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Arrival, information and getting around
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The city's
airport
(tel 813/870-8700,
) is five miles northwest of downtown: local HART bus #30 is the least costly connection (Mon-Fri every 30min 5.48am-8.18pm, weekends less frequent; $1.15; tel 813/623-5835), or use the 24hr Limo Inc. vans (tel 813/572-1111 or 1-800/282-6817,
; about $15 to downtown).
Taxis
(try United; tel 813/253-2424) to downtown or a Busch Boulevard motel cost $13-24; to St Petersburg or the beaches, $30-45. Greyhound
buses
come in downtown at 610 Polk St; trains arrive at 601 N Nebraska Ave N.
The downtown visitor center , 400 N Tampa St, suite 1010 (Mon-Sat 9am-5pm; tel 813/223-2752, ), and the Ybor City Chamber of Commerce , 1800 E Ninth Ave (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm; tel 813/248-3712, ), give out useful leaflets and maps.
Although both downtown Tampa and Ybor City are easily covered on foot, to travel between them without a car you'll need the HART
local buses
, ($1.15, one-day pass $2.50, five-day pass $12; tel 813/254-4278,
). Useful bus numbers are #8 to the Florida Aquarium and Ybor City, #5, #8 or #39 to Busch Gardens, #6 to the Museum of Science and Industry and #30 to the airport. Rush-hour commuter PSTA/HART express buses run
between Tampa and the coast
(Mon-Fri; $1.50) - #100 (PSTA tel 727/530-9911,
) to St Petersburg and #200 (HART) to Clearwater. Other useful information
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