Portland: Arrival, information and getting around
Both I-95 and US-1 skirt the promontory of Portland, within a few miles of the city center; Portland International Jetport (tel 207/774-7301) is next to I-95, and connected with downtown by regular city buses. Congress Street is the main central thoroughfare, while Fore Street runs along the harbor just to the south. Concord Trailways (tel 1-800/639-3317, ) and Greyhound are the principal bus operators along the coast, with frequent services to Boston, as well as north to Bangor (and, in summer, Bar Harbor). Vermont Transit Lines (tel 207/772-6587 or 1-800/552-8737, ) runs to Montréal, New Hampshire and Vermont as well as destinations within Maine; the station is at 950 Congress St, on the eastern edge of downtown. The visitor center is at 305 Commercial St (mid-May to mid-Oct Mon-Fri 8am-6pm, Sat & Sun 10am-6pm; rest of year Mon-Fri 8am-5pm, Sat & Sun 10am-3pm; tel 207/772-5800, ).Downtown Portland, though served by buses ($1) and trolleys, is compact enough to stroll around; Cyclemania, at 59 Federal St (tel 207/774-2933), rents bicycles for $15 a day.
Between mid-May and late October, the Prince of Fundy Company's Scotia Prince ferry leaves Portland for Yarmouth in Nova Scotia at 8pm each evening, returning the next day. The sail takes eleven hours each way. High-season one-way fare is $105 per car, $86 per person, plus $32-175 extra for a cabin or suite, though there are various discount and excursion fares (details on 207/775-5616 or 1-800/tel 845-4073, ).
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