Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
All-inclusive hotels have small on-site clinics and medical staff, who can provide first
aid and basic care. Head to one of several good private hospitals in the area for more seri-
ous issues.
Banco Popular
(Av España, btwn Plaza Brisas de Bávaro and Plaza Estrella)
Centro Médico Punta Cana
(
www.gruporescue.com
; Av España, Bávaro)
Name notwithstanding,
this is the main private hospital in Bávaro, with a multilingual staff, 24-hour emergency
room and in-house pharmacy.
7:45am-midnight)
This pharmacy
Farmacia Estrella
(
809-552-0344; Plaza Estrella, Bávaro;
offers delivery.
Hospitén Bávaro
(
www.hospiten.es
;
Carretera Higüey-Punta Cana)
Best private hospital in Punta
Cana, with English-, French- and German-speaking doctors and a 24-hour emergency
room. The hospital is located on the old Hwy 106 to Punta Cana, 500m from Cruce de
Verón.
7am-8:30pm)
Do-it-
Laundromat Punta Cana
(Plaza Arenal Caribe, Bávaro; wash/dry RD$100/200;
yourself laundry facility near Los Corales.
7am-10pm Mon-Sat, 8am-9pm Sun)
Punta Cana's
Pharmacana
(Puntacana Village, Punta Cana;
main pharmacy.
Politur
(Tourist Police; 809-754-3082;
www.politur.gob.do
;
Av Estados Unidos, Bávaro)
The main
Politur station is in Friusa, next to the bus terminal in Bávaro, with additional stations at
the Punta Cana airport, Cabeza de Toro and and Uvero Alto.
Scotiabank
Bávaro
(Plaza Las Brisas)
; Punta Cana
(Puntacana Village)
Getting There & Away
From the small village of El Cortecito, the road follows an endless cluster of strip malls to
a Texaco gas station, where you'll find the bus station and the route to resorts further
north and Higüey to the southwest.
AIR
Several massive thatched-roof huts make up the complex of the
Aeropuerto Internacional
Punta Cana
(PUJ;
www.puntacanainternationalairport.com
;
Carretera Higuey-Punta Cana Km 45)
, loc-
ated on the road to Punta Cana about 9km east of the turnoff to Bávaro. The arrival pro-
cess, including immigration, purchase of a tourist card (US$10), baggage claim and cus-
toms, moves briskly.
