Iguazu Falls: Which Airport to Choose?

Sunset over Iguazu Falls on the Brazilian side (wikicommons)

The famous Iguazu Falls are one of the world's most stunning sights. The waterfalls border two countries, Argentina and Brazil, and can be visited from either side. The Iguazu Falls are shared by the Iguazú National Park (Argentina) and Iguaçu National Park (Brazil), both of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

If you plan to visit Iguazu Falls, there are TWO AIRPORTS to choose from.

Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport (IGR) serves the Argentinian side of Iguazu Falls.

Cataratas del Iguazú Airport (IATA: IGR, ICAO: SARI) is the gateway for visitors to the Argentinian side of Iguazu Falls. IGR Airport is located in the city of Puerto Iguazú, in Misiones province, Argentina. Your best bet for an Cataratas del Iguazú Airport transfer is a shuttle. Details on all airport transfer options are outlined in our Cataratas del Iguazú Airport (IGR) Guide.

Foz do Iguaçu International Airport (IGU) serves the Brazilian side of Iguazu Falls.

Foz do Iguaçu Airport (IATA: IGU, ICAO: SBFI) is the gateway for visitors to the Brazilian side of Iguazu Falls. IGU Airport is located about 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the town of Foz do Iguaçu, in Paraná province, Brazil. Your best bet for a Foz do Iguaçu Airport transfer is a taxi. Details on all airport transfer options are included in our Foz do Iguaçu Airport (IGU) Guide.

To learn more about Iguazu Falls, check out:

• UNESCO World Heritage Site: Iguazu Falls
• Wikitravel: Iguazu Falls

Getting to/from Zurich Airport

Did you know that in Zurich has more than 50 museums? You can also make a skiing day trip, entirely by train. When you get back in the evening, you'll have more than 1500 restaurants and 500 bars waiting, and, if it's a weekend, upwards of 80 clubs.

It's a great city, and home to one of the world's greatest airports.

If you haven't been flown through Zurich Airport, you can now visit Zurich Airport virtually through the Watch the Zurich Airport Movie. In addition to showing all the cool stuff about the facility (and it is cool!), the video features some of the transportation highlights.

Watch the Zurich Airport Movie

Your best bet for a Zurich Airport transfer is the train or tram, depending on your final destination. Full details on these and all other ground transportation options are included in the IHateTaxis Zurich Airport (ZUR) Ground Transportation Guide.

Want to truly arrive stress free, treat yourself to a private Zurich Airport transfer from IHateTaxis.

London: Closest Airports to LHR Heathrow Airport

Headed to London? Check out our Closest Airports to LHR Heathrow Airport page.

Headed to London?

We`ve got a great page on our website that we think you`ll really like.

Our Closest Airports to LHR Heathrow Airport page provides alternatives to flying into busy - and often overwhelming - Heathrow Airport.

By flying into a different London area airport, you may:

• Have more flight options to choose from
• Get an airport closer to your destination
• Possibly even save money

Airports Closest to LHR Heathrow

Alternative London airports are listed along with their distance from Heathrow and how many airlines fly there.

Click on any of the airports for:

• General airport information
• A list of airlines that serve the airport 
• Ground transportation options: taxi, train, shuttle, bus, limo or car hire.

If you are headed to London, lucky you! We hope you find our airport planning tool helpful, and say hi to Big Ben for us!

Travel Innovations We Like

The good thing about innovation is that every so often it hits stuff that makes a difference to your life. Here are a few cool things we've spotted lately:

Order a burger delivered to you at your gate

iPads at the gate

• At La Guardia Airport (LGA), gates in Terminal D now feature tables of the type you might see in a bar or coffee shop equipped with, yes, you guessed it, iPads free for anyone to use. In addition to flight alterts and games, you can order food delivered to the gate. Elegant. Now there's a word you don't hear often in conversation about New York airports! BTW, they are cropping up elsewhere too... watch out for them!
• Read more:  How iPads Spruce Up Airport `Bus Station’ Seating Areas
  

Scottevest's iPad Compatible Clothing

iPad cloaking devices

• We love this one: a jacket (or vest) with a secret pocket you can slip your iPad into and, presto!, it's invisible. Invisible to anyone watching you walk down the street that is. Best yet, this innovation comes with more... more pockets! Scottevest's clothing have oodles of pockets - some have 20 or more! - and they've got that cool magic clear plastic thingy stuff that will let you work your finger sensitive device through the pocket and built in wiring (technical term: TEC-Technology Enabled Clothing®, which they invented).

