Getting to and away from Barranquilla

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Getting to and away

By Lorraine Caputo

Bus

Barranquilla’s bus terminal is located in Soledad, five kilometers (3 miles) from the city. It is divided into four modules. Facilities include restaurants, shops, bakeries, bathrooms, phones, internet and ATMs, as well as a beauty shop and casino. To catch a buseta to downtown (45 minutes) or El Prado (1 hour), walk out of the station and cross the road on the left; buses pass by that corner.

To Cartagena: Berlinas —every 15-20 minutes 5 a.m.-6:30 p.m., $5.30, 2 hours.

Copetrán —half-hourly 5 a.m.-10 p.m., $6.35, 2 hours.

Brasilia—half-hourly 4 a.m.-11 p.m., $6.35, 2 hours.

To Montería: Brasilia—hourly 3 a.m.-3 p.m., $21.60, 6 hours.

Torcoroma —4 a.m., 4:40 a.m., 8 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:40 p.m., 9 p.m., 9:30 p.m., $16, 6 hours.

To Mompós: Unitransco —daily 7:30 a.m., $19, 5-6 hours.

To Medellín: Rápidos Ochoa—three morning departures 6:30-11:30 a.m. and six buses 2:30-11 p.m., $42-$58.30, 13 hours.

Brasilia—every 2 hours 5:45 a.m.-11 p.m., $57.40, 12-13 hours.

To Cali: Copetrán—noon, 8:30 p.m., $79, 24 hours.

To Santa Marta: Berlinas —every 10 minutes 5 a.m.-6:30 p.m., $5.30, 2 hours.

To Riohacha/Maicao: Ochoa —11 p.m., $21, 6 hours. Brasilia—every 45 minutes 3 a.m.-3 p.m., half-hourly 9 -11:45 p.m., $18-21.60, 5-6 hours.

To Maracaibo/Caracas, Venezuela direct: Brasilia—daily 11 a.m., $44.75 / $92.15, 8 hours / 18 hours.

To Valledupar: Cootracosta—9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., $12.15, 4.5 hours.

Costa Line —hourly 4-11 a.m., $10.50, Copetrán—10:30 a..m., 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., $13.20.

To Bucaramanga: Berlinas—8:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m.

Copetrán—hourly 4 .m.-11 p.m.

Brasilia—three departures, 4:30-8:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and three evening 7:30-11:30 p.m., All charge $47.50 and take 10-12 hours.

To Cúcuta: Berlinas—8:45 p.m., $63.20, 17 hours.

Air

Aeropuerto Ernesto Cortissoz, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the city, is one of the five airports in Colombia with international flights, connecting Barranquilla with South, Central and North America. There are casas de cambio at the airport. Most airlines have offices in the El Prado district, as well as at the airport:

AeroRepública / Copa—Calle 72 57-79, Tel.: 5-369-0048

Aires—Carrera 54 72-27, local 13, Tel.: 5-360-6629

American—Carrera 54 72-96, local 14, Tel.: 01-800-052-2555

Avianca—Calle 72 57-79

Delta—Carrera 54 68-196, local 107, Tel.: 5-369-2679

Taca / Lacsa—Carrera 54 68-196, oficina 209, Tel.: 5-368-2954