Sorry. I misread. Wrong Airport.
Leaving from POP:
- Leave Airport and turn right (West Bound) onto the Hwy in direction of Puerto Plata.
- Arriving into Puerto Plata you will reach a large roundabout, exit that one at 11:00 o'clock from where you are coming from and continue on this road thru Puerto Plata.
- Go all the way straight on the Hwy exiting Puerto Plata for about 45km, thru various small villages and passing thru the country's only tunnel, until you reach a big intersection (Navarette). Turn left (Eastbound) onto the four lane Hwy into Santiago.
- Drive into Santiago, you will first get onto a small roundabout with two Toyota dealerships to the left of it. Pass that roundabout almost straight exiting at 11:00 o'clock form where you are coming from.
- Stay onto that road way into town.
- There will be an expressway overpass with a National Super Market to your left. You can take that one.
- Shortly there after you will see a big over pass intersection crossing. This is the road that comes from your left from Santo Doming (and STI Airport) and goes to your right toward the Monumento! You want to stick right so that you can make it up onto that intersection and NOT continue straight underneath it!
- As soon as you are onto the intersection, turn right (Westbound) towards the Monumento... this will lead you onto the roundabout mentioned on above post/ Go around it 3/4 turn (to 9:00 o'clock form where you are coming from) and exit left of where you are coming from (Southbound). The road will lead around a park and the monument and continue Westbound right into Calle del Sol.Your hotel is on Calle del Sol just a couple of blocks down further West from the Monumento. If my memory serves me well, Calle Cuba is a nearby intersection. There is also a "Plaza Lama" department store across the road.
If you use google earth you can copy and paste below coordinates into your "Fly to"-window and click on the magnifying glass:
- The overpass intersection you need to get onto: 19?26'59.93"N, 70?41'12.75"W
- The roundabout. You are coming from the East and go South: 19?27'0.85"N, 70?41'26.32"W
- The Monumento: 19?27'2.95"N, 70?41'41.30"W
- Hotel Aloha Sol (approximate location along Calle del Sol): 19?27'1.43"N, 70?42'0.21"W
I hope I got it right this time around :bored:.
... J-D.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE:
]As soon as you are onto the intersection, turn right (Westbound) towards the Monumento... this will lead you onto the roundabout mentioned on above post/ Go around it 3/4 turn (to 9:00 o'clock form where you are coming from) and exit left of where you are coming from (Southbound). The road will lead around a park and the monument and continue Westbound right into Calle del Sol.Your hotel is on Calle del Sol just a couple of blocks down further West from the Monumento. If my memory serves me well, Calle Cuba is a nearby intersection. There is also a "Plaza Lama" department store across the road.[/LIST]
You cannot get to Aloha Sol with these directions. In the first place you do not get to the roundabout after turning right off Estrella Sadhala! You come along a side street that goes past the Hotel Matum and does not allow direct access to the roundabout...Sol is one way going UP the hill.
Here is one way to get there:
As you approach the Monument, stay to the right and continue past the Hotel Matum and the Casino. You will start to go down the hill, with a series of traffic lights. Starting with the one at the top, there are four, I believe--Francia, Duarte, Sabana Larga and San Luis--after the fourth you make the first right, then the next right, and then a third right, and you are now on San Luis Street, going south. You take San Luis three lights to Sol, turn left, and Aloha Sol is on your right.
ALTERNATE ROUTE:
As you come over the elevated portion of Estrella Sadhala, stay to the right.
At the first light, turn right. This is Argentina. Go two lights, and at the second, bear to the left, and go past the foot of the monument. Turn right. At the light you turn right again, and being careful, take the next left and go down Beller Street(about 8 blocks) to San Luis, turn left and then left at the light up Sol Street.
Alternate Route #2
Same as above,(As you come over the elevated portion of Estrella Sadhala, stay to the right.
At the first light, turn right. This is Argentina. Go two lights, and at the second, bear to the left, and go past the foot of the monument. Turn right.) except at the light, instead of turning right, you go left, down Ave. Francia to 16 de Agosto where you turn right, down the hill. When you get to Mella, turn right, and then at the second corner, turn right again. The hotel should be on your right.
NOW do you see why I suggested a taxi--bus--taxi solution???
HB