lixogab Posted November 2, 2023 #1 Share Posted November 2, 2023 Our cruise will dock at Taino bay and I’m looking for a beach day. Cruise excursions looks to be somewhat expensive and limited to 4 hours. - Is it possible to taxi Taxi or Uber to Playa Dorada and ( most importantly) back? How much it will be? ( I read that someone paid $ 35 each way but it looks pretty expensive for a 5.5 miles / 15 minutes drive ) - Are there beach bars at playa Dorada where I can rent some umbrella and chairs and get couple of beers? - Is it safe to leave stuff? I.e. if we leave our towels, clothes and beach bug with iPhone while soaking at the seawater, what is the risk that someone steals our stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lixogab Posted November 30, 2023 Author #2 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Answering my own question - The taxi from port to Playa Dorada is $35 each way and it's per car - You can walk to the downtown Puerto plata. It worth a 1/2 hour visit: Parque central , Paseo de doña Blanca, umbrella street) - From there you can call Uber. However, Uber is different from what you are used to: uber gives you a price (in my case around $2), then the driver will text you with a different price (in my case around $7), Uber uses Google translate (but I speak Spanish). Ended up paying what Uber took from my card + $5. The car that came was an actual taxi. The driver gave a card and was waiting for me on the way back for the same price, but I gave him $10. - He left me on the public side at the "El pueblito" ( the village called "The village" ) by the restaurant "Le petit François". That part of the beach was not the best (some seagrass, most likely because of the recent tropical storm ), so we walked west about a mile. It looked pretty safe to leave our stuff . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buford T Justiice Posted November 30, 2023 #3 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Thank you for circling back to this thread. I had the same question and was following. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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