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Everglades Int'l Hostel and Tours
20 SW 2nd Avenue, Florida City, Florida 33034
toll free - 800.372.3874, phone - 305.248.1122
fax& guest line - 305.245.7622
gladeshostel(atsign)hotmail.com

Options for getting to the hostel

Airplane - MIA Miami International Airport or Homestead General
Greyhound - Choose the Cutler Ridge Station from the five "Miami Stations", from the Cutler Ridge Station take Bus 38 (Busway Max) to Florida City stop, 2nd Ave and W. Palm Drive (344)
Public Transport from Miami Beach / Miami Airport / the Keys
Car from the North / Miami / West Florida / the Keys

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MIA Miami International Airport

MIA Miami International Airport's Website (Live Flight Information)

To get to the Hostel from Miami Int'l Airport you have three basic choices:

Rent a car - if you plan on returning your car at the hostel we have an Enterprise and Budget near by.
Take public transport
Use the SuperShuttle - make sure to ask for their "Hotel Rate" and give them the Hostel's address (20 SW 2 AVE, Florida City 33034) $41/person.

 

Public Transport from Miami Beach

bus fair and 2 transfers $2.50

take the C or K Bus* to the Government Center (Metrorail Station)
take the Metrorail* south to Dadeland Mall South
take either Bus 34 (Busway Flyer) or Bus 38 (Busway Max) to Florida City
get off at SW 344 ST (W Palm DR) and SW 2nd AVE
Hostel is on the Right

*be sure to pick up your transfers for the Metrorail and Bus for 50¢

 

 

Public Transport from Miami Airport

bus fair and 2 transfers $2.50

take the J Bus* to Douglas Road (Metrorail Station)
take the Metrorail* south to Dadeland Mall South
take either Bus 34 (Busway Flyer) or Bus 38 (Busway Max) to Florida City
get off at SW 344 ST (W Palm DR) and SW 2nd AVE
Hostel is on the Right

*be sure to pick up your transfers for the Metrorail and Bus for 50¢

 

 

Public Transport to and from the Keys

$1.85

take the "Monroe-Dade Express" (JGT) from the Hostel on SW 344 ST (W Palm DR) in Florida City to as far down as mile marker 50 in Marathon Key

$2.00

connect with the "Lower Keys Shuttle" from Marathon Key (mm 50) to Key West

Note: the Lower Keys Shuttle offers day pass for $1 extra as well as multi-day passes and can take you all around Key West

 

Car from Miami

take the "Florida Turnpike Extension" to "Homestead and the Florida Keys"
once you get on the Extension stay on it to the very end "Florida City Southbound"
turn Right at the first traffic light SW 344 ST (Palm DR)
pass the next traffic light 997 (Krome AVE)
make a Left at Rosita's Mexican Food Restaurant onto SW 2nd AVE
we're across the street from Rosita's

*if your really tight on cash, with plenty of time to spare and a bit masochistic you can also:
take 95 South to US1
continue south on US1 forever...
keep an eye out for Homestead and then Florida City
turn Right on SW 344 ST (W Palm DR)
pass the next traffic light 997 (Krome AVE)
make a Left at Rosita's Mexican Food Restaurant onto SW 2nd AVE
we're across the street from Rosita's

 

 

Car from the North Florida

Fastest way

take the Florida Turnpike South 
keep an eye out for the "Turnpike Extension" to "Homestead and the Florida Keys"
once you get on the Extension stay on it to the very end "Florida City Southbound"
turn Right at the first traffic light SW 344 ST (Palm DR)
pass the next traffic light 997 (Krome AVE)
make a Left at Rosita's Mexican Food Restaurant onto SW 2nd AVE
we're across the street from Rosita's

Money Saving Tip

You can also come down I-95 and switch over to the Turnpike right before going into Miami.

 

 

Car from West Florida

(Napes Area)

You can take either the highways

I-75 East,  South on 27 , South on 997,
Right onto SW 344 ST (W Palm DR)
Immediate Left at Rosita's Mexican Restaurant onto SW 2nd AVE
We're across the street from Rosita's

or the more scenic route

take 41 East, South on 997,
Right onto SW 344 ST (W Palm DR)
Immediate Left at Rosita's Mexican Restaurant onto SW 2nd AVE
We're across the street from Rosita's

 

 

Car from the Florida Keys

drive North on US1 until you leave the Keys and get back on the mainland
make a Left at the first traffic light SW 344 ST (W Palm DR) approximately mm 126
pass the next traffic light 997 (Krome AVE)
make a Left at Rosita's Mexican Food Restaurant onto SW 2nd AVE
we're across the street from Rosita's