Arrecife Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

Arrecife Bus services crisscross the island from the bus station (Vía Medular). Many westbound buses also stop at Playa del Reducto. Bus 2 (€1.40, 40 minutes, about every 20 minutes) runs to Puerto del Carmen, while bus 1 (€1, 20 minutes, about every 20 minutes) serves Costa Teguise. Bus 6 (€2.95, 1½ hours, 12 daily) goes to Playa Blanca via Puerto del Carmen and buses 7 and 9 (€1, 30 minutes, up to nine daily) go to Teguise via Tahiche. Three buses on weekdays (two daily on weekends) head north for Orzola (€2.95, 1½ hours), from where you can get a boat out to the islet of Graciosa.

Car & motorcycle

You will find plenty of rental companies, especially around Avenida Mancomunidad and Calle Dr Rafael González Negrín.

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Boat

The weekly Acciona-Trasmediterránea (902 45 46 45; www.trasmediterranea.es) ferry (adult/child €256/128, 28 hours) to Cádiz on mainland Spain stops at Arrecife on the way from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Accommodation is in cabins and it leaves at 3pm on Friday. The company frequently has two-for-one special fares.

Naviera Armas (902 45 65 00; www.navieraarmas.com) has daily ferries (adult/child €40/16, 7¼ hours) to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. There are seven daily ferries (five on Sundays) from Playa Blanca to Corralejo on Fuerteventura (€16, 25 minutes).

You can get tickets at the estación marítima (ferry terminal) or at the Acciona-Trasmediterránea/Naviera Armas office (928 81 10 19; Calle José Antonio 90; 8.15am-1.30pm Mon-Fri, 8.15-10.45am Sat), or up to one hour before embarkation.

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