place to stay in POP for a few days

You mean you're going to leave Samana to go to Puerto Plata?????:surprised

I'd stay in Samana myself, it's the nicest place in the DR, I think.

I've stayed in Samana City, and stayed at the Hotel Docia.
Hotel Docia, Santa Barbara de Samana, Samana Dominican Republic

From Samana City, go to Bacardi Island or Playa Rincon (the most beautiful beach in the DR).

Go to the carwash in Samana City for chicas.

angel said:

thanks fritobandito. I wd love to spend time in Samana someday and will keep your link suggestion handy , but for now going to visit family in Mao for a few days and my only flight option is Samana. Never been and wanted to get info before I arrive.

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I took a public bus back from Samana City to Sosua on my last trip there.

The bus wasn't all that bad and it was real cheap -- 500 pesos from Samana City to Sosua. The bus route will go from Samana City to Puerto Plata.

It will pick people up on the main road (which runs right past the airport) all you have to do is flag them down. Bus shouldn't be that crowded if you catch it at the airport, because its first stop is in Samana City.

I remember the bus left about 1:45 p.m. on a Saturday from S.C., so it would probably pass the airport around 2:15 -- 2:30 p.m. or so.

I think the bus runs everyday.

Samana Net, News and Information Service, Samana peninsula Dominican Republic

I took the Papaguyo bus (the best one to take, I've been told).

"Transporte Papagayo", a maroon colour bus (picture) with PUERTO PLATA - SAMANA writen on the windshield, leave Puerto Plata at 6:45 a.m. from the front of the Hospital in Puerto Plata. This bus pass by Sosua around 7:00a.m.(Will stop on request to pick up passangers in front of Playero Supermarket), continue to Nagua and arrive in Sanchez around 9:30a.m.-10:00a.m. Sanchez is the stop for Las Terrenas. This route ends in Samana at 10:30a.m. and depart back to Puerto Plata at 2:00.p.m. To contact owner cell809) 749-6415(Spanish only) for his schedule.

If bus leaves at 2:00 p.m., then it will be at 30 minutes before it passes the airport, so 2:30 p.m. or so.