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LAS PALMAS - PUBLIC TRANSPORT |
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"Transportation and infrastructures
By plane
* Las Palmas Airport, 928 579 095.
Las Palmas has a modern international airport which receives flights from Madrid, about 2 and a half hours, and from Barcelona and Bilbao, both about 3 hours. To get into the city, hop on bus number 60 from the airport to either bus station in the city. The bus runs every 30 minutes from 6:15am to 8:50pm and costs €2.70
By boat
The Port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria receives ships coming to the island from Cadiz and Portimão on mainland Europe, and from the other islands. Naviera Armas operates the Portugal and Madeira routes, as well as several inter-island lines, while Acciona Transmediterránea operates the a Las Palmas - Cadiz line and also some inter-island lines as well. Most of the inter island connections are run by fast ferries, and residents of the Canary Islands receive discounted fares.
The Port of Las Nieves in Agaete, 50 km from the city, offers a connection to Santa Cruz de Tenerife at an acceptable price through Fred.Olsen.
By bus
The only bus company operating interurban lines on Gran Canaria is Global, tel. 902 381 110, email: sugerencias@globalsu.net. Most of the company's lines have Las Palmas as either their origin or their destination. There are two bus stations in the city:
* San Telmo Station in the city center.
* Santa Catalina Interchange near the city's port. This station is serviced also by the municipal bus system and by taxis.
By car
* GC-1 cuts through the city, connecting it with the airport and other important municipalities as far as Tauro (80 km).
* GC-2 connects the city with the North Zone, extending up to Agaete.
* GC-3 circles the city and connects the other three highways
* GC-4 connects Las Palmas with the communities in the center of the island."
This articol is release from Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 1.0. It use material from Wikitravel voices: "Las Palmas".
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