Air connections
Piura has an airport with daily flights to Lima via Chiclayo. The Aerocontinente office is at Grau 172. A taxi to the airport should cost $2.
Bus connections
Piura has good bus connections up and down the coast, and there are also buses inland to Huancabamba and Ayabaca. Most bus companies have offices on Sánchez Cerro.
North
Sullana is 40 minutes from Piura with fares costing about $0.50. Talara is 2 hours from Piura with fares costing $2. Máncora is 3 hours from Piura, with fares costing $3.50. Tumbes is 5 hours from Piura, with fares costing $4.
Eppo (Sánchez Cerro 1141) has a service to Sullana and Talara every 30 minutes, and buses to Máncora at 9am, 11.30am, 2.30pm, 4.30pm and 6pm. American Express (Sánchez Cerro 1145) has combis that leave for Sullana when they are full. El Dorado (Sánchez Cerro block 11) has buses to Tumbes every two hours. Colectivos to Tumbes leave from Sánchez Cerro block 11 when they fill up. These are much faster than buses, taking only 3˝ hours, but cost $7. Colectivos to Máncora also leave from here. These charge $6 and take 2 hours.
South
Chiclayo is 3 hours from Piura, with fares costing $3. If heading for Trujillo or further south, it is easiest to change buses in Chiclayo or catch a bus going to Lima, although these travel at night and so pass most towns at rather awkward times.
Transportes Etti (Sánchez Cerro cuadra 12) has buses to Chiclayo every couple of hours. Linea (Sánchez Cerro 1215) has buses to Chiclayo every hour.
Lima
Most buses to Lima take about 14 hours, although the more expensive non-stop services take about 12 hours. There are many different levels of services, from the most basic, without a bathroom, to the luxurious bus-camas, with fully reclining, comfortable seats with dinner service included. Ittsa (Sánchez Cerro cuadra 11) has a good bus-cama service for $20.
Cruz del Sur (Circumvalación cuadra 1, near the centre) has basic services at 4.30pm, 5.45pm, 7.30pm and 8,30pm for $11. A better service leaves at 6pm and 6.45pm for $17. Bus-cama services leave at 5.30pm, 7pm and 9.15pm with fares from $23 to $28.
Civa (Av. Tacna de Castilla, over river on pedestrian footbridge) has a basic service at 5pm for $11, a comfortable service at 6pm for $14 and a semi-cama service at 6pm for $20.
Inland
Huancabamba is about 8 hours from Piura with fares costing $6. Canchaque, on the route, is 5 hours from Piura with fares from $4.
Civa has a service to Huancabamba at 8.30am. There is also a bus terminal for Huancabamba and Canchaque. Take a mototaxi from the centre. Buses for Chulucanas also leave from here. Buses for Ayabaca leave from near the cemetery, taking about 6 hours, for $6.
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