Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
International flights arrive at Aeropuerto Internacional El Catey (
Click here
)
, located 8km
west of Sánchez and a 35-minute taxi ride (US$70) to Las Terrenas.
Air Canada
(
888-760-0020)
and
Westjet
( in Puerto Plata 809-586-0217)
offer direct flights from El Catey to
Montreal and Toronto, respectively. There are also a handful of charter flights.
Aerodomca
( in Santo Domingo 809-826-4141;
www.aerodomca.com
)
offers sporadic, often
cancelled, services to Aeropuerto Internacional Arroyo Barril near Samaná from Punta
Cana daily, departing at 2pm.
BUS
For Santo Domingo,
Las Terrenas Transportes
( 809-240-5302)
operates coaches to Santo
Domingo (RD$350, 2½ hours, 5am, 7am, 9am, 2pm and 3:30pm), Puerto Plata (RD$300,
three hours, 6:30am), Santiago (RD$300, three hours, 6am, 8am and 12:30pm) and Nagua
(RD$150, 1¼ hours, 7:20am). Buses leave from in front of El Paseo shopping center.
Las Terrenas has two
guagua
stops at opposite ends of Calle Principal.
Guaguas
to
Samaná leave in front of Casa Linda on the corner of Calle Principal and the coastal road
eight times daily (RD$100, 1¼ hours) between 7:15am and 5pm. For those going to El
Limón, 14km away, trucks and
guaguas
leave from the same stop at Casa Linda (RD$50,
35 minutes, every 15 minutes from 7:15am to 6:15pm).
CAR
Las Terrenas is easily accessible by road if you're motoring on your own. A portion of the
new highway, Boulevard Turístico del Atlántico, connects Las Terrenas with Aeropuerto
Internacional El Catey, 24km to the west, bypassing the former need to transit first
through Sánchez. The toll charges are high, relative to kilometers (RD$484), and it hasn't
exactly been embraced by locals, but it's a beautiful drive all the same.
TAXI
The local
taxi consortium
( 809-240-6339)
offers rides for one to six passengers to just
about everywhere. Some sample one-way fares are Playa Cosón (US$30), El Limón
(US$25), Samaná (US$70), Las Galeras (US$100), Santo Domingo (US$200) and Punta
Cana (US$400).
Getting Around
The two main roads in town, Calle Duarte (also known as Calle Principal in town, and Av
Juan Pablo Duarte or Av Duarte as it exits town) and the parallel Calle del Carmen, form a
figure eight of sorts, crisscrossing in the middle.
