Airport
Richmond International Airport
IATA Code: RICLocation: The airport is situated seven miles (11km) southeast of Richmond.
Time: GMT -5 (GMT -4 from March to November).
Contacts: Tel: +1 804 226 3000.
Transfer to the city: Taxi and limousine services are available outside the baggage reclaim area. The Greater Richmond Transit Company offers public buses to the Richmond terminal and to the city, as well as other greater Richmond locations.
Car rental: Desks for rental car agencies are situated on the lower level of the terminal building. Represented are Avis, Budget, Enterprise, National, Dollar, Thrifty and Hertz.
Facilities: A bank located in the main lobby on the ground floor offers full service banking including foreign currency exchange. ATMs are located in the Upper Level of the terminal and in the lobby of the parking garages. There are several bars, cafes and restaurants throughout the airport. Shops are situated in the atrium area of the second level of the terminal building. The airport also has teleconferencing with free Internet Ethernet LAN connections for laptop computers and meeting rooms for hire. A free Wireless Internet Service is also available for laptops on the airport's upper level. A Visitor's Information Center is located on the upper level near the escalators.
Parking: There is daily, hourly, valet, handicapped and economy parking available. Free courtesy shuttles run every 10 minutes between the Economy parking lots and the Terminal building.
Departure tax: None.
Website: www.flyrichmond.com
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Richmond
The stately Southern granddame of Richmond has been Virginia's state capital since 1780, and although a bastion of history, it also has all the hallmarks of a lively and modern urban centre. Acting as an ideal gateway to the rest of the state, a range of attractions is within easy reach and visitors can enjoy the neighbouring sights and sounds of the ocean, mountains, battlefields, historic colonial Williamsburg, or can even drive into Washington DC to visit the nation's capital.
Richmond has played an enormous role in American history, particularly as the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Today visitors can enjoy a host of monuments, battlefields, cemeteries and museums that hark back to the days when Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee held out against the Union. This is not a city stuck in the past, however, and there are numerous modern attractions including an active nightlife, plenty of restaurants, bars and outdoor concerts. A stroll along the attractive Canal Walk, and along the restored Haxall and Kanawha Canals, provides a great way to relax and there is also the option to catch a boat; some tours include an historical narration or there is the 'drive yourself' option.
The cityscape is an interesting combination of modern high rise office complexes housing financial institutions, Fortune 500 Companies, government offices, hospitals and universities and the more charming cobblestone, gas-lit streets flanked by 19th-century warehouses and a 300-year old farmers' market, filled with the scent of ripe fruit and fresh flowers.
