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Arrival, information and getting around
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Traveling to Atlantic City by bus can be a real money-spinner; casino-sponsored
buses
from New York, Philadelphia and other points along the coast give away vouchers exchangeable for cash and free meals to a value well above the fare. It's hoped that you will spend all this money and more in the casinos, but you can easily cash it and leave. The brand new bus terminal at Atlantic and Ohio is served by Greyhound (tel 609/345-6617 or 1-800/231-2222) and New Jersey Transit (tel 973/762-5100 or 1-800/772-3606) as well as several other bus companies connecting the city with New York, Washington, DC and Philadelphia.
New Jersey Transit trains ($6 one-way, $12 round-trip) run between Atlantic City and Philadelphia, from the new train station next to the Convention Center at 1 Miss America Way (tel 1-800/AC-TRAIN). Atlantic City International Airport in Pomona (tel 609/645-7895) has direct flights to Philadelphia, as well as further afield to cities in Florida and the Midwest; a shuttle bus service connects the airport with the city proper ($20; tel 1-888/640-2222). For maps and information, head for the Atlantic City Convention and Visitors Association , 2314 Pacific Ave (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm; tel 609/348-7100 or 1-888/228-4748, ). Two satellite offices are open longer hours - try the helpful visitor information desk in Ocean One Mall on the Boardwalk (daily 11am-7pm) or the new visitors center on the AC Expressway one mile east of the Atlantic City toll plaza (summer Mon-Thurs 9am-5pm, Fri-Sun 9am-8pm, winter daily 9am-5pm; tel 609/449-7130 or 1-888/AC-VISIT). Atlantic City is easy to walk around, although it is unwise to stray further from the five-mile Boardwalk along the ocean than the parallel Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic avenues, as other parts of the city can be dangerous at night. Ventnor and Margate, to the south on Absecon Island, are served by buses along Atlantic Avenue. Pale blue Jitneys (tel 609/344-8642) offers a 24-hour minibus service the length of Pacific Avenue, the #1 route traveling as far as Ventnor ($1.50 exact change required).
Various
bike rental
stands along the Boardwalk charge about $3 per hour, although cycling is only permitted from 6am until 10am in the summer. Other useful information
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