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Grimaldi Lines has overnight DIRECTORY
journeys to Rome, Livorno
and Sardinia. Airlines
Air Europa
Ferries to the Islands Tel 911 401 501 in Spain.
Frequent crossings run from ∑ aireuropa.com
Barcelona and Valencia to the American Airlines
three main Balearic islands. Tel 902 05 46 54 in Spain.
Acciona Trasmediterránea
ferries take from four hours Tel 800 433 73 00 in USA.
The departures concourse at Seville Airport (using the fast ferry from ∑ americanairlines.es
Barcelona) to eight hours. The
Internal Flights Binter
same company also operates Tel 902 39 13 92 in Spain.
In the past, the majority of frequent inter-island services, ∑ bintercanarias.com
domestic flights were operated while small operators take day-
by Iberia, but now there are trippers (passengers only) from British Airways
other main carriers, such as Air Ibiza to Formentera. Balearia Tel 902 11 13 33 in Spain.
Europa and Vueling. The most also sails to the Balearic Islands Tel 0844 493 0787 in UK.
frequent shuttle service is the from Barcelona and Valencia. ∑ ba.com
Puente Aéreo, run between Acciona Trasmediterránea
Barcelona and Madrid by Iberia operates a weekly service from Delta Air Lines
every 15 minutes at peak times, Cádiz to the main ports of the Tel 913 75 41 46 in Spain.
and half-hourly or hourly Canary Islands, which Tel 800 241 41 41 in USA.
at other times. The normally takes 32 ∑ delta.com
flight generally takes hours. Car ferries link
50 minutes. Vueling the various islands. There Easyjet
and Air Europa services are also passengers-only Tel 902 59 99 00 in Spain.
between Madrid and Acciona services between ∑ easyjet.com
the regional capitals Tras med iterránea logo the islands of Gran
are not as frequent as Canaria, Tenerife and Iberia
the Puente Aéreo, but they Fuerteventura, and between Tel 901 11 15 00 in Spain.
are usually cheaper; book Tenerife and La Gomera. ∑ iberia.com
early to take advantage of Ferries to the islands have
lower fares. Flights between cabins, cafés, restaurants, bars, Ryanair
the Canary Islands are operated shops, cinemas, pools and Tel 0871 246 0000 (UK).
by Binter. Some flights from sunbathing decks. They also ∑ ryanair.com
domestic airports are billed as have facilities for people with United
inter national flights and stop special needs. Entertain ment is Tel 900 81 39 96 in Spain.
over at major Spanish cities provided on mainland crossings ∑ united.com
en route. to the Canary Islands.
Vueling
Arriving by Sea Ferries to Africa Tel 902 80 80 05 in Spain.
∑ vueling.com
Ferries connect the Spanish Acciona Trasmediterránea has
mainland to the Balearic and daily services to the Spanish Ferries
Canary islands, and to North territories in North Africa: from
Africa, Italy and the UK. All the Málaga and Almería to Melilla, Acciona Trasmediterránea
important routes are served and from Algeciras to Ceuta, as Tel 902 45 46 45 in Spain.
by car ferries. Always make an well as from Algeciras and Tarifa ∑ trasmediterranea.es
advance booking, especially to Tangier. Balearia also sails to
in summer. Ceuta and Tangier from Algeciras. Balearia
Three routes link Spain with It maybe worth checking the Tel 902 16 01 80 in Spain.
the UK. Brittany Ferries sails website for up-to-date offers. ∑ balearia.com
between Plymouth in the UK
and Santander in Cantabria. Brittany Ferries
There are also routes linking Tel 0330 159 7000 in UK.
Portsmouth with Santander, Tel 902 10 81 47 in Spain.
and Portsmouth with Bilbao ∑ brittanyferries.com
in the Basque Country. The
crossings take over 24 hours. Grimaldi Lines
Each ship has cabins, chairs Tel 902 53 13 33 in Spain.
to sleep on, restaurants, cafés Balearia car ferry sailing to the ∑ grimaldi-lines.com
and cinemas. The Italian Balearic Islands

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