Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Giada Tours & Travel
( 809-682-4525;
www.giadatours.com
;
Hostal Duque de Wellington, Av
Independencia 304)
Friendly professional outfit arranges domestic and international plane
tickets, and also conducts area tours.
Tody Tours
( 809-686-0882;
www.todytours.com
)
Former Peace Corps volunteer who special-
izes in tropical birding tours all over the country (US$200 per day).
Getting There & Away
AIR
Santo Domingo has two airports: the main one, Aeropuerto Internacional Las Américas
(
Click here
)
, is 22km east of the city. The smaller Aeropuerto Internacional La Isabela Dr
Joaquin Balaguer (
Click here
)
, around 20km north of the Zona Colonial, handles mostly
domestic carriers and air-taxi companies.
AeroDomca (
www.aerodomca.com
)
, Air Century (
www.aircentury.com
), Dominican
Shuttles (
www.dominicanshuttles.com
) and Aerolineas MAS (
www.aerolineasmas.com
)
connect Santo Domingo, primarily Aeropuerto La Isabela, to Punta Cana, Samaná, Santi-
ago and La Romana. Aerolineas MAS and Dominican Shuttles also fly to Port-au-Prince
in Haiti and to Aruba.
Most international flights use Las Américas. Direct connections include Antigua, At-
lanta, Caracas, Havana, Miami, Newark, New York (JFK), Orlanda, Pointpitre (Guade-
loupe), Panama, San Juan (Puerto Rico) and St Maarten. The 3rd-floor food court and the
one past arrivals are better bets than the limited, overpriced options beyond security by the
gates. There are several ATMs in the arrivals area. Watch your bags. Cigar shops, cafes,
pharmacy and gift shops are in the departures terminal. Major carriers include:
Air Antilles Express
( 809-688-6661;
www.flyairantilles.com
)
Flights to Fort de France, La-
mentin; Pointe a Pitre; and St Maarten.
at airport 809-549-1110;
www.aireuropa.com
)
Direct flights to Madrid and New
Air Europa
(
York (JFK).
Air France
Airport
(
809-549-0309)
; Central Santo Domingo
(
809-686-8432; Plaza El Faro,
Av Máximo Gómez 15)
The city branch shares its office with KLM.
809-542-5151; Bella Vista Mall, Av Sarasota 6)
Direct flights from Miami.
American Airlines
(
Continental Airlines
(
809-262-1060; Suite 104, cnr Max Henríquez Ureña & Winston Churchill)
Copa
(
airport 809-549-0757, reservations 809-472-2233)
Delta
(
809-955-1500; Plaza Comercial Acropolis Center, cnr Winston Churchill & Andres Julio Aybar)
