Primeros Ingenios Coloniales Azucareros de América

This is a new listing but actually consists of old ones, or at least I think it does, or should, and might not be clearly mentioning that it does. So you see the old sites are still listed as a tentative place and should not not be listed extra if they were included (which I am not sure about).

Wait, huh? Let's start again. The Caribbean was a massive sugar production during the colonial times and there are remains all over southern Dominican. I visited two places southwest of Santo Domingo, a third I couldn't find, and with some more time I may have gone to one in the far east. However, from what I saw they are not worth checking out and any extra effort is wasting time. Perhaps with some promotion and expansion of the ruins it would be interesting.

Site 1, Ingenio Boca de Nigua, is in excellent condition and my recommendation. The main building is still 50% intact, there are a couple of surrounding buildings that are closed and even some sugar depots are visible. Was it rebuilt? It almost looks too good in some places. The back of the mill had trash and smelled like wee so maybe avoid going there. Just looking around barely takes 10 minutes.

Google map doesn't have the road but on Satellite you can see one going right to the mill with only a bit of gravel road, parking is easy plus it's all free! Makes you …