Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Discover Puerto Plata
(
www.discoverpuertoplata.com
)
Official tourism website with general in-
formation for visitors.
Dot Com
(
809-261-6165; Calle 12 de Julio 69; internet per hr RD$30)
8am-5pm Mon-Fri)
Pharmacy offering
Farmacia Carmen
(
809-586-2525; Calle 12 de Julio;
free delivery.
Politur
(
809-320-0365)
Puerto Plata Report
(
www.popreport.com
)
Regional news and travel information from the north
coast of the DR.
Getting There & Away
AIR
Puerto Plata is served by
Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorío Luperón
(POP; 809-586-0107;
www.puerto-plata-airport.com
)
, 18km east of town along the coastal highway (past Playa
Dorada), and just a few kilometers west of Sosúa. Numerous charter airlines, including
several Canadian ones use the airport, mostly in conjunction with the all-inclusive resorts.
A taxi to or from the airport costs US$30 to US$35. Or walk 500m from the terminal to
the main highway to flag down a
guagua
to Puerto Plata (RD$55, 45 minutes) or Sosúa
(RD$15, 10 minutes).
Airlines with international service here:
Air Berlin
(
www.airberlin.com
)
Direct flights to Berlin.
809-541-5151;
www.aircanada.com
)
Direct flights to Montreal.
Air Canada
(
Air Turks & Caicos
( in Turks & Caicos 649-946-4999, in US 954-323-4949;
www.flyairtc.com
)
Daily flights to Turks and Caicos and to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
American Airlines
(
809-200-5151;
www.aa.com
)
Continental
(
809-200-1062;
www.continental.com
)
Delta
(
809-586-0973;
www.delta.com
)
Jet Blue
(
809-200-9898;
www.jetblue.com
)
Lufthansa
(
809-200-1133;
www.lufthansa.com
)
Martinair
(
809-200-1200;
www.martinair.com
)
Thomson
(
www.thomson.co.uk
)
This charter travel company flies from Gatwick, London and
Manchester once weekly.
