Winnipeg
airport is some
7km west of the city centre.
There's a
tourist information
desk inside the airport
concourse at the north end of
the main level (daily
8am-9.45pm; tel 774-0031 or
1-800/665-0204, fax 788-0245),
which has a good range of
leaflets on the city and its
principal attractions, along
with accommodation listings.
Close by, a display board
advertising the city's grander
hotels is attached to a free
phone for on-the-spot hotel
reservations. From outside the
terminal building, Winnipeg
Transit
bus #15 (daily:
every 20-30min 6.15am-12.45am;
flat fare $1.60) runs downtown,
dropping passengers at or near
most of the larger hotels;
tickets are bought from the
driver.
Taxis charge
around $10-14 for the same
journey, but are cheaper if
you're prepared to share;
limos
cost $20-30 per person, $11
shared.
The Mall Centre bus
station is on the west side
of the downtown area at Portage
Avenue and Memorial Boulevard
(daily 6.30am-midnight). Union
Station , the city's train
station , is on Main Street,
just south of Portage, and has
connecting trains to Churchill,
Toronto and Saskatoon for
Vancouver.
