By plane
Eloy Alfaro International AirportIATA: MEC ICAO: SEMT, . Located on the outskirts of the city. There are daily flights serving Quito and Guayaquil. Airlines include AeroGal (http://www.aerogal.com.ec/), Icaro (http://www.icaro.aero/ica...), andTame (http://www3.tame.com.ec/e...), . Round trip airfare to Quito will run 75-100 U.S. Dollars.
By bus
Bus service is readily available to most cities and towns. Long distance fares are generally around $1 per hour of the trip.
Frequent bus service to Guayaquil which is about a four and a half hour trip, ticket cost about $5.
Service to Quito which is about a ten hour trip ticket cost about $7,
to Portoviejo, 1 hour, ticket cost about $1,
to Jipijapa, 1 hour, ticket cost about $1,
to BahÃa de Caráquez, about 3 1/2 hours, ticket cost about $2,
to Esmeraldas, 8 1/2 hours, ticket cost about $7.20,
to Santo Domingo, 5 hours, ticket cost about $6.20.