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Arrival, orientation and information
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Ronaldsway airport
is at Ballasalla, ten miles southwest of Douglas. Buses (every 30min-1hr 7am-11pm) connect the airport with Castletown/Port St Mary or Douglas. A taxi from the airport costs around A?13 to Douglas.
Ferries
and Sea Cats dock by the
Sea Terminal
at the southern end of the Douglas waterfront. Fifty yards beyond the forecourt taxi rank, the Lord Street
bus station
is the hub of the island's bus routes; the
Travel Shop
here (Mon, Wed & Fri 10am-12.30pm & 1.30-5.45pm, Tues, Thurs & Sat 8am-12.30pm & 1.30-5.45pm; tel 01624/662525), at the bottom of Lord Street, has timetable information and sells Island Explorer
travel tickets
for buses and trains - see "The rest of the island" for details.
North Quay runs 300 yards west from the bus station alongside the river and fishing port to Douglas Station, the northern terminus of the steam railway to Port Erin. The waterfront (progressively Loch, Central and Queen's promenades) runs a mile and a half north to Derby Castle Station for the electric railway to Laxey and Ramsey - take the horse-drawn tram along the promenade or buses #24, #24a, #26 or #26a from Douglas bus station.
The
tourist office
is in the Sea Terminal building (mid-May to Sept daily 9.15am-7pm; April to mid-May & Oct daily 9am-5pm; Nov-March Mon-Thurs 9am-5.30pm, Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 9.30am-12.30pm); tel 01624/686766). The main
websites
for information are
and
. Other useful information
for tourists (each section contains more specific sub-sections): |
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United Kingdom,
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