Site Search Email Signup

Getting Here


PLANES, BUSES, TAXIS, LIMOUSINES, AND CAR-RENTALS

Air Service & Charters:


Tompkins Regional Airport


607-257-0456
  E-mail: trudy@tompkins-co.org
  Web: www.FlyIthaca.com

Continental

Continental Airlines
Continental Connection offers non-stop service from Ithaca
Tompkins Regional Airport to hub in Newark Liberty International Airport and
240 domestic and international markets.
www.Continental.com


USAirways


US Airways
US Airways Express offers non-stop service from Ithaca
Tompkins Regional Airport to hubs in Philadelphia and New York City
(La Guardia).
www.USAirways.com


Northwest Airlines

Northwest Airlines
Northwest Airlink offers non-stop service from Ithaca Tompkins
Regional Airport to their domestic and international hub
in Detroit.
www.nwa.com

Ithaca

  Taughannock Aviation: 607-257-7500
General aviation information.
  Web: www.flytac.com

 

Bus Service:

  Greyhound: 800-231-2222, 272-7930
  Web: www.greyhound.com

  New York Trailways: 800/295-5555
  Web: www.trailwaysny.com
 
  Shortline: 277-8800
  Web: www.shortlinebus.com

  Swarthout Coaches, Inc.: 257-2277
  Web: www.goswarthout.com

Ithaca

Local Public Bus Transportation:
  Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (T-CAT):
  277-RIDE (277-7433)
  Web: www.tcatbus.com


Motor Coach Information Step-On Guide Services:

  The History Center in Tompkins County: 273-8284
   Web: www.TheHistoryCenter.net

 Deirdre Cunningham: 387-3892
Deirdre@mclallenhouse.com

Experience! The Finger Lakes: 233-4818
www.ExperienceFingerLakes.com

Paul Tatar: 387-5474

PhG Tours: 319-4951
PhGtours.com


Taxicabs, Limousines & Airport Shuttles:

A+ Taxi: 533-TAXI (8294)
www.aplustaxillc.com

 Ithaca Dispatch, Inc.: 277-TAXI (8294)
  Web: www.ithacataxi.biz

Ithaca Airline Limousine: 273-3030

  Right Limousine: 800/647-5466
  Web: www.rightlimo.com

Euro Sedans and Limos: 607-387-EURO (3876)
Web: www.eurosedans.com


Automobile Rentals:

  Avis (at the Airport): 257-0441
  Web: www.avis.com

  Dollar/MaGuire Ford Car Rental: 272-8000

  Enterprise Rent A Car: 275-9000
  Web: www.enterprise.com

  Hertz (at the Airport): 257-8677
  Web: www.hertz.com

  National Car Rental: 272-2575
  Web: www.nationalcar.com

  Rent-A-Wreck: 272-5533
  E-mail: ithacaraw@aol.com
  Web: www.rentawreck.com



You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view PDF files. If you do
not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, please click here for a free download.



Tompkins County Map

Maps County

City of Ithaca Map

City of Ithaca

Downtown Ithaca Map

Downtown Ithaca

DIRECTIONS FROM SURROUNDING AREAS

From Buffalo:
Approx. 3 Hours Take NYS Thruway (I-90) to Exit 41, Then take Route 318 East to Route 89 South into Ithaca. Follow signs to Visitor's Center.

From Boston Massachusetts:
Approx. 5 1/2-6 Hours Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90 West ) into New York State, continue on I-90 (NYS Thruway), to Exit 34A, follow I-481 South to to I-81 South. Take exit 12 at Homer, then follow Rt. 281 South to Route 13 South into Ithaca. Or, take the Mass. Pike (I-90 West) to I-88W. At Bainbridge take Route 206 West to Whitney Point. Then take Route 79 West into Ithaca. Follow signs to Visitor's Center.

From Philadelphia:
Approx. 4-41/2 Hours Take I-276 West to the Northeast Extension or Route 9 North to I-81 North to Exit 8. Then follow Route 79 West into Ithaca. Turn right onto Route 13 North. Follow signs to Visitor's Center.

From New York City:
Approx. 4-41/2 Hours Take I-80 West to I-380 West, then I-81 North to Exit 8, then Rt. 79 West into Ithaca, turn right onto Route 13 North. Or take the Palisades Parkway North to Route 6 West to Rt. 17 West. Then I-81 North to Exit 8, continue as above. Follow signs to Visitor's Center.

From Montreal:
Approx. 5-51/2 Hours Take 401 West to I-81 South. Continue on I-81 South to Exit 12. Then follow Route 13 South into Ithaca. Follow signs to Visitor's Center. From Toronto: Approx. 4 Hours Take the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) West to Rt. 190 (now in the US) to Rt. 290 then I-90 East. Then, follow directions from Buffalo.

From Binghamton:
Approx. 1 Hour Take 81N to exit 8 into Whitney Point. In Whitney Point take Rt 79W which will bring you into Ithaca. Turn right onto Rt 13N, take the Stewart Park/Auburn exit and follow signs to the Visitors Center.

From Rochester/Geneva:
Approx. 1 Hour 45 minutes -2 Hours Take NYS Thruway (I-90E) to Geneva Exit ( Rt 96-Ithaca). Follow Rt 96S into Ithaca. Turn left onto Rt 13S, take the Stewart Park/Auburn exit and follow signs to the Visitors Center.

From Elmira:

Approx. 1/2 Hour Take Rt 13N into Ithaca. Stay on Rt.13N take the Stewart Park/Auburn exit and follow signs to the Visitors Center.

From Cortland:

Approx. 1/2 Hour Take Rt.13 to Ithaca. As you come down along the lake on 13S at the bottom of the hill take the Stewart Park/Auburn exit and follow signs to the Visitors Center.

(For New York State Thruway road conditions, call 1-800-THRUWAY.)

For detailed directions from your location go to GoogleMaps.com.

 

 
NEWS

Enjoy the Holidays in Downtown Ithaca
Ithaca, NY -- Spend the Holiday season in Downtown Ithaca with special events including the annual Holiday Parade of Ice, Santa's arrival, a community gingerbread house competition, and of course, great dining, shopping and entertainment. The season s...
Read More

Viz Bureau Announces Winter Recess 2010, Feb. 12-21
Ithaca, NY-- Ithaca's Winter Recess teachers fest, the nation's first and only communitywide celebration of state educators, returns for its fourth season, Feb. 12-21. More than 6,000 teachers and family members are expected to attend this winter's editi...
Read More

Ithaca Celebrates the Sundae's Birthday with Free Ice Cream at History Center Fun Day
Ithaca, N.Y., (Aug. 21, 2009) -- Ithaca is the hometown of the ice cream sundae and the community is celebrating with free sundaes, Aug. 29, at the History Center in Tompkins County. The sundae giveaway is part of the History Center's Day of Family Fun, ...
Read More

Downtown Visitor Center/Ticket Center Opens in Center Ithaca
Ithaca, N.Y. (June 30, 2009)--After 14 years in The Clinton House, the Downtown Visitor Center and Ticket Center is moving to Center Ithaca in the heart of the Ithaca Commons. The new address is 171 The Commons, Ithaca. The move allows the Visitor Center ...
Read More