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local travel with the bus company
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  • albleroy
  • By albleroy on November 27, 2002
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  • the cheapest way for traveling all over the island is, without dobt, the local bus company, named TITSA.
    To travel cheap you have to buy, in the bookshops the BONO BUS card. It costs 12 Euro and paying your fair with this card gives you a rabate of about 50% . For exemple, going from the south Los Cristianos to the capital Santa Cruz (75Km) with the express bus (111) who takes the highway and does not stops during the fair, takes about 1 hour and cost in normal price Euro 6.5 with the bonobus card you pay only Euro 3.
    That is the best and cheapest way to travel as the busses are reaching near all interessant places. You can ask for a travel map, with all stop places and there bus numbers, in the local tourist offices or in the "Estation de Gua-Gua" in english the bus stations.
    good travel

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    The speedboat from Los...
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  • AndreasK
  • Updated By AndreasK on February 8, 2006
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    by AndreasK
    The speedboat from Los Cristianos (Tenerife) to San Sebastian (La Gomera) takes about 45 minutes. There are also slower car ferries, which take around 75 minutes. The ferry from La Palma to La Gomera takes considerably longer, since it passes via Tenerife. The speedboat service from Los Cristianos to Valle Gran Rey was not in effect when I traveled in 2002, but should be available in 2006. The picture on the left is not a speedboat ;-)

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    The best way to discover the...
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  • spetterke
  • By spetterke on September 8, 2002
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    The best way to discover the island is by car.But take one with steering power,because of the thousands of curves on the roads.If you can't afford a car,then you can drive all the island around with busses.Starting from Las Palmas you can reach every place and corner of the island.All you need is time.

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    BUS: There are buses from Las...
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  • Motzl
  • By Motzl on September 8, 2002
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    BUS:
    There are buses from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria leaving from Parque San Telmo (number 60), and from the south of the island Maspalomas and Playa del Inglés (number 66).
    TAXI:
    These are the fares of the most usual journeys:
    Airport - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2.500 a 3.000 ptas. maximum.
    Airport - Playa del Inglés 3.000 ptas.
    Airport - Maspalomas 4.000 ptas.
    Airport - Puerto de Mogán 6.000 ptas.

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    There are lots of flights to...
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  • cheekymarieh
  • By cheekymarieh on September 7, 2002
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  • There are lots of flights to Arrecife airport on Lanzarote. The UK in particular has excellent connections, even during the winter months. We found that the airport wasn't particularly crowded in the winter but as it is quite small I wouldn't like to visit in the summer season.

    ****Warning****This is not one ot the best airports if you require wheelchair assistance. Your passenger will be expected to manage both the wheelchair and the luggage.

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    You have to FLY! I came with...
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  • LysDor
  • By LysDor on September 12, 2002
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    You have to FLY!

    I came with AIR EUROPA directly from Finland.

    Thank You for your visit

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    Local buses are excellent....
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  • cheekymarieh
  • By cheekymarieh on September 7, 2002
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  • Local buses are excellent. They will save you quite alot of money if you use them in preference to organised coach trips.

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    You are getting there by boat...
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  • r_vank
  • By r_vank on September 7, 2002
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    You are getting there by boat or by plane.
    Hire a car is the best way to see things.

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    Most people go by special...
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  • pieter_jan_v
  • By pieter_jan_v on August 27, 2002
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    Most people go by special tourist charter airplane.
    If you're not in a hurry take the sight seeing special.

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    You will most definately need...
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  • telebug
  • By telebug on August 26, 2002
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  • You will most definately need a car. most of the resorts are spread out and with nothing but dust and rock tracks between them.
    Our resort was small and didn't have much in the way of super markets and shops,and the journey on foot to the nearest resort took a good 20 minute hike across not so good terrain.(no good for push chairs or elderly)but took 5 mins in the car. Lazy I know but in that sizzling heat it almost killed me!

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