I am ending this portion of my Camino in Leon, staying near the Cathedral. Is there a train from Leon to get me to Madrid airport? Any help/instructions is so appreciated.
There's also a free bus that will take you out to Decathlon.
Here's a thread with some infornation
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/decathlon-at-burgos.55402/
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Look for the ever present ‘Chinese’ shops that sell a bit of evrything. They will sell good poles and bit less expensve. The last omnes O bought from such a shop have done more than 4000kms with me.
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There may be a store closer to the cathedral, but you can always walk to Decathlon where you will find a good selection of poles.
It's about a 35 - 40 minute walk from the cathedral area. This link should display the...
Did that very thing yesterday. Next to the statue of el cid, the hourly (hah!) free white bus picks up to go to the hypercor, where decathlon is. We picked up our 6euro poles which are fine, the free bus taking us back to burgos afterwards.
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