Florianopolis airport is the major flight destination in Brazil. It is located on the Flariopoplis Island. All the major airways in Brazil always fly though the airport. If you are coming from another country that is outside of Brazil, your flight is likely to land at this airport, otherwise it might land in other airports such as Sao Paulo or Rio de Janeiro. Nonetheless, most flights going to some of the other major airports in Brazil always have their first landing at Florianopolis airport. When you get to the Florianopolis airport, there are a lot of car hire companies at the airport. You can hire any of their cars. Better still, you can decide to hire the car online, which is cheaper than hiring the car immediately your flight lands at the airport. This is because your demand for the car hire is so high at that particular point in time. If you demand for a driver, the car hire company will provide you with one.
You can choose the taxi for your transportation. There are a lot of taxis waiting for passengers to carry at the Florianopolis airport. The taxi drivers collect about R$60, which is an equivalent of $30USD. With this amount, any taxi can take you to your destination. There are buses at the airport waiting to carry passengers, sometimes numbering from 12 to 14, depending on the number spaces per passengers. It is advisable that you take buses marked ‘’Directo’’ inscribed either on the car side or windscreen, this is a signal that the vehicle is coming from the airport. The fare is R$2.70 an equivalent of $1.25 USD.
If your flight arrives late in the night or evening, you can take the buses that move in the night. Such buses can be found at the Florianopolis airport. This is especially if you are going to Rio or Sao Paulo. The journey is about ten hour from the Florianopolis airport. For a better convenience, you can board the sleeper bus which is more comfortable. As the name applies, you can be sleeping while the bus is on transit. The sleeper bus can cost about R$120 which is an equivalent of $60USD.
There are taxi cars that can take you to your destination. Apart from boarding the taxi car with other passengers, you can as well hire it. This can be done by negotiating with the driver on the price and the place you want to go. When a favorable compromise is reached, the taxi driver can now take you to your destination. This is a considerable option especially if car hires are no longer available, though this is sometimes very rare to happen.
