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  1. Friend from Barquinha

    SATA/Azores Cancelled Flight

    The Azores seemed like a wonderful cross between Ireland and Hawaii--as green and agricultural as Ireland, with tiny fields outlined by black volcanic rock, and a lot of religious heritage--plus the climate and vegetation of a tropical island like Hawaii. Wonderful place!
  2. Friend from Barquinha

    Post items from the UK to Spain (at the mid-point of Camino del Norte)

    I've been following this situation for a while since I was, many moons ago, a customs broker and dealt with this stuff all the time. Brexit has made it very, very difficult for the small EU exporter shipping to the UK, and reciprocally, for the UK firm shipping into Europe. In fact, these...
  3. Friend from Barquinha

    SATA/Azores Cancelled Flight

    Double on that! We did this once, returning to Canada after using SATA Cda>Portugal, and the stopover was great! The Azores are beautiful, and small enough that you can see a lot in just a few days. A lot of fun; the people were great; the food was good; the land was green as green can be...
  4. Friend from Barquinha

    Travel from Santiago to Lisbon

    Certainly for the train, you can easily buy a ticket Porto>Lisboa at the Porto railway station. Trains run so often that, if you're not desperate for a first-class ticket (very little advantage to it), and don't need to travel on the fastest Alfapendicular, you should have no trouble at all...
  5. Friend from Barquinha

    Travel from Santiago to Lisbon

    This is the easiest way, for sure! And the long-distance bus terminal in Porto is literally next door to the long-distance train station, where you can buy tickets for Lisbon every couple of hours.
  6. Friend from Barquinha

    Ryanair stopping service to Bordeaux in November 2024

    It could have something to do with the French reduction of short-haul flights, perhaps? This is from last year. Ryanair could be looking at their revenue in the last year, and feeling that Bordeaux isn't worthwhile for them. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65687665
  7. Friend from Barquinha

    To Barcelona from Santiago, for example--Vueling airline seat sale

    Just got an email about today being last day of a seat sale for Vueling in Spain. For anyone wanting to go to, say, Barcelona, after arriving in Santiago, this might be useful. Buen camino...
  8. Friend from Barquinha

    Train Santiago to Porto

    Having taken the train, just from Vigo, I'd say...take the bus the whole way. The Porto long-distance bus station is right next to Porto-Campagna railway station, so you end up in just the same place with way less hassle...and as railway trips go, Vigo>Porto is one of the less interesting ones...
  9. Friend from Barquinha

    Train Santiago to Porto

    You might not be able to book the Vigo>Porto part of the trip. It's a weird little train. Collaboratively run by Renfe, the Spanish operator, and CP, the Portuguese one. I know last year we did have to change stations; the Vigo>Porto train was the only one left running through the small railway...
  10. Friend from Barquinha

    Return To Canada after Camino

    I've used the Air Transat flight back from Porto to Montreal. Good flight. Leaves early, but not too early, in morning, if still same schedule from last year. Good hotel walking distance from fairly small airport, with very early morning breakfast. Was a good way to travel back to Canada...
  11. Friend from Barquinha

    Understanding bus transportation

    This is exactly the situation in rural Portugal, and I'd bet, all over Spain as well. The local bus servics are designed 1/ to get students to school and home, from the small villages to the bigger towns, and 2/ (to some extent) to let workers get to a bigger place that's on a bus route/train...
  12. Friend from Barquinha

    Spanish railway map, simplified...

    I just tried it again, and I get the error message as well. Oh well...the long-distance map on the same page, that isn't a PDF, is just fine! At least the potential is there...maybe contacting Renfe would help?
  13. Friend from Barquinha

    Spanish railway map, simplified...

    According to a Spanish commentator, this isn't exactly up to date, but it's the Renfe website network map as currently posted. And apparently very difficult to find on their website. Some may find it useful. Website link for pdf (clearer, and expandable)...
  14. Friend from Barquinha

    Travel question (connection through Schiphol) for the seasoned travelers

    Slight detour: A newly discovered tip re Porto--if you need to stay in a hotel near the airport because of an early morning flight, this one is great. On the airport metro with good connections from the main bus station/Campagna rail station. Walking distance from the airport; very quiet in...
  15. Friend from Barquinha

    Travel question (connection through Schiphol) for the seasoned travelers

    I've flown through Schiphol, returning home to Canada, many times. Always on KLM and a connection between two of their flights. I agree with the comments above that discuss how efficient Schiphol is for connections. The airport has four wings and they're very good about whizzing you from one...
  16. Friend from Barquinha

    Cruise Ship After the Camino

    Very quick answer: some ships stop in A Coruna and/or Vigo. However, they're mostly round-Iberia cruises and you'd somehow have to transfer, to get to Greece. We jumped ship in Vigo, at the end of a cruise like this, to go on into Portugal. But complicated. As noted, probably best to ask a...
  17. Friend from Barquinha

    From Calgary to nonFrances routes

    They now seem to have Lisbon and Porto as year-round routes. We've used them in non-peak times, several times now.
  18. Friend from Barquinha

    From Calgary to nonFrances routes

    Only issue with this (maybe not a problem?) is that you're going through a third jurisdiction, now that UK is not in the EU, which can complicate things a bit. There are bargain flights out of other EU countries to Spain and Portugal as well. EasyJet flies from a lot of places...same with RyanAir.
  19. Friend from Barquinha

    From Calgary to nonFrances routes

    Not specifically a "caminho" answer because I'm a watcher but not (yet?) a walker, but from western Canada, we find breaking the trip in Montreal is pleasanter than going through Toronto, flying into Portugal. We come from Vancouver, but I think any of the domestic airlines can provide you with...
  20. Friend from Barquinha

    Travel from Canada to Porto

    Coming from Vancouver on the North American west coast, and travelling to Portugal quite regularly, we've settled on using Air Transat through Montreal almost exclusively. 1/ it breaks the flight almost in half (Vancouver>Montreal about 5 hours; a 1 1/2 hour layover in Montreal; Montreal>Lisbon...

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