Opening hours, festivals and holidays
Business hours in the Dominican Republic are normally
8.30am-6pm Monday through Friday, and 8.30am-12.30pm on Saturday.
About half of the stores still close for the midday siesta. Banks
are generally open Monday through Friday 8.30am-noon and 2-5pm,
with a few open on Saturday.
The Dominican Republic has a bewildering barrage of
festivals . On every day of the year, there seems to be some
kind of celebration somewhere, the majority of which are regional
fiestas patronales , held in honour of the city's or town's
patron saint. These traditional fiestas are one of the great
pleasures of a trip to the DR.
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