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    Cancelled Ryanair Flight

    Hi Bridget My experience of flying hand luggage only to/from Pisa with Ryanair last year was as follows.. No bumbags allowed!! They made my sister remove hers and we had to squeeze all her bits and bobs into our pockets and small cases. I know she had flown other Ryanair routes and not had...
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    Najera/Azofra to Biarritz

    Hi Paul and Sil Thanks so much for this. I have passed the info on to my friends and I promise not to take the credit for working it out by myself! Laura
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    Najera/Azofra to Biarritz

    Hi I have some friends who, having completed their first section of the Frances at the end of May, will need to get back to Biarritz to catch their flight home. They expect to have reached somewhere around the Najera / Azofra area. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what their options are...
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    Snow disruption

    What rotten luck! The best laid plans and all that... Good luck for Wednesday! Meanwhile open a bottle of Rioja and make yourself a cheese and chorizo sandwich, at least you will be living out part of the experience you would have been having! (You could also handwash your smalls in a stone...
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    Cancelled Ryanair Flight

    I received an email from Ryanair this morning to say my flight on Thursday 16th April from Santiago to Stansted had been cancelled. They offered me a seat on the following days flight which I have accepted although it is not entirely convenient. (What the heck, an extra day in Santiago - I can...
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    Madrid to Roncesvalles

    Hi Sandra The Madrid-Pamplona timetables for May are not published yet but if you look at March on the link below you will see there are several buses to Pamplona that would get you there the same day. (The timetable is unlikely to alter much for May) The Spanish bus system is very reliable...
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    Britanny Ferries starts Portsmouth-Santander next March

    Out of curiosity I did a quick search on the cost of sailing from Portsmouth to Santander (in April)and the charge was £252 return as a foot passenger. This is made up of £65 travel each way and £61 for a cabin each way. Although there are reclining chairs which presumably cost less, these are...
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    Ryanair in Spain

    Have just done a quick search on Ryanair for the new flights from Madrid to SdC to get an idea of the cost.. 0.90 euros each way!!! (for the first few days at least) Incredible. Wish i was able to take advantage of the offer! Laura
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    extra baggage

    Hi Elena There are definately left luggage facilities at Madrid airport as it is combined with the lost property office and when I had my bag stolen at the airport it was one of the places I was told to check out in case it had ended up there after the valuables were removed.. Sorry can't help...
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    Air Berlin to restart connecting Faro and Santiago

    Don't want to be unecessarily gloomy BUT..... Following the collapse of the Excel airline, there was an article in The Times Last week regarding the future of other european airlines. Apparently Air Berlin was the one which the "experts" considered the most likely to go bust next. Obviously...
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    Madrid Accommodation Recomendation

    Hello Marjorita I have stayed a couple of times at the Hotel Riesco which is situated on a side street off Puerta del Sol. Very easy to get to by underground (though a couple of changes are required). It is within walking distance of the main plaza and restaurant area etc. It is 35 euros for...
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    Logrono to Bilbao

    Hi Simon You can find the Logrono to Bilbao timetable at http://www.termibus.es. There appears to be 6 buses a day with the earliest leaving at 7.30am and arriving Bilbao at 9.15am. You would have to allow an extra 30mins to get from the bus station to the airport so I think travelling from...
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    train pass vs.single tickets.

    Don't forget to compare the bus and train timetables - quite often the bus journeys are quicker than taking the train!
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    Bus Bilbao to Pamplona and / or bus Madrid to Pamplona?

    Hi Marilyn I have taken the bus from Bilbao to Pamplona in the past and it is a very easy, comfortable trip of about 2 hours with no changes. The website you need is http://www.alsa.es. There are 4 buses on Sunday 27th April. It costs 12.45 euros one way. From memory, from Madrid airport you...
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    flying into Madrid 31'th of May

    It is also very easy to get the bus from Madrid to Leon which is lovely city to start from. Depends how far you want to walk each day. Its probably 12 or 13 days walking from Leon to Santiago so maybe wouldnt leave you enough time for sight-seeing/relaxing in Santiago. I usually try to build in...
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    Ryan air and Valladolid airport

    If you can get a cheap Ryanair flight from Haugesund to London Stansted then you may be able to travel on to Valladolid also with Ryanair. No idea if the timetables coincide but worth a look. Also Easyjet fly out of Stansted to various Spanish airports ie Santiago de Compostela, Oviedo and...
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    Train ticket

    Are Alsa and Continental Autos not two entirely separate companies? Have they merged? I know I used both in the past but they had separate websites, timetables, ticket booths etc. Just when I thought I had cracked the system...!
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    Train ticket

    I think the main bus company out of Madrid is continental-auto.es but their website is unobtainable at present. I seem to think they were taken over recently (by National Express I think), does anyone know if this a temporary closure of their website or if they have been renamed? I have always...
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    Where would I fly into with Roncesavalles as a start point?

    When I started at Roncevalles I flew to Bilbao from the UK and then took the bus to Pamplona + bus to Roncevalles. Very easy and cheap! Dont know if this is an option coming from the US but I thought I'd throw it in as a possible alternative... Happy planning! Laura
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    Flights to Leon

    Are there any uk flight companies which fly to Leon? I can only find ones that go via Madrid or Barcelona. If not, then when starting from Leon is it easier to fly to Santiago or to Asturias? (or possibly some other airport I don't know about?) Will only be going as far as Sarria so will have to...

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