Metro Bus Schedule from Sosua to Santo Domingo
More and more people are coming in or leaving from Santo Domingo airport, and asking for directions on getting to and from the Airport to the bus station, the schedule and what not. Here’s the latest information from their websites with the bus schedule from Santo Domingo to Sosua, which are not always up to date.
First you will have to take a taxi from the Santo Domingo Airport to the Bus Station, which is located in downtown Santo Domingo, west of the zona colonial. The cost of the taxi is about US$20 to US$30 and if traffic is smooth, the ride is about 30 minutes.
How to use this Schedule for the bus: Look under the name of the departure City. For Santo Domingo, it’s Churchill or SDQ. For Santiago it’s STGO. For Puerto Plata, it’s POP. For Sosoa it’s SOS.
You’re meant to be able to reserve online, but I’m not seeing that as a real possibility.
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Nota
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Has a cool internactive map that shows the places it goes on the island, also meant to be able to reserve a seat online (if only) and has a cool ap that shows you the schedules here http://caribetours.com.do/viajes but basically leaves every hour on the hour.
Some info ripped from the lonely Planet
Santo Domingo has no central bus terminal. Instead, the country’s two main bus companies – Caribe Tours (809-221-4422; www.caribetours.com.do; cnr Av 27 de Febrero & Av Leopoldo Navarro) and Metro (809-227-0101; www.metroserviciosturisticos.com; Calle Francisco Prats Ramírez) – have individual depots west of the Zona Colonial. Caribe Tours has the most departures, and covers more of the smaller towns than Metro does.
Both lines use large, comfortable and fairly modern passenger buses; some even have TVs and screen movies. Air-conditioning on both lines is sometimes turned up to uncomfortable levels. In any case, all but a few destinations are less than four hours from Santo Domingo.
It’s a good idea to call ahead to confirm the schedule and ticket price, and always arrive at least 30 minutes before the stated departure time. Both bus lines also publish brochures (available at all terminals) with up-to-date schedules and fares, plus the address and telephone number of their terminals throughout the country – handy if you’ll be taking the bus often.
Expreso Santo Domingo Bávaro (in Santo Domingo 809-682-9670, in Bávaro 809-552-0771; cnr Juan Sánchez Ruiz & Av Máximo Gómez) has a direct 1st-class service between the capital and Bávaro, with a stop in La Romana. Departure times in both directions are 7am, 10am, 2pm and 4pm (US$9, four hours).
There also are four 2nd-class bus depots near Parque Enriquillo in the Zona Colonial. All buses make numerous stops en route. Because the buses tend to be small, there can be a scrum for seats, especially for destinations with one to a few departures a day. Caliente, literally ‘hot’ buses, refer to those generally without air-con; expreso buses stop less often. Destinations include the following:
Baní (US$2.75, 1½ hours, every 15 minutes, 5am to 10pm)
Boca Chica (caliente/expreso US$1/1.25, 45 minutes, caliente every 15 minutes, expreso hourly, 6am to 8pm)
Higüey (caliente/expreso US$4.25/5, 2½ hours, caliente every 20 minutes, expreso hourly, 6am to 7pm)
Juan Dolio (US$2.10, one hour, every 30 minutes, 6am to 9:30pm)
La Romana (caliente/expreso US$2.75/4, two hours, caliente every 20 minutes, expreso hourly, 5am to 9pm)
Las Galeras (US$8, six hours, daily between 11:30am and 12:30pm depending on when bus arrives from Las Galeras)
Puerto Plata (US$5.25, 4½ hours, take any Sosúa bus)
San Cristóbal (US$1.40, 45 minutes, every 15 to 30 minutes, 6am to 10pm)
San Pedro de Macorís (US$2.30, one hour, every 30 minutes, 6am to 9:30pm)
Santiago (US$2.80, 2½ hours, take any Sosúa bus)
Sosúa (US$5.65, five hours, nine departures from 6:30am to 3:30pm)