Buy your luggage it's own ticket

Luggage that travels solo

• With all the hassle - and charges - that come with flying with luggage these days, why not travel light and give your luggage it's own ticket to ride? If only.... Well, it's not "if" anymore. Lugless promises "travel without the baggage". You can ship your little carry on, your big suitcase, your bike, your whatever - and they deliver it at the other end. They send you a protective wrapper, pick it up (perhaps using their friends at FedEx, UPS or the like), then deliver it to your destination. Door-to-door. Hey, that's better than you get! The prices are pretty good (we think) and a real dream for journeys like travel overseas or sports fanatics that just can't leave their surfboard at home. 

What are your favourite innovations of late?

We're a Website Travelers Should Rely On

So says Travel Stuff, a UK based travel blog offering advice on travel worldwide, with a focus on Europe.

Travel Stuff's article, 6 Websites Every Traveler Should Rely On, cites - you guessed it! - six travel websites that are near and dear to their hearts. We are most flattered to be one of them, especially when we look at the company we're keeping.

We're your rock. You can rely on us to help you
figure out how to get from Airport to Beach

We especially like that the Travel Stuff folks "get" what we are really about, describing IHateTaxis.com as "incredibly useful for all travelers who’d rather anticipate and plan than just leave it to chance". Hurrah! And, yes, indeed, we "help you find your way from the airport to your accommodation area without losing time or wasting money." That's all that we're about.

Yes, our database IS huge.We're glad you noticed.

But, heck, it's ok if you take a taxi. We won't hold it against you.


If you haven't seen it before, here's the story behind our name: Do we really hate taxis?

Transportation Stories from London

With the 2012 Summer Olympics underway, we thought it might be interesting to summarize some of the public transportation stories coming out of London...

Pre-Olympics Road Sign

Of course, Londoners were well warned about expected congestion during the games. And changes like these began to take place:

Games Restricted Lane Marker

And there was an interlude where signs like these were seen:

Picture Taken July 7, 2012

But, no more. The fully games transport system is in operation. Now for some stories (including why you won't see one of these on the road):

London's Hydrogen Fuel Cell "Green" Bus

Security Theatre? London Parks Hydrogen Buses During Olympics for "Security Reasons". 

• Interesting story about both London's fabulous new hydrogen buses - and why they have been taken out of service during the Olympic Games.

London taxi drivers banned from protesting over Games Lane and London taxi protest.

• As you can imagine, London's cabbies are none too happy with driving bans that effect them - and their passengers. If you are in London, just don't equate "taxi" with "fast" during the games.

London Shortening Opening Ceremonies

• They did do this: they shortened the Opening Ceremonies, at the last minute, to ensure that attendees and participants could get home before public transportation ended. Too bad they didn't think about that sooner. Read the article to learn about what was cut and you didn't see.

London's Games Lanes confuse motorists 

• The special games lanes were in place, but as London drivers stayed out of them, they expressed both confusion (as to when and where they can use them) and frustration (upon sitting in traffic while the games lanes went unused.

Uruguay to alter Olympic travel after delays 

• Imagine athletes stuck in traffic on a bus for more than 7 hours - on their way to a competition - and you can guess why this is a bad news story....

London wins early "gold" in quiet Olympic commute 

• Transportation on the first business day of the Olympics went better than anticipated, perhaps because Londoners were indeed scared off from venturing into and around their city....

Emirates Air Line Thames cable car breaks down and New cable car over River Thames opens to passengers

• London has an exciting new transport option: the Emirates Air Line is a cable car that will lift you skyward from one side of the Thames to the other. It's rather cool, as it can carry 2,500 people, per hour, in each direction. The Air Line opened with great fanfare in late June, but just days before the games began, it broke down, leaving a group of people hanging, literally, for almost an hour over the river. (It is operating again, let's hope for no further problems).

Next stop Olympic Park: sprinting star Usain Bolt steps on to London Routemaster

• The world's fastest man has been taking the bus.... and making fans very happy through his appearances, interactions and tweets. It's just one such story emerging from London - and comes with awesome pictures!

