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Mmickoconnor7 reacted to henrythedog's post in the thread Train Advice - Santiago to Barcelona with
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Can I reinforce the ‘buy early’ message for RENFE - I’ve often advised that on here. I’v just got an unexpected week free and, naturally, am heading to Spain to scout out the C. De Ebro around Zaragoza; flying into Barcelona. Usually I’d be... -
Mmickoconnor7 reacted to Rosella25's post in the thread Train Advice - Santiago to Barcelona with Like.
Be sure to buy your tickets well in advance, as the high speed trains can book out quickly. Maybe about three or four weeks beforehand if you can. Also, the Renfe site will often only provide information for trains in the next month or so, and an...
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Mmickoconnor7 reacted to isawtman's post in the thread Train Advice - Santiago to Barcelona with Like.
I took a high speed train from Santiago to Madrid. Then at that very same station, Charmartin, I took a more local train to the Attocha Train Station. Then I took another high speed train to Barcelona. I think I booked the two high speed...
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Mmickoconnor7 reacted to Antonius Vaessen's post in the thread Train Advice - Santiago to Barcelona with Like.
If you go via Madrid, be sure to have enough transfertime in Madrid. I missed the connecting train and had to pay 175€ for a new ticket for the train Madrid Barcelona. Renfe only validates the ticket you have when the first train was retarded and...
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Mmickoconnor7 reacted to krystianw's post in the thread Train Advice - Santiago to Barcelona with Like.
Spain's railway is built like spokes on a wheel, with the hub being Madrid. The railways connecting Santiago - Madrid and Madrid - Barcelona arrive at different train stations, basically on opposite sides of the city center. This is probably...
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Mmickoconnor7 reacted to BarbaraW's post in the thread Train Advice - Santiago to Barcelona with Like.
If you have the time, please consider the slower direct route. I just checked some prices and realised that it's the train I took from Vitoria Gastiez to Santiago in April. For a random day in September the fare to Barcelona is 22 euros and for...
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Mmickoconnor7 reacted to Juspassinthru's post in the thread Train Advice - Santiago to Barcelona with Like.
Flying is often cheaper than the train in Spain. In many cases, much faster. Check Vueling.com whose primary hub is Barcelona.
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Mmickoconnor7 reacted to BarbaraW's post in the thread Train Advice - Santiago to Barcelona with Like.
Suggest you look at www.seat61.com, a non-commercial website which explains all about train travel in Europe and gives the best websites to use for timetables and booking tickets. I did this journey on my way home last year, and it gives a great...
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MYip! Walked via the cathedral to Foz de Douro and from there up to VdC, lovely!
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MMy albergue, Lost Inn, was located directly below the cathedral. It was easy to walk out the door in the morning and be at the river in about 10 min. Walking along the river to the ocean at sunrise was great. There were so many birds. I really...
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