St-Denis Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Water

Ferry

St-Denis’ ferry terminal is at Le Port located 20km west of St-Denis.

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Land

Bus

L’Océan bus terminal, the main long-distance bus station, is on the seafront. From here Car Jaune (0810 123 974) operates various services. Information for Car Jaune regarding all its routes and horaires (timetables) around the island and the airport bus service is available from the information counter at the bus terminal. You can also pick up timetables at the tourist office. Some of the more useful routes include the following:

Line A West to St-Pierre via Le Port, St-Paul, St-Gilles-les-Bains, St-Leu, Étang-Salé-les-Bains and St-Louis (€4.20, 1¾ hours, about 10 daily).

Lines F or G East to St-Benoît via Ste-Suzanne and St-André (€3, one hour, about 12 daily).

Z’éclair (express) East to St-Benoît via St-André (€3.50, one hour, about 10 daily).

Z’éclair (express) West to St-Pierre via St-Leu (€7, 1¼ hours).

Car & motorcycle

There’s not much point in having a car in St-Denis unless you’re using it as a base to explore the rest of the island. If that’s the case, you can either pick a car up at the airport or avoid paying the airport surcharge (around €20) by having it delivered to your hotel. Multinational rental companies have booths at the airport. Several local companies also rent cars that are cheaper. Ask your hotel or the tourist office to suggest a company.

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Air

The vast majority of flights come in to Roland Garros International Airport (0262 28 16 16; www.reunion.aeroport.fr in French), about 10km east of St-Denis.

Airlines with offices in St-Denis:

Air Austral (0825 013 012; 4 Rue de Nice)

Air France (0820 820 820; 7 Ave de la Victoire)

Air Madagascar (0262 21 05 21; 31 Rue Jules Auber)

Air Mauritius (0262 41 23 26; 13 Rue Charles Gounod)

Corsairfly (0262 40 96 72; 37 Rue Juliette Dodu)

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