USEFUL INFORMATION - BUS AND TAXI TO PALMA REAL SHOPPING VILLAGE

BUS OR TAXI TO PALMA REAL SHOPPING CENTER - BAVARO - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
       
FREE BUS - Transport Timetables

PICK IN DIFFERENT HOTELS

RIU PALACE PUNTA CANA	10:00AM	12:00PM	02:00PM	04:00PM	06:00PM
RIU BAMBU	10:00AM	12:00PM	02:00PM	04:00PM	06:00PM
RIU PALACE MACAO	10:05AM	12:05PM	02:05PM	04:05PM	06:05PM
RIU NAIBOA	10:10AM	12:10PM	02:10PM	04:10PM	06:10PM
RIU PALACE BAVARO	10:10AM	12:10PM	02:10PM	04:10PM	06:10PM
CARABELA	10:25AM	12:25PM	02:25PM	04:25PM	06:25PM
BARCELO DOMINICAN BEACH	10:30AM	12:30PM	02:30PM	04:30PM	06:30PM
SECRETS ROYAL BEACH	10:40AM	12:40PM	02:40PM	04:40PM	06:40PM
NOW LARIMAR PUNTA CANA	10:40AM	12:40PM	02:40PM	04:40PM	06:40PM
NH	10:40AM	12:40PM	02:40PM	04:40PM	06:40PM
PARADISUS PUNTA CANA	10:00AM	12:00PM	02:00PM	04:00PM	06:00PM
CARIBE CLUB PRINCESS	10:10AM	12:10PM	02:10PM	04:10PM	06:10PM
GRAND PALLADIUM PALACE	10:25AM	12:25PM	02:25PM	04:25PM	06:25PM
GRAND PALLADIUM Meeting Point	10:25AM	12:25PM	02:25PM	04:25PM	06:25PM
PARADISUS PALMA REAL	10:40AM	12:40PM	02:40PM	04:40PM	06:40PM

Tarifas Taxis Desde/Hacia Palma Real Shopping Village

Destinos				One Way
Uvero Alto				US$ 48.00
Macao Rocoki				US$ 38.00
Hotel Moon Palace				US$ 25.00
Hotel Barceló Premium Punta Cana				US$ 22.00
Hotel Grand Paradise / Majestic Colonial				US$ 22.00
Hotel Riu				US$ 20.00
Hoteles Gran Bahía Príncipe				US$ 20.00
Hoteles IberoStar				US$ 20.00
Hotel LTI Punta Cana				US$ 20.00
Hotel Ocean Blue				US$ 20.00
Hotel Punta Cana Princess				US$ 20.00
Hotel Caribe Club Princess				US$ 18.00
Hotel Bávaro Princess / Paradisus Punta Cana				US$ 16.00
Plaza Bávaro				US$ 16.00
Hotel Occidental Flamenco Bávaro				US$ 16.00
Hoteles Fiesta				US$ 15.00
Hotel Cayacoa				US$ 15.00
Cruce de Friusa				US$ 18.00
Manatí Park				US$ 18.00
Hotel Cortecito Inn / Capitán Cook				US$ 10.00
Hotel Carabela				US$ 10.00
Hotel Barceló Dominican Beach / Cana Beach				US$ 10.00
Hotel Tropical Clubs (Alisios) / Sueño				US$ 08.00
Hotel Los Corales / Gran Caribe				US$ 08.00
Hotel Meliá Caribe Tropical				US$ 06.00
Villas Bávaro / Ifa				US$ 08.00
Hoteles Barceló				US$ 10.00
Cruce De La Metro				US$ 15.00
Hotel Natura Park Resort / Sunscape Punta Cana				US$ 23.00
Hotel Grand Oasis Punta Cana / Catalonia Bávaro				US$ 23.00
Hospiten Bávaro				US$ 23.00
Aeropuerto Internacional Punta Cana (PUJ)				US$ 30.00
Hotel Club Med / Los Corales Punta Cana				US$ 33.00
Hotel Punta Cana Beach Resort / Marina P.C.				US$ 37.00
Hotel Sueño Caribe				US$ 37.00
Cap Cana				US$ 40.00

Dominican Republic - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

How to move around Punta Cana

Public transportation in Punta Cana is very characteristic.

Driving in Dominican Republic is not easy. There are driving rules like everywhere else… the point is that here those rules are not even considered. How do you avoid accident? There is a Dominican way to drive. They have their own sets of rules which are not written anywere. For that reason a good suggestion is to let locals drive for you. Taxies,  motoconchos, guaguguas are your elections. But not every choice may be for everyone. Comfort is far from being an option, and security is seen under a different point of view… but it may be a fun way to move around.

The tipicals and characteristic options are:

GUAGUAS

Guauas  are local buses for daytime public transportation. Your resort or travel agent might have told you to stay inside the hotel and move around just with taxies. The truth is leaving your hotel and exploring on Bavaro’s public transportation is perfectly safe and absolutely cheaper than taking a hotel taxi, and can provide a real authentic taste of Dominican atmosphere.  In Punta Cana old school buses are often used for this purpose and don’t have air conditioning. There are no  bus stops as such. You can rise you arm anywhere on the street and the guagua will pick you up. Then just ask to stop wherever you want (but carefull, there are diffent .  Onboard there are two figures: the driver who drives and the “cobrador”  the person you pay to (but will not give you a ticket). A good idea is to have change to pay with. The price is about  RD$35  (less then a dollar) on each bus for local transportation and about RD$100 for trips to Higuey) .

MOTOCONCHOS

 
“Motoconcho” is a form of transportation found all over the Dominican Republic, probably the most used by locals. They are simply a motorcycle with a driver. It’s now becoming kind of a Dominican tradition and are also known as “mototaxi” . It’s not known exactly how and when this public form of transportation became a real service, but it’s known that already in the 80s “motoconchos” were used in Jarabacoa, DR. There is a thrill of moving around with a motoconchos: they pass each other without worring about cars behind, they ride on sidewalks when necessary, hit side-mirrors of cars, ride on the opposite lane in case of necessity, and of course, but expecially they carry more passengers at the same time and they can carry anything requested (I have seen gas tanks, mattresses, even a washing machine).

Map of Punta Cana Bavaro

Either you prefer to walk, take a taxi, take a “motoconcho” or just to have an idea about the place, the following map will help you:















Above:BAVARO PUNTA CANA AREA

Below: CORTECITO AREA