Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Restaurant Cocomar
( 809-579-7354; mains RD$250-800; 8am-10pm)
Look for this restaurant with oceanfront
outdoor seating just before the green monstrosity of the Hotel Montechico. Buoys and
fishing nets hang from the indoor dining room ceiling, befitting its maritime theme and
seafood-focused menu.
SEAFOOD, DOMINICAN
$$
Lilo Cafe & Restaurant
(Calle Juan de la Cruz Alvarez 27; mains RD$275; 7am-midnight; )
Businesspeople and office
workers popularize this sleek, contemporary place across the street from the grocery of
the same name. The menu is fairly typical with grilled fish, chicken and meat dishes as
well as crab, lambi and four types of
mofongo
. Shaded outdoor patio seating is available.
DOMINICAN
$$
Super Fria Nina
(cnr Calle Duarte & Colón)
A large beer garden that gets packed almost every evening, but es-
pecially on weekends.
BEER GARDEN
Terraza Fedora
(Calle San Fernando)
A popular beer garden, particularly on weekends. Five blocks north of
Calle Duarte.
BEER GARDEN
Information
Everything you'll need is on or within a block or two of Calle Duarte, including a phar-
macy and BanReservas with ATM on Duarte, next to the post office. The modest
Hospital
Padre Fantino
(
24hr)
is two blocks north of Calle Duarte.
809-579-2401; Av 27 de Febrero;
Getting There & Away
Hwy 1 enters Monte Cristi from the east, where it turns into Calle Duarte and becomes the
main east-west road through town. Av Mella becomes Hwy 45 to Dajabón, which is now
fully paved.
Caribe Tours
( 809-579-2129; cnr Mella & Carmargo)
has a depot a block north of Calle
Duarte. Buses to Santo Domingo (RD$350, 4½ hours) leave at 7:30am, 8:30am, 10am,
1:45pm, 3pm and 4pm, with a stop in Santiago (RD$190, 2¼ hours).
The Expreso Liniero
guagua
terminal is on Calle Duarte near the eastern entrance to
town; it goes to Dajabón (RD$50, 40 minutes, every 20 minutes from 7:30am to 10pm).
