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Punta Cana to puerto plata how long of a drive at a reasonable speed
You can do it in 5 if you know the route. If it's for a chica it's not worth the stretch. Always have them come to you. It's much easier to send them home on the bus.
From SDQ airport to Punta Cana is arround 2 hras 30 minutes by cara in a moderate speed 80/kmp more or less.
No need to go thru SD.... new toll road after the airport ~450 pesos to NAGUA will save you time
my 4 hrs is by that road add almost an hour if using Tashi's route
my 4 hrs is by that road add almost an hour if using Tashi's route
Fish.... it starts just past the airport toll booth..... small sign 'Samana'
Caribe Tours has a stop there
get your map out... its not even IN SD
Caribe Tours has a stop there
get your map out... its not even IN SD
we have soooo much inaccurate information posted here...... DR1.... hard to keep track of anything
I posted something about that in the casa de conductor thread....
that casa crap is for STI and SD only...... the rest of the country just puts you in jail, regardless
I posted something about that in the casa de conductor thread....
that casa crap is for STI and SD only...... the rest of the country just puts you in jail, regardless
derf... Punta Cana is east of the airport.... the driver will proceed west to SDQ and then north to Hwy#5 at Nagua
Follow the north coast road to POP
not many turns to remember
Follow the north coast road to POP
not many turns to remember
WRONG. He never makes it to SD. Turns off just past the airport heading TOWARDS SD.
A lot of misinformation.
The toll road is near SDQ as Will said. PC to Toll Road Entrance, 2.5 hours; Toll Road to North Coast highway to Puerto Plata, 3.25 hours, so just under 6 hours by car depending on stops. There are rest stops with fuel and clean bathrooms on the toll road and bring 500 Pesos in small denominations for tolls.
The toll road is near SDQ as Will said. PC to Toll Road Entrance, 2.5 hours; Toll Road to North Coast highway to Puerto Plata, 3.25 hours, so just under 6 hours by car depending on stops. There are rest stops with fuel and clean bathrooms on the toll road and bring 500 Pesos in small denominations for tolls.
Derf with all your driving I am surprised you don't know this info about the toll road to Nagua from outside SD!
From Punta Cana just take the Autovia del Este to Santo Domingo, but you don't have to get all the way to SD. Just as you pass the Las Americas airport exit and toll booth you will find the exit to Autopista Saman? (officially Juan Pablo II highway), which will take you all the way to Nagua. Once in Nagua turn left and enjoy the scenary all the way to Cabrera, Rio San Juan, Cabarete, Sosua and finally Puerto Plata. Beautiful road trip, if you ask me...
Yeah, good point. I've always liked to drive at night, but never in DR. From Nagua, it's a pretty dark stretch to PP. Besides, you miss the view!