By plane
Airport some 13 km from the centre. Domestic flights by Gol (http://www.voegol.com.br), TAM (http://www.tam.com.br), Oceanair (http://www.oceanair.com.br), TAF (http://www.voetaf.com.br) also flies to French Guiana and Litorânea (http://www.voelitoranea.com.br).
The bus 901 São Cristovão / Alemanha leaves from right outside the terminal follow the signs every 25 minutes or so, and takes about 45 minutes to reach Praça Deodouro in the city center where you can hop on to get to the airport. Get off one stop after, on Rua do Passeio and walk down the pedestrian Rua Grande for 10 minutes to get to the eastern edge of Old Town.
If the above bus is not about to leave, a faster way is walking for 10 minutes along the main exit from the airport. Keeping to the right you will see a Shell gas station. From here you take the bus Socorrão 2 / Rodoviáriaor ask what other goes, pretty straight to the Old down, about 30 minutes. To get to the airport, a number of buses from the Praia Grande terminal pass by the Shell station.
Taxis run at fixed prices, displayed at a table just as you exit fromluggage pick up: To Old Town R$ 30, to the beaches R$ 40.
Distance to other important cities:
Fortaleza: 1070 km
Recife: 1600 km
BrasÃlia: 2160 km
Rio de Janeiro city: 3060 km
By train
Train three times a week (http://www.antt.gov.br/de...) to Parauapebas via Santa Inês, Açailândia, Marabá and others.The train station is in a street named: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce - next to Avenida dos Portugueses - some kilometers south west of the center. Companhia Vale do Rio Doce is the name of the company that operates the train.
By bus
Bus station some 8 km southeast of the center, close to the airport in Avenida dos Franceses 5073 - right north of the intersection with Rua Tres. Telephone +55 98 3249 2488. The bus Socorrão 2 / Rodoviáriaand others takes you pretty straight to/from the waterfront of Old Town. Taxi about R$ 20.To Belem, 3 daily, 12 hours, R$ 75-90, by Boa Esperança and Transbrasiliana (http://www.transbrasilian...) exhausting 20 hours to Fortaleza by Guanabara (http://www.expressoguanab...)