St. John's

By bus

If you choose not to travel with your own vehicle, you can take DRL Coachlines from Port-Aux-Basques to St. John’s although that’s a long bus ride, typically 12 hours if on schedule, or New Hook Bus Lines 709-426-4876 from Argentia to St. John’s much easier to handle: 1-2 hours.

By plane

St. John's International Airport IATA: YYT, ICAO: CYYT is located 18 minutes 10 km from the downtown section of St. John's. Flights arrive from major centers like Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, the Caribbean, and London-Heathrow Summer Only. The airport is served by Air Canada, WestJet, Porter and United Airlines.

You can reach downtown by public bus Nr. 14 on weekdays only, buses leave roughly hourly from 6:45am to 7:15pm and take you to the campus of Memorial University, where you can change to several buses to the center.

By ship

The island portion of the province is accessible by several ferries leaving North Sydney, Nova Scotia. From there, you can take a 5 to 6 hour ferry ride to Port-Aux-Basques, at the southwest corner of Newfoundland, and drive 905 km across the island to St. John’s, near its eastern tip.

Alternately, from mid-June through September, you can take a 14-17 hour ferry ride from North Sydney, Nova Scotia, to Argentia, Newfoundland, which is roughly a 1 hour drive 131 km from St. John’s. Ferry schedules, reservation information, etc. is available on the Marine Atlantic website (http://www.marine-atlanti...). It is recommended that you make a reservation well in advance, especially if you want a cabin on an overnight crossing. Marine Atlantic ferries offer a wide variety of on board accommodations and features, including deluxe cabins, dormitory sleepers, full meal and beverage service, live entertainment, movies, and children's activity programs.