A laidback, slow and relaxed day in Madrid, before your adventure starts? Tempting? :cool:
Edit: I do not know your age, but if you are 60+, you are entitled to buy a Tarjeta Dorada (Gold card), which will give you a min. 25% discount on all...
If I were you (which I'm not... :cool:), and coming from US to Europe with jetlag, I would simply get a hotel room and have a rest day in central Madrid (Atosha is just a 15 mins easy walk from Plaza Mayor).
This way, you will have no rush...
There’s lots of recent info on the forum about the Madrid airport, but everyone’s question is a little different. So please excuse all the repetition!
Which airline will you fly? If it’s Iberia or a partner, you will arrive in T4. That makes it...
For some reason, until I checked, I had an [false] impression that it would take 5+ hours on the train. Moreover, I had an experience at the airport in Barcelona in 2021 where I wanted to take the metro to get to the train station to go to...
Like everyone else I suggest that you take a look at train times
In 2022 I missed an Iberia flight due to immigration taking 1 1/4 hours to get through. Add a slightly late landing and running to get train/ luggage we still missed the flight and...
Air Canada is not an Iberia partner. That means you will arrive in T1,2, or 3 and have to go through immigration and then take the intra-airport bus to get to T4, where all Iberia flights depart. You will have to check in again at Iberia, go...
Hola - I am another voting for the train. You can have an hour or two snooze; there are cafe bars on the train. Also if you book in advance (I think 60 days is the max early purchase period) you do get a discount. You can book on line, but...
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