Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
SHARE TAXI
These large vans typically seat 15 and allow you to jump on or off at any point along
their routes. You must call in advance to reserve. They pick up and drop off at your hotel.
Cash only.
Foote's Taxi
( 800-866-1181, 709-832-0491)
Travels daily down the Burin Peninsula as
far as Fortune ($45, 4½ hours).
Newhook's Transportation
( 709-682-4877, in Placentia 709-227-2552)
Travels down the
southwestern Avalon Peninsula to Placentia, in sync with the Argentia ferry schedule
($30, two hours).
Shirran's Taxi
( 709-468-7741)
Plies the Bonavista Peninsula daily, making stops at
Trinity ($50, 3½ hours) and Bonavista ($40, four hours), among others.
Getting Around
TO/FROM THE AIRPORT
St John's International Airport is 6km north of the city on Portugal Cove Rd (Rte 40). A
government-set flat rate of $25 (plus $3 for each extra passenger) is charged by taxis to
go from the airport to downtown hotels and B&Bs;
Citywide Taxi
( 709-722-7777)
provides the official service. However, when you make the trip in reverse - ie from town
to the airport - taxis run on meters and should cost a few bucks less.
CAR & MOTORCYCLE
The city's one-way streets and unique intersections can be confounding. Thankfully, cit-
izens are incredibly patient. The parking meters that line Water and Duckworth Sts cost
$1.25 per hour.
Sonco Parking Garage
(cnr Baird's Cove & Harbour Dr;
6:30am-11pm)
charges $1.50 for 30 minutes or $11 per day.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
schedules are online and in the visitors center. Bus 3 is useful; it circles town via Military
Rd and Water St before heading to the university. The new 'trolley line' (it's actually a
bus) loops around the main tourist sights, including Signal Hill. It costs $5/20 per person/
family per day.
TAXI
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