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Getting There

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Getting There

Air

Tucson International Airport (TUS) +1 520 573 8100 http://www.tucsonairport.org

TUS is located approximately 10 miles from downtown and services the following airlines:

AeroCalifornia (+1 800 237 6225) Aerolitoral (+1 800 237 6639/ http://www.aerolitoral.com) Alaska Airlines (+1 800 426 0333/ http://www.alaskaair.com) America West (+1 800 235 9292/ http://www.americawest.com) American (+1 800 433 7300/ http://www.aa.com) British Airways (+1 800 247 9297/ http://www.britishairways.com) Continental (+1 800 525 0280/ http://www.continental.com) Delta (+1 800 221 1212/ http://www.delta.com) Frontier (+1 800 432 1359/ http://www.frontierairlines.com) KLM (+1 800 225 2525/ http://www.klm.com) Lufthansa (+1 800 241 6522/ http://www.lufthansa-usa.com) Northwest (+1 800 225 2525/ http://www.nwa.com) Skywest (+1 800 221 1212/ http://www.skywest.com) Southwest (+1 800 435 9792/ http://www.southwest.com) United (+1 800 241 6522/ http://www.ual.com)

From the Airport

Shuttles: Arizona Stagecoach (+1 520 889 1000/ http://www.azstagecoach.com) provides van service to anywhere in the Tucson area. Sun Tran (+1 520 792 9222/ http://www.suntran.com) offers public bus service to and from the airport every hour.

Taxi: AAA Airport Taxi (+1 520 207 4790) Allstate Cab Company (+1 520 798 1111) Discount Cab (+1 520 388 9000) Sierra Transport (+1 520 459 2367) Yellow Cab (+1 520 624 6611)

Car Rental: Alamo (+1 800 327 9633/ http://www.goalamo.com) Avis (+1 800 331 1212/ http://www.avis.com) Budget (+1 800 527 0700/ http://www.budget.com) Dollar (+1 800 800 4000/ http://www.dollar.com) Enterprise (+1 800 736 8222/ http://www.enterprise.com) Hertz (+1 800 654 3131/ http://www.hertz.com) National (+1 800 227 7368/ http://www.nationalcar.com)

Train

Amtrak (+1 800 872 7245/ http://www.amtrak.com), located at 400 N Toole Avenue, provides service to Tucson via the Sunset Limited route that goes from Los Angeles to Orlando.

Bus

Greyhound (+1 800 231 2222/ http://www.greyhound.com) accesses Tucson from major cities around the country. The downtown bus station (+1 520 792 3475), located at 2 S 4th Avenue, is open daily 8:30a-3a.

Car

Approach Tucson from the northwest and southeast by Interstate 10 and take Interstate 19 from the south.

Getting Around

Public Transit

Named "Arizona's Best Transit" by the Arizona Transit Association, Sun Tran (+1 520 792 9222/ http://www.suntran.com) is Tucson's public transit system, which offers bus routes to several destinations in the Tucson area.

The Old Pueblo Trolley (+1 520 792 1802/ http://www.oldpueblotrolley.org) has historic electric streetcars operating between the 4th Avenue business district and the campus of the University of Arizona.

Taxi and Limo

Affordable Limo (+1 520 750 8545) Allstate Cab/Bueno Taxi/Abracadabra Limousines (+1 520 798 1111/ http://allstatecab.com) Catalina Transportation Services (+1 800 710 8994/ http://www.catalinatransportation.com) Foothills Luxury Sedans (+1 888 563 7346) Sierra Limousine (+1 520 296 2511) Sierra Transport (+1 520 459 2367) Sir Lancelot Limos (+1 888 747 5262/ http://www.sirlancelotlimos.com) Tucson Cab (+1 520 256 2561)

Traffic Information

To find out city traffic information go to http://www.traffic.com

If traveling overseas, take the safety precaution of registering your trip at https://travelregistration.state.gov and for helpful, practical advice about traveling technicalities and safety standards check out http://travel.state.gov/.2008-08-02T07:29:22.000 192

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