Puerto Rico Travel Guide - Getting Around

American Eagle (website: www.aa.com), Vieques Air-Link (website: www.vieques-island.com/val) and Cape Air (website: www.flycapeair.com) provide domestic air travel within Puerto Rico.

Traffic drives on the right.

Bus: There are bus terminals in Bayamón, Catano, Country Club and Rio Piedras, as well as the capital. Buses usually tend not to run after 2100. There are also coach services. Several companies offer sightseeing tours by coach.

Taxi: A service called a línea will pick up and drop off passengers where they wish. Líneas operate between San Juan (from Río Piedras líneas station) and most towns, at a fixed rate. Special black and white tourist taxis exist. These charge set rates for travel between the airport and major tourist sites.

Car hire: Available at the airport and city agencies. International and local firms are represented.

Documentation: US or foreign licence accepted for 120 days of stay, after which a national licence will be required.

San Juan has local bus services (guaguas). Públicos (share-taxis) have ‘P’ or ‘PD’ at the end of licence plate numbers and run regular routes between established points. They usually operate only during daylight hours and depart from the main plaza (central square) of a town. Públicos must be insured by law and the Public Service Commission fixes their routes and reasonable rates. Conventional taxis are hired by the hour, and charges are metered except in charter trips outside the usual taxi zones. They can be hailed in the street, or called by telephone. They are available at the airport and at stands at most hotels. Taxi drivers expect a 15% tip.

The following chart gives approximate journey times (in hours and minutes) from San Juan to other major cities and resorts in Puerto Rico.

	Air	Road	Sea
Ponce	0.30	1.30	-
Mayagüez	0.30	2.30	-
Vieques	0.30	0.45*	2.00
Fajardo	-	0.45	-

* As far as Fajardo and then by sea.