Getting There By Air:Cork International Airport Tel: (021) 431 3131.
Website:
www.corkairport.com Cork Airport is located 6km (3.5 miles) south of Cork City.
Airport facilities: A bank, ATMs and currency exchange services are available to travelers, as well as shops, cafés, bars and restaurants. An executive lounge is located in the departures area. The terminal building is easily accessible: facilities specially adapted for people with disabilities include
telephones, toilets and lifts.
Transport to the city: Bus Éireann (tel: (021) 450 8188; website:
www.buseireann.ie) provides frequent direct coach services between the airport and the city center from early morning until late at night. (Journey time - 30 minutes.)
Skylink (tel: (021) 432 1020; website:
www.skylinkcork.com) has coaches departing Cork Airport every 30 minutes connecting with over 30 city hotels, guest houses and city center locations.
Cork Airport Taxi (tel: 0872 812 581; website:
www.corkairporttaxi.com) operates from the airport. There is a taxi rank located outside the main terminal.
Getting There By Water:Brittany Ferries (tel: (021) 427 7801; website:
www.brittanyferries.ie) operates a ferry once a week each way between the ferryport at Cork (Ringaskiddy) and the port of Roscoff in Britanny, France. The average crossing time is 14 hours. There is a bureau de change and a café at Ringaskiddy. All areas are accessible to disabled passengers. The ferryport is approximately 30 to 40 minutes from Cork city, and there is a bus service to meet arriving ships.
Swansea Cork Ferries (tel: (021) 483 6000; website:
www.swansea-cork.ie) normally operates a ferry service between Cork and Swansea, but has cancelled its 2007 sailings because it could not find a replacement for its ship the
MV Superferry. The service is, however, expected to resume in 2008.
Getting There By Road:Cork is situated 253km (157 miles) southwest of Dublin, and the road connecting the two cities, through the midlands and Golden Vale of Ireland, is the N8, which branches off from the Dublin-Limerick N7 road and runs south via several towns before it enters the eastern outskirts of Cork city. There it connects with the N25 southern ring road, which to the east heads towards Waterford and to the west enters the Jack Lynch Tunnel under the River Lee and so constitutes a traffic link between east and west. The N22 stretches west from Cork, towards Killarny. North of the city the N20 heads to Limerick and Shannon. The distance to Limerick is 105km (65 miles). Belfast is 424km (263 miles) away.
If tourists are members of the
AA in their own country (and produce evidence of current membership), they can avail themselves of
AA Ireland free car rescue service while in Ireland. The emergency number to dial is 1 800 667 788. However, this service is not available if the AA Ireland service is very busy at the time of calling.
Other companies advertising 24-hour breakdown service include
Ardfallen Motorcare (tel: (021) 432 2999
or 0872 556 675) and
Fitzpatricks Recovery Ltd (tel: 0862 500 789).
Coach services: The main coach operator to and from Cork is
Bus Eireann (tel: (021) 450 8188; website:
www.buseireann.ie), which offers frequent coach services between most of the major towns and cities in the Republic of Ireland and the bus station at Parnell Place in Cork.
Getting There By Rail:Irish Rail (Iarnród Éireann) (tel: 1850 366 222; website:
www.irishrail.ie) is the main rail operator in Ireland. It runs Kent Station (tel: (021) 450 6766), the main railway station in Cork, from where there are services to most of the country, including Kerry, Limerick, Waterford and Wexford as well as direct intercity rail services to Heuston Station in Dublin and commuter services to the town of Cóbh by Cork harbor. The station facilities include disabled toilet, car park, luggage trolleys, a shop and a cafe. There is also an Irish Rail Travel Center located on platform 4 at the station.
Getting Around:
Public TransportBus Éireann (tel: (021) 450 8188; website:
www.buseireann.ie) operates 18 different
bus routes in Cork city, most of which run from early in the morning until around midnight. A similar number of bus routes connect the city with its environs and the wider southwest region. The company offers a number of travel pass options to tourists.
TaxisCork Taxi Co-Op (tel: (021) 427 2222; website:
www.corktaxicoop.ie) and
Shandon Taxi Cabs (tel: (021) 450 5333
/2255) are two of the city’s taxi companies.
Car HireAvis (tel: (021) 428 1171
or 432 7460; website:
www.avis.ie),
Budget (tel: (021) 431 4000; website:
www.budget.ie),
Europcar (tel: (021) 491 7300; website:
www.europcar.ie),
Hertz (tel: (021) 496 5849; website:
www.hertz.ie),
Irish Car Rentals (tel: (021) 431 8644; website:
www.irishcarrentals.com), and
Thrifty (tel: (021) 497 7884; website:
www.thrifty.ie) are some of the car rental companies in Cork.
Bicycle HireFor those who wish to explore Cork by pedal-power,
Rothar Cycles, 55 Barrack Street (tel: (021) 431 3133; website:
www.rotharcycletours.com), has bicycles for hire.
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