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My flight to Spain will arrive at MAD Barajas airport at 6:30am. However my accommodations in Madrid will not be available for check-in until 3pm! No early check-ins. I will be a wreck after crossing 6 time zones so I have wondered about renting a sleeping pod at the airport for a few hours...
Can anyone tell me how long it’s taking to clear Customs in Bilbao BIO these days? I will be catching a train at Bilbao Abando and I’m not sure how much time to allow between arrival and catching a train.
Does anyone know the general status of hotel accommodations along the Camino Frances? Have many gone out of business? If open, are they operating at full capacity? I am assuming that prices have increased. Is booking through Hotels .com or Bookings. Com reliable? Any input is much...
Can anyone tell me how to get from O Cebreiro back to Leon? Not now. In a few months after things settle down. I am just doing some pre-planning. I need to catch a train in Leon in order to get back to Madrid. I am assuming that there is a bus route but I have not been able to locate the...
I live on the East Coast of the US and therefore lose 6 hours when traveling to Spain. In order not to be a complete wreck on the first few days of my camino, I attempt to "time shift" while still at home. I do this by getting up 5 minutes earlier every morning for 36 days prior to departure...
I am trying to find either a plane or train going from Madrid to Logroño on 18 October 2018 in the morning. Can anyone help me? I have seen a couple of night bookings but I need to get to Torres del Rio eventually and the timing would be way off. Help!
In April I was hiking through Ayegui, a suburb of Estella, when I came across an artist's workshop by the side of the trail. He had fashioned all kinds of animals etc out of iron and had them on display in his shop. They were absolutely beautiful and I could not resist buying a small snail for...
I am concerned that I may not be able to walk the entire distance between Los Arcos and Logrono. Is there a bus that
runs along that route? For example, if I were to run out of juice in Viana, would I be able to hop a bus there? Or hail a taxi?
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