Las Terrenas Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Local transport

Taxi

The local taxi consortium (809-240-6391) offers rides for one to six passengers to just about everywhere. Some sample fares are Playa Cosón (US$15), El Limón (US$25), Samaná (US$50), Las Galeras (US$80), Cabarete (US$120), Santo Domingo (US$170) and Punta Cana (US$360).

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Land

Bus

Las Terrenas has two gua-gua stops at opposite ends of Calle Principal. Gua-guas headed to Sánchez (US$1.40, 30 minutes, every 25 minutes from 7am to 6pm) take on passengers at a stop 500m south of Calle Luperón. From Sánchez you can connect to an El Caribe bus to Santo Domingo or to a Bahia Tours bus to Puerto Plata that leaves Sánchez at 2:30pm daily.

Those going to El Limón, 14km away (US$1.75, 20 minutes, every 15 minutes from 7am to 5pm), leave from the corner of Calle Principal and the coastal road; for an onward connection to Samaná, a further 26km, wait at the main intersection in El Limón.

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Air

Domestic airlines service Aeropuerto Internacional El Portillo (EPS; 809-248-2289), a one-strip airport located a few kilometers east of Las Terrenas along the coastal road in the hamlet of El Portillo. In theory, an occasional flight from Europe gives it international credibility, but that’s even less likely now with the opening of Aeropuerto Internacional El Catey (AZS; 809-338-0094), located 8km west of Sánchez and a 35-minute taxi ride (US$50) to Las Terrenas.

Takeoff (809-552-1333, 809-481-0707; www.take offweb.com; El Paseo shopping center, Las Terrenas) and Aerodomca (809-240-6571, in Santo Domingo 809-567-1195; www.aerodomca.com) operate propeller planes between El Portillo and Santo Domingo. Takeoff flies directly from Aeropuerto Las Américas (US$80, 30 to 50 minutes), while Aerodomca flies to La Isabela airport in Higuero, north of Santo Domingo (US$85).

Both also offer an air taxi service – as long as you have enough people or are willing to pay the total amount, flights leave whenever the passengers choose. Regular or air taxi tickets can be arranged through Bahia Tours.

There are minivan taxis (US$9) waiting at El Portillo for arriving flights.

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