Port-au-Prince

Worth seeing in and around Port-au-Prince

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Q1205322

   The State University of Haiti, Haitian Creole: Inivèsite Leta Ayiti) is one of Haiti's most prestigious institutions of higher education. It is located in Port-au-Prince.

   900 m · university in Haiti · Wikipedia
2. 02
   National Library of Haiti

   The National Library of Haiti is Haiti's legal deposit library, with a collection of approximately 26,000 volumes. It is located in the capital, Port-au-Prince and is the principal library of the city.

   1.2 km · library · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Christopher Hotel

   The Christopher Hotel was a hotel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, destroyed in the 2010 Haiti earthquake on 12 January 2010. Prior to its destruction, it was a 3-star, 74-key, 5-story hotel built into the hillside, overlooking the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince.

   3.6 km · building · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Quisqueya University

   Quisqueya University, founded in 1988, is a private Haitian university located in Port-au-Prince. The coordinator of the university's establishment and its first rector, from 1990 to 1995, was Jacques-Édouard Alexis who became Prime Minister of Haiti in 1999.

   2.8 km · university · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Holy Trinity Cathedral, Port-au-Prince

   The Holy Trinity Cathedral was the main cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti, located in the nation's capital Port-au-Prince. It was known for its fourteen interior murals that depicted Black people in various Biblical stories.

   1.4 km · cathedral · Wikipedia
6. 06
   University Notre Dame of Haiti

   The Université Notre Dame d'Haïti is a Roman Catholic university located in Port-au-Prince, Haïti. It was founded in 1996 and is organized in five faculties.

   1.4 km · Roman Catholic University in Haiti · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple

   The Port‑au‑Prince Haiti Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in Pétion‑Ville, a suburb of Port‑au‑Prince, Haiti. It was announced by church president Thomas S. Monson on April 5, 2015, during general conference.

   8.3 km · Temple · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Université Caraïbe

   The Université Caraïbe is a university located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It was founded in 1988 and is organized in six Faculties.

   4.3 km · University · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   National Palace

   The National Palace collapsed during the earthquake and offers one of Port-au-Prince's most startling reminders of the quake's power.

2. 02
   Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption

   Port-au-Prince's largest cathedral is just down the road from the palace and is likewise a shell of its former glory.

3. 03
   Musée du Panthéon National Haïtien

   A museum featuring the heroes of the independence of Haiti and the Haitian history and culture.

From Wikivoyage: Port-au-Prince, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Audel Marseille, kethomars@gmail.com. The experienced moto taxi driver will pick you up in your hotel and show you every corner of Port-au-Prince. Audel is fluent in English, French and Spanish and normally charges US$20 for 3-4 hours trip through the city. He will wait while you visit museums and lead you through Marche de Fer.

From Wikivoyage: Port-au-Prince, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Eating out in Port-au-Prince is surprisingly expensive. Even at modest restaurants a full plate of food will usually cost around G200. A good amount of food from street vendors will even cost up to G100. Foodies (near the National Palace) A clean fast food joint serving hamburgers and fries. Expect to spend about G120 for a cheeseburger, fries, and drink.

1. 01
   Pizza Garden

   One of the best pizzerias in the whole city, although it is hard to find if you do not know its location.

2. 02
   Big Star Market in the Champ-de-Mars

From Wikivoyage: Port-au-Prince, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Port-au-Prince

Airports

Toussaint Louverture (PAP), 7 km · Cap Haitien (CAP), 133 km · Cibao (STI), 207 km

Stations

assassination of Jovenel Moïse, 6.6 km · Pétion-Ville, 7.1 km · Toussaint Louverture International Airport, 7.5 km · Cité Soleil, 4.8 km · Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, 1.6 km

• Cap Haitien → Port-au-Prince

  136 km · quickest by road, 4h 58m · $16–22
  GuideToday
• Santiago → Port-au-Prince

  5785 km · quickest by air, 14h 9m · CLP$472,610–732,590
  GuideToday
• Santo Domingo → Port-au-Prince

  258 km · quickest by road, 6h 31m · $27–37
  GuideToday
• From anywhere

  The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
  Plan a trip

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

No local-transport research exists yet for Port-au-Prince

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Port-au-Prince. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Port-au-Prince – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.