Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
sandwiches, pasta, pizza, fish and hearty
sancocho
(RD$150) - a stew of meat, sausage,
plantain and potato.
Dilenia
(Calle Fernando Deligne; mains RD$320-420; 11am-8pm Mon-Thu, to 10pm Fri & Sat, to 5pm Sun)
Tucked down a residential side street at the entrance to town, Dilenia has a small all-wood
dining room and an even smaller Spanish/English menu with dishes like shrimp in garlic
sauce, guinea in wine and good 'ol chicken fingers.
DOMINICAN
$$
Information
Banco Léon
(Luperón 19)
BanReservas
(Abreu 48)
Constanza Information Center
( 809- 539-1022;
www.constanza.com.do
)
In the airport parking
lot. English and Spanish spoken.
Copy Centro
(Calle Sanchez 9; per hr RD$30;
8am-10pm Mon-Fri, to 5pm Sat)
809-539-2516; Miguel Abreu 87)
At the northeast corner of the park.
Farmacia San José
(
Hospital Pedro Antonio Cespede
( 809-539-3288, 809-538-2420; Calle Antonio Isacc; 24hr)
Fully equipped emergency room. On your right as you come into town, just past the air-
port.
809-539-3020)
Tourist police - opposite the airport, 2km east of town.
Politur
(
Getting There & Away
GUAGUA
Transporte La Cobra
( 809-539-2119)
services Santiago (RD$300, two hours) and Santo
Domingo (RD$300, 2½ hours). Other
guaguas
travel to Jarabacoa (RD$150, 40 minutes).
Guaguas
also regularly service El Albanico (RD$160, 40 minutes), where you can change
for a
guagua
to Santo Domingo and La Vega.
CAR
The roadway between Jarabacoa and Constanza, once jaw-rattlingly bad, has been com-
pletely paved. Compact cars can make the trip in around 45 minutes to an hour depending
on how many slow moving trucks are navigating the switchbacks. If coming from Hwy
Duarte, the turn-off at El Albanico is 89km north of Santo Domingo, and from there it's
