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Caribbean Islands » Getting to Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic is approximately 10 to 11 hours flying time from London.

By Air

All the major Caribbean destinations are easily accessible from the UK with the main carriers. The commercial flights are not cheap and as an example from London to The Bahamas in December will cost over £1300 but in May/June this goes down to £650. Flights to Bermuda, Barbados and Turks and Caicos are static throughout the year ranging between £600 and £900 return. For many of the smaller islands there are no direct flights from the UK at any time of the year but they operate via Nassau or Miami.

At certain times during the year there are charter flights available to the Caribbean which also depart from other airports in the UK and are often less expensive, however these are few and far between and do not allow for any flexibility on the tickets.

There are four major and 28 minor airports in the DR.

Las Americas International Airport is an international airport located in Punta Caucedo, near Santo Domingo and Boca Chica in the Dominican Republic. The airport is run by AeroDom, the Dominican Airport Modernisation Secretariat.

By Train

Rail operations are provided by one state owned operator and several private operators (mainly for sugar mills). Central Romana Railroad was established in 1911 to ship sugar. The total length of the line is 757 km and uses standard gauge and 375 km using 1.435-m gauge.

The Dominican Republic Government Railway is a 142 km 0.762-m narrow gauge. There are 240 km operated by other sugar companies in various gauges: 0.558-m, 0.762-m, 1.067-m gauges.

By Road

DR also has a public car system, this system consists on having a defined number of cars assigned on mains roads, these cars will transit a specific route daily, and citizens can pay a certain fee to enter the car at any part of the given route and transit it until it ends. This comprises one of the main ways of transportation inside the capital city of santo domingo, as well as other major cities as well.