From now until October 5, the Cercanias between the airport and Chamartin is under renovation and has been replaced by a shuttle service between the affected stops, making this rather unwieldy, especially for a someone who has just arrived in...
If you’ve already bought your train ticket (and if you haven’t, you should) there’s a good chance it’s ’Cercanias incluye’ - look for that in the top right corner of the printout or in the e-ticket pass.
Then see this thread...
Hello, I am doing the same as you on Sept 24th because it is easier/cheaper to get to Madrid even from Seattle. I am flying Iberia into Porto from Madrid and the fare was very reasonable. Even the connection time matched easily and gets me to...
A fast train from Madrid to Porto? We don't even have a slow train, let alone a fast train ahaha
You can either fly or take a bus.
Rome2Rio.com will show you your options.
For me, a deep sense of community is not always related to a place or specific person.
There are too many variables.
Who was with me at the time, how I was feeling, the particular hosts that day.
You could go to the same place and...
Over the past nearly 10 years that I have been doing an annual section of the Camino (I have physical limitations), I use trains between cities, and larger towns. Train service on major routes (e.g. Santiago to Madrid) is usually very good or...
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