Apartments for rent in San Isidro Highway, Santo Domingo Este

What the area is like

“Autopista de San Isidro” is the name listings use for the residential complexes lining this Santo Domingo Este road, which runs from Charles de Gaulle Avenue to the San Isidro Air Base. It is a corridor rather than a neighbourhood: gated subdivisions with guard posts, low-rise apartment projects, houses in complexes and shopping plazas by the highway.

The roughly eight-kilometre stretch from Charles de Gaulle to the base entrance was widened from two to six lanes between 2021 and 2023, and there is a flyover at the Charles de Gaulle junction.

Who it suits

Families who put the security of a gated complex and shared amenities first, first-time buyers, and people who work in the east of the city, around the air base or towards the airport and Boca Chica.

What to check

Not every complex is equally close to the highway: some open straight onto it and others are several minutes in along side streets. See what the entrance is like at rush hour, what the fee covers (guard post, green areas, water, generator) and whether the complex has rules on renting out and pets.