Pétionville
Pétion-Ville is a commune and a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the hills east and separate from the city itself on the northern hills of the Massif de la Selle.
Founded in 1831 by president Jean-Pierre Boyer, it was named after Alexandre Sabès Pétion (1770–1818), the Haitian general and president later recognized as one of the country's four founding fathers.
Getting to Pétionville
Port au Prince airport (PAP IATA) is served by several major airlines - primarily American Airlines and Delta - as well as smaller flights from the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and other spots in the Caribbean. Taxis from the airport to your destination in Port au Prince will be about US$20 for standard fare. Try to bargain down to US$15.
Worth seeing
Street parades. On Sunday nights before Carnival, there are frequently street parades with live or recorded music and dancing. For non-Haitians, it may be safer to watch from a distance, but it's still exhilarating to see and hear. These can go very late (01:00-02:00 into Monday).
Where to eat
There are a number of good restaurants in Pétion-Ville.
- 01Presse Cafe
28 Rue Rigaud (on Rue Riguad between Clervenau and Faubert, across from Mr.
- 02Quartier Latin
- 03The View
Getting around Pétionville the local way
- Carrefour de l'Aéroport - Poste Marchand
- Poste Marchand - Carrefour de l'Aéroport
- Puits Blain - Delmas 75
- Delmas 75 - Puits Blain
- Delmas 33 - Portail Léogane
- Pétion-Ville → La Ville
OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Get inFrom Santo Domingo, Caribe Tours runs a once-daily bus to Pétion-Ville (in the hills above Port-au-Prince) with the following: Crowded tap-taps (passenger pickup trucks) and buses can take you to Pétion-Ville for a few dollars, but can be dangerous.
From Wikivoyage: Pétion-Ville, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
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