With a car , New Jersey is easily accessible from New York City, via I-95, while the New Jersey Turnpike (a $6 toll road) sweeps from the northeast down to Philadelphia. The Garden State Parkway runs parallel to the Atlantic from New York to Cape May (with a 35ยข toll every twenty miles), and gives easy access to the shoreline resorts. One nice route in the north of the state is US-29, from Trenton along the Delaware River. In general, driving in the Garden State is not pleasurable, though, as New Jersey must have the worst and most confusing set of roadsigns in the States.

Newark International Airport (tel 973/961-6000) is the fastest-growing gateway to the US, served by all the major international carriers and popular for its convenient access to Manhattan (a 30min bus ride away; $11) rather than for being in New Jersey.

Numerous Amtrak trains pass through Newark, Princeton and Trenton, en route between Philadelphia, New York and Washington, DC. There's also a service that links Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Greyhound covers most of the state, while New Jersey Transit (tel 973/762-5100 or 1-800/772-2222) also provides a good train and bus service, extending to Philadelphia and New York as well as out to the coast. New Jersey's south coast is connected to Delaware by the Cape May-Lewes ferry (in Cape May tel 609/886-1725; in Lewes tel 302/645-6313).

New Jersey city guides

Atlantic CitySpring Lake and Asbury Park
Cape MayWildwood
Princeton

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