Uber is the default. Legal, cheap, everywhere. Most rides in the city are $3 to $10.

From the airport: Uber pickup is across the street in the parking area, rows 15 to 18, about $15 to $28 to the city. The white taxis at the official desk are $30 to $40 flat. Ignore anyone inside offering a ride or saying Uber is illegal.

Yellow street taxis have no meter. Agree the price before the door closes.

Casco Viejo: walk it freely inside the lit restaurant and plaza core. After dark, Uber in and out, and do not wander west or north out of the lights, because El Chorrillo starts right there with no sign.

Skip after dark: El Chorrillo, Curundu, San Miguelito. Santa Ana, Calidonia and Rio Abajo are daytime only.