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Get around Puerto La Cruz
Get around Puerto La Cruz
So you made it to Puerto La Cruz and now you are ready to do some tourism. The best, fastest and safest way to get around in Puerto La Cruz is by taxi. A fare can go for $5-$10, which is ten times more expensive than the local bus, but it will save you time and the hassle of trying to figure out which bus to take to go where. Many times even the locals have a hard time trying to figure it out. Plus most of the buses are really old and uncomfortable.
When taking a taxi, always make sure you use "legal" taxis. They are usually marked with the name of the cab company. Illegal taxis will look like any other car and they are usually really beat up. These cars are not only mecahnically unsafe but there have been reports of kidnappings and robbery when riding these Piratas.
Bargaining is part of the Venezuelan culture, so make sure you ask your taxi driver for a discount.
If you are going out of town, then you will need to head back to the bus terminal where you can take a car or a bus to your destination. The bus terminal is not tourist friendly, so it is not easy to find out where to buy your ticket but all the counters have their destination literally "painted" in their windows, and most likely you will have more than one person around you trying to help you out.
Puerto La Cruz boasts some of the most beautiful beaches in the country. You can get to many different beaches by land and by boat. Is all a matter of personal preference. The islands have white-sand-clear-water beaches, land-side beaches have brown-sand-clear-water beaches.
To go to the islands you need to go to Paseo Colon where you will see the boat stations, one on the west end and one on east end of Paseo Colon. Prices changes every year and they supposedly leave every 30mins. Sometimes you have to be a little bit pushy because they will wait as long as possible trying to get more customers.
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