What would be the best way to get to Sosua from either Santo Domingo, Punta Cana or Santiago airports? I may need to fly into one of these instead of Puerto Plata and was looking for the easiest/cheapest way. I have seen that Caribe Tours goes from Santo Domingo - Santiago - Sosua. Do the buses pick up at the airports? And what is the cost from either city?
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Best way to get to Sosua from another airport
Closest airport to Sosua other than POP is Santiago. By the time you take taxi from Santiago airport to bus terminal, then take bus from Santiago to Sosua and then get to your final destination in Sosua, you probably are better off taking a taxi direct from Santiago for about US$60.
Santiago (STI) is the closest.
Email Roc?o Valerio at palomalinda0890@hotmail.com to make a reservation for airport pickup and door to door service. Punctual, English speaking, and highly rated service.
It is a good alternative to the Taxi-wait-bus-taxi method of getting there. Trip is about 1 1/2 hours from the airport. If you are coming on one of the late afternoon or night flights, it is by far the best way, unless you are just too beat and want to overnight at a nice place in Santiago before heading on to Sosua.
HB
Email Roc?o Valerio at palomalinda0890@hotmail.com to make a reservation for airport pickup and door to door service. Punctual, English speaking, and highly rated service.
It is a good alternative to the Taxi-wait-bus-taxi method of getting there. Trip is about 1 1/2 hours from the airport. If you are coming on one of the late afternoon or night flights, it is by far the best way, unless you are just too beat and want to overnight at a nice place in Santiago before heading on to Sosua.
HB
HOWMAR said:
That's quite true ! From the airport to bus terminal is 500 pesos, then 140 pesos ( I think this is the amount) to Sosua, then it's a 300 peso taxi ride from Caribe tours terminal to Sosua (unless you take a motoconcho, which is cheaper). That's about 30 dollars !
Thank you so much everyone! I am sort of nervous, as this will be my first trip to the DR without a volunteer group. Before, they have always arranged all transportation. So now I have to figure it out on my own. So your advice and contact info has really helped!
Vanessa
Vanessa
ElvisNYC said:
For sure the taxi from Caribe Tours terminal to a hotel in Sosua is RD$150. Don't ask the driver how much, just give him RD$150 if the hotel is in Sosua. If it is between Sosua and Cabarete, it will be more.
The bus from Santiago to Sosua is RD$100, according to my wife who went there last week.
Well, so it still seems cheaper for two of us to take Caribe tours and taxis to and from the bus terminal.
(STI to bus station=RD$500
Bus fare x 2=RD$200
Taxi to Sosua=RD$150-we are staying in El Batey at Condos Dominicanos
Total=RD$850???)
Still less than US$30, half as much as HOWMAR says a taxi should cost (although I definitely understand the benefits of paying for the convenience).
I will contact Roc?o Valerio though (Thanks Hillbilly!) to see what he has to say. It may end up that the bus schedules (which I still need to look up) don't really coincide with our flight times.
If I do decide to take a taxi, how exactly do I go about "hailing" one? I am thinking they aren't bright yellow with taxi signs on the top. And I have never even taken a taxi in the States, so I am even more lost about taking one in the Dominican. Are they readily available at the airport and bus stations?
Thanks again for all your wonderful information, and for excusing my total ineptitude with most all things Dominican. Haha.
Vanessa
(STI to bus station=RD$500
Bus fare x 2=RD$200
Taxi to Sosua=RD$150-we are staying in El Batey at Condos Dominicanos
Total=RD$850???)
Still less than US$30, half as much as HOWMAR says a taxi should cost (although I definitely understand the benefits of paying for the convenience).
I will contact Roc?o Valerio though (Thanks Hillbilly!) to see what he has to say. It may end up that the bus schedules (which I still need to look up) don't really coincide with our flight times.
If I do decide to take a taxi, how exactly do I go about "hailing" one? I am thinking they aren't bright yellow with taxi signs on the top.
And I have never even taken a taxi in the States, so I am even more lost about taking one in the Dominican. Are they readily available at the airport and bus stations?Thanks again for all your wonderful information, and for excusing my total ineptitude with most all things Dominican. Haha.
Vanessa
Travel Between Santo Domingo & Puerto Plata
I would like to know what is the best way to go from Santo Domingo to Puerto Plata. Is it possible to fly between the two cities and if not whaqt do you recommend? I am flying out of JFK to Santo Domingo and plan to spend a few days in S. Domingo, a few days in Puerto Plata before returning to the US. Do you think it's better to reverse and fly into Puerta Plata?
Also do you know the cost associated with such travel?
I would like to know what is the best way to go from Santo Domingo to Puerto Plata. Is it possible to fly between the two cities and if not whaqt do you recommend? I am flying out of JFK to Santo Domingo and plan to spend a few days in S. Domingo, a few days in Puerto Plata before returning to the US. Do you think it's better to reverse and fly into Puerta Plata?
Also do you know the cost associated with such travel?
I don't mind the extra 3-4+ hours. As long as they get us there eventually.
Right now, if we can save $30 bucks here or there, that leaves $30 for something else. Putting up with extra travel time, or with a less than ideal situation is easier than coming up with extra money (although it would be nice if the opposite were true!).
But I may not even have to worry about this. Hopefully I can find a good deal flying into Puerto Plata instead of having to go with the buddy pass option into Santiago.
Thanks everyone.
As long as they get us there eventually.Right now, if we can save $30 bucks here or there, that leaves $30 for something else. Putting up with extra travel time, or with a less than ideal situation is easier than coming up with extra money (although it would be nice if the opposite were true!).
But I may not even have to worry about this. Hopefully I can find a good deal flying into Puerto Plata instead of having to go with the buddy pass option into Santiago.
Thanks everyone.