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Tips 1 - 8 of 8 Santo Domingo Transportation
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Transportation: Santo Domingo Las Américas airport (SDQ)
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'Mode': TO
Category: Airplane
Getting TO/AROUND: Las Américas airport is the biggest airport in the country and a lot of major airlines from Europe and North America fly here: From Europe: - Iberia - Air Europa - Air France - Condor From North America: - American Airlines - United Airways - Air Canada - Jet Blue - Delta From Central and South America and the Caribbean: - Aeropostal - Aserca Airlines - Copa - Cubana de Aviación - Air Caraibes - Caribair There's another airport called La Isabela, which will be a domestic airport and will replace the old Herrera airport.
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Transportation: Air France
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Tip Rating: [Not enough ratings yet] |
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'Mode': TO
Category: Airplane
Getting TO/AROUND: I've flown to and from my country with Martinair (when I moved) and Air France (back and forth) and I can highly commend Air France's service. I usually fly standby, which means that I get on the plane after all paying customers have got on and if there aren't any seats left then I don't get on board. I've been lucky enough that there's always been plenty of seats so I get mine not as late as it should be, and that those seats next to me have been empty so I can sleep most of the flight on all of them :D The last time I, along with other standbys, got to fly on their Business class (Alizé). Let's start with the food. Airplane food isn't usually the best or the tastiest. Air France's has been good but sometimes too "gourmet'ish" (especially on Alizé). Their seats are comfortable, even when you're lying on 3-4 seats with the arm rest not all the way up. I've enjoyed their NRJ music mix and their movies, even tho they're not the latest. I like seeing a TV showing how far we are from the destination and all the facts of the trip. The flight attendants usually (try to) speak in Spanish, for those passengers who don't speak French (I get along) and they're very service minded. And last but not least, I haven't had any problem with my luggage on either leg of the trip.
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Website: www.airfrance.com
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Transportation: Buses
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'Mode': AROUND
Category: Bus
Getting TO/AROUND: In Santo Domingo we have 2 kinds of buses: OMSA buses: the government buses with scheduled stops, they come in 3 kinds: the ones without air conditioning and the cheapest ones, the ones with air conditioning and the express ones that make less stops. If you want to get off you simply pull the cord. Union buses: property of the various transport unions, the route they drive is usually indicated by a piece of cardboard with the number of the route on the main windshield, visible so that we can stop the bus by stretching and arm and moving the index finger up and down (weird I know). On these buses there's a man hanging on the door called "cobrador" who will collect the fare and shout the route while on the road. Those buses are usually called "voladoras" because they drive like maniacs and at high speeds, and have no scheduled stops so if you want to get out you either shout "déjame" (let me off) or you tell the cobrador who then will signal the driver to stop by knocking on the carrocery of the bus.
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Transportation: Serious taxi companies
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'Mode': AROUND
Category: Car/Motor Home
Getting TO/AROUND: Taxis in Santo Domingo, as well as the whole Dominican Republic, don't run by the meter. All serious companies have pretty much flat rates. How it works is that you call the company, ask for a cab to your home/hotel/place to pick you up, then when you come to your destination the driver calls the dispatch (called base amongst them) and they will give them the rate and all the parties in the car will hear it loud and clear. Some reputable taxi companies I've used are: Excelente taxi: (809) 593-8000. Apolo taxi: (809) 537-0000. They also have limos for rent. Taxi Anacaona: (809) 530-4800. Aero taxi: (809) 688-3131, (809) 688-1212.
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Website: http://www.apolotaxi.com/Site/Apolo%20Taxi.html
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hivaoa1 Mon Apr 28, 2008 09:10 UTC Hola corazon! me gusto muchissimo La Republica Dominicana y la gente es muy caliente!!! Me encanto veramente..:) | codrutz Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:31 UTC Best guide to Santo Domingo is to read your VT page :) I will probably never visit your home place but at least now I've seen it and research it on Wiki :) Thanks! | Urzu Fri Mar 28, 2008 18:32 UTC Hola Mariel! Me ha encantado tu página de Santo Domingo... parece que tendré que ir a verlo por mí misma! Un saludo desde Madrid | ValbyDK Thu Mar 6, 2008 12:35 UTC OK - but then my photo is not of 'Centro de los Héroes' but also of 'Plaza de la Bandera' ;-) Is it a monument to honour the flag? |
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