Ground transportation from MIA to Key Largo.....

[jbm]

Hi! I will be flying into Miami International Airport on March 10th and will be meeting up with friends in Key Largo to dive the Speigel Grove and Duane. I have a couple of questions perhaps you can help me with.

Is there ground transportation directly from MIA to Key Largo?(I don't want to rent a car)

Is there any scheduled air service between MIA and Key Largo?

Can any one recommend a decent motel/hotel near Slate's
Atlantis Dive Centre?

Thanks in advance. Best regards; jbm

 

[LUBOLD8431]

Sorry, cant help you. I usually rent a car and drive down. What is your aversion to renting a car?
Other than that, look for bus service or train.

 

[jbm]

. I usually rent a car and drive down. What is your aversion to renting a car?

The friends I will be meeting up with in Key Largo will have a rented van, so I would rather not cough up a drop off charge on a rental of my own.

jbm

 

[archman]

I've done the bus service before. I would not recommend it for a diver. It takes FOREVER, and your gear often gets smushed.

And I am unaware of any passenger rail service in the Keys. For that matter I've never seen a working train in the Keys, period.

 

[LUBOLD8431]

The friends I will be meeting up with in Key Largo will have a rented van, so I would rather not cough up a drop off charge on a rental of my own.

jbm

Well, outside of a bus (which as mentioned is a nightmare), limo service (which will be mucho expensivo), flying into the keys, or your friends picking you up, you are SOL...

 

[DandyDon]

I've done the bus service before. I would not recommend it for a diver. It takes FOREVER, and your gear often gets smushed.

And I am unaware of any passenger rail service in the Keys. For that matter I've never seen a working train in the Keys, period.

Passenger train service was the original joining of The Keys - long since replaced with The Overseas Hiway. Certainly not plane service, as it's only an hour's drive.

Here's info on the bus: http://www.greyhound.com/

And limo service, which would be nicer: http://www.limolinkexchange.com/llx/miami_limo.html

Depending on how long you'll be there, though, I'd rent a car before I'd take the bus.

I don't rmember anything really close to Capt Slates dock, as it's on a spur road, turn where you see a large vulture puppet sitting on a car - for real. The closest motels I recall to that end are Kelly's and his ex-wive's place, Amy Slates. But then, nothing is very far from each other on Key Largo. My favorite is Hungry Pelcican / Sunset Cove.

don

 

[OneBrightGator]

There is an airport in Marathon, and there are flights out of MIA... however, it certainly isn't my fondest flying memory.

Ben

 

[DandyDon]

There is an airport in Marathon, and there are flights out of MIA... however, it certainly isn't my fondest flying memory.

Ben

Wouldn't be closer to Key Largo when you arrived in Miami International...?

 

[Former FLL Now MSP Diver]

You can find anything on teh internet these days. A quick web search at

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=mia+key+largo+shuttle

came up with

http://www.floridakeysshuttle.com/
http://www.cwstours.com/flcities.htm

PLUS

Florida Keys & Key West Greyhound Shuttle, 3535 South Roosevelt Blvd., #104, Key West International Airport, Key West, offers seven-day service between MIA and Key West - both at the airport and at the corner of Grinnell and Caroline streets. The motorcoach line makes numerous stops throughout the Florida Keys & Key West; 1-800-231-2222 or (305) 296-9072.

Go Tours Airport Shuttle, MM 54 oceanside, Marathon, provides round-trip transportation between the Florida Keys and MIA and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airports; 1-800-689-3304, (305) 743-9876 or (305) 743-8446.

GREYHOUND KEYS SHUTTLE

The GREYHOUND KEYS SHUTTLE - (800) 231-2222 has three daily scheduled departures from the Miami & the Miami Airport to all areas in the Keys.

KEYS AIRPORT SHUTTLE

KEYS AIRPORT SHUTTLE 1-888-765-9997; Keys Airport Shuttle provides daily door to door shuttle service to and from Key West & the Florida Keys, Miami & Ft. Lauderdale airports.

Luxury Limousine of the Florida Keys, Ocean Reef Club, North Key Largo is a private limo charter service which picks up and drops off passengers anywhere in the Keys. Luxury Limousine operates on a reservation basis; 1-800-664-0124, in Islamorada (305) 852-4656, and at Key Largo's Ocean Reef Club, (305) 367-2329.

Super Shuttle, MIA, Miami. Super Shuttle serves travelers between Miami International and any location within the Keys, call 1-800-874-8885.

That should be enough to get you started.

Marc

 

[OneBrightGator]

Wouldn't be closer to Key Largo when you arrived in Miami International...?

No