Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

Estación San Telmo (902 38 11 10; www.globalsu.net in Spanish; Parque San Telmo) is located at the northern end of the Vegueta district and can provide an island-wide schedule.

Buses 30 and 44 (€5.50, about 50 minutes) go express to Maspalomas, buses 91 and 1 (€7.50, two hours) to Puerto de Mogán, buses 12 and 80 (€1.10, about 20 minutes) to Telde and buses 103 and 105 (€2.50, one hour) to Santa María de Guía and Gáldar. There are frequent services to all these destinations.

The night-owl bus 5 links the capital and Maspalomas. It leaves on the hour, from 8pm to 3am, from Estación San Telmo station in Las Palmas, and on the half-hour, from 9.30pm to 4.30am, from Maspalomas. If you plan to travel much outside Las Palmas, economise with a Tarjeta Insular.

Car

There are many car rental firms at the airport, at the jetfoil terminal and scattered across the Santa Catalina district.

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Boat

The quickest way to Santa Cruz de Tenerife is by Acciona-Trasmediterránea (902 45 46 45; www.trasmediterranea.com) ferry (€51, one hour 20 minutes), which departs at least twice daily.

The Fred Olsen bus for Agaete leaves from Parque Santa Catalina.

Trasmediterránea ferries (€40, seven hours, three weekly) serve Puerto del Rosario on Fuerteventura, while a Friday service (from €47, five hours) heads for Arrecife on Lanzarote at 8am.

Naviera Armas (928 26 77 00; www.navieraarmas.com) has a daily ferry (€42, 3¾ hours) at 7.10am (2pm on Sunday) to Morro Jable on Fuerteventura, 12 weekly (€24, two hours, 45 minutes) to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, two weekly (€32, 6½ hours) to Puerto del Rosario and a daily ferry (€40, 7¼ hours) to Arrecife at 11.50pm.

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