Santiago accomodation recommendations?

[CorletoLovesDR]

Hello,

Me and my family will spend the Thanksgiving weekend in Santiago. We will be arriving to STI airport on 11/24 around midnight. From there, we will take a taxi to a Santiago hotel. We will sleep just one night there and then will go to Jarabacoa on the 25th in the morning.

Could anyone please recommend a hotel where we could stay just for one night, that is located near the route that the public buses take to go to La Vega?

We are looking for a budget and decent hotel, like on the US$20-US$30 per night range.

Thank you very much!

[Hot Deals]

I can recommend Hotel Colonial (247-3122,582-0211). Rates are $25-$30 USD per room. They'll give their rates in pesos (ballpark $733-850 pesos), once you calculate it at the exchange rate (recently 30 x 1 us)it'll be around $25-30 USD. This one is about 12 min. from the la vega bus route (located located near the Hollywood movie theatre.) taxi ride probably around $100 pesos

or try Hotel Matum (581-3107) near el Monumento. About 7 min taxi ride tom la vega bus route. taxi ride around $80

goodluck,
felix

[CorletoLovesDR]

Hello Hot Deals,

Thank you very much for providing this information. I will check out those hotels. The Matum sounds nicer, since it's right next to the Monumento.

Thanks again!

[Hillbilly]

The last people that I spoke to had bed bugs!!

I would not stay there. Stay at the Colonial or at Aloha Sol, also in town.

809-583 0090

A small step up from Colonial. And I send a lot of people to the Colonial...

Taxis are 80 pesos anywhere you would be going. Call 581 3000 for a taxi

The 25th is just a normal day here in Santiago, so you won't have any problem finding taxis or buses.

Do you know how to get to Jarabacoa? By bus? from Santiago?

Cordially,

HB

[gringosabroso]

Caribe Tours, a huge bus line, has buses from Santiago to La Vega, departing every hour; also, buses from La Vega to Jarabacoa, departing 4 times per day. Caribe's buses are clean, comfortable, w A/C. Much better than the local guaguas; only a few pesos more.

[CorletoLovesDR]

Hi

Thank you all for your advice. Thanks Hillbilly. I called the Colonial and I will stay there with my family. Yeah, I know how to get to Jarabacoa. I've been there before. I've gone there from the Capital. Someone told me that I can get there from La Vega very easily on public bus.

Thank you very much again!

Corleto

Originally Posted by Hillbilly

The last people that I spoke to had bed bugs!!

I would not stay there. Stay at the Colonial or at Aloha Sol, also in town.

809-583 0090

A small step up from Colonial. And I send a lot of people to the Colonial...

Taxis are 80 pesos anywhere you would be going. Call 581 3000 for a taxi

The 25th is just a normal day here in Santiago, so you won't have any problem finding taxis or buses.

Do you know how to get to Jarabacoa? By bus? from Santiago?

Cordially,

HB