted with native pájaro bobo birds.

The rooftop pool

Bring a swimsuit.

Pale blue sofas and wooden pergolas sit beside the rooftop lap pool, facing out over the city skyline.

The sundeck

Rows of sun loungers rest under fabric pergolas on the terrace, surrounded by palm fronds and colonial rooftops.

Restaurant

El Patio

The courtyard restaurant serves Dominican tapas and cocktails beside preserved stone walls, shaded by mango and oak trees.

At the table

Zola serves Northern Italian dishes beneath a retractable roof. The bar pours local Dominican rums beside an illuminated wall mural.

How it began

2024Opened

Workers restoring the sixteenth-century masonry uncovered a 500-year-old stone well, which now sits inside the hotel cigar lounge.