Emirates Air Line Cars Crossing the River Thames

Finally, a few interesting tweets (all with pictures):

• @londonstuff: It’s King’s Cross. It’s the 8am rush hour. It’s the Olympics. It’s the Victoria line. It’s soooo crowded. Oh. pic.twitter.com/AJ3t51m0
• @philreaysmith: Bumped into Team Egypt on the Central Line. http://pic.twitter.com/IrH9bYSg 
• @1972roses: @usainbolt hanging out with his track shoes on a double-decker bus - what runner doesn't love this picture? http://bit.ly/NLRiPs
• @CJ_Daugherty: OH on the tube in London. Driver announces 'Next stop Victoria and Team GB just won the bronze in Gymnastics!' Tube erupts in cheers. :-)  
• @MissEllieMae: On the tube with Olympic tourists who have no idea about London travel etiquette. They are jovial and friendly. I don't like it. 
• @PeteBSW1: Brilliant new service getting you totally automatic refunds for delayed Tube journeys in #London @TfLRefund http://bit.ly/Nyykyt 
• @paullantz: Video: London 2012: David Cameron rides Tube to Olympic Park via @Telegraph http://soc.li/QUkNeDm
• @sidin: London transport coping well so far: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19039072 (There are volunteers everywhere. Mostly smiling.) 
• @SouthAfricaNew1: London transport under strain with Olympic commuters: Britain's much-maligned public transport system coped with... http://bit.ly/QPSUqy
• @bolognarose: Love this: Edible Bus Stop turns London transit routes into a network of community gardens http://bit.ly/O264mF via @grist

Tip: if you are in London, or plan to be, visit Transport for London for full information on options and current conditions.

Games Transport Sign in Glasgow

Source for all images: Wikipedia Creative Commons

Airport of the Future

Ever wonder what the airport of the future would look like? This infographic gives you an idea:

Click for enlarged view and report from Amadeus

What do you think? How do you think airports will change in the next 20 years? Or what do you hope will change?

New Airport: Kunming Changshui

Changshui is a stunning beacon in the night. Image: SINA

Kunming Changshui International Airport (IATA: KMG, ICAO: ZPPP) is a brand new airport in Kunming, the capital of capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province. Kunming Changshui. The Changshui Airport officially came into service on June 28, 2012.

Changshui Airport from the roof! Image: Wikipedia

Our Kunming Changshui Airport Guide provides information on how to get to / from the airport. Most exciting is the sleek new light rail line that also opened on the same day. We have also rounded up information on other ground transportation options, such as taxis, shuttles and buses.

Kunming Changshui Airport's sleek interior. Image: Skyscraper

If you visit Kunming and have feedback on our Kunming Changshui Airport guide, or learn anything different about ground transportation at Changshui Airport, please let us know. We rely on travelers the world over to help keep our airport ground transportation guides up to date!

IHateTaxis.com Kunming Changshui Airport Ground Transportation Guide

All images in this post are copyright their owners. 

Here are some links to stories and pictures about the airport and its opening:

• Photos: New Kunming Airport's First Day
• Riding Into Kunming's Future

 

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Bus Rider: World's Coolest Bus Stops

Bus stop in tiny Nowokornino, Poland (population 221)

What's the coolest bus stop you've encountered in your travels?

We've created a list... and are inviting you to add to it!

Bus Rider | World's Coolest Bus Stops

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Simply Amazed!

Ancient Roman theatre smack in the middle of Amman, Jordan

We are simply AMAZED at the quality and quantity of travel information that our new IHateTaxis.com Travel Daily is serving up every day. 

A photo journey to South Africa's highest mountain range

The amazement comes from the fact that we don't really do all that much! With a paper.li daily, the technology does all the work. As we understand it, guided by some broad topics we select, our tweets are mined, as well as those of who we follow, and follow us and the top relevant content is served up.

Tips for solo travel in Russia

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• An ancient Roman theatre smack in the middle of the city of Amman, Jordan
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• The Jordaan district of Amsterdam
• Border stories at the Palace of Tears in Berlin
• Another Berlin story on the city's beer culture
• Tips for solo travel in Russia
• What to Wear for Palm Beach
• Ringing Rocks Park in Pennsylvania
• Budget Travel's Readers Choice Awards
• How to Watch the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations in the U.S. (and Canada!)
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The Jordaan district of Amsterdam

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Berlin's beer culture

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