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Last year, in August 2023, I was looking to get tickets from Santiago to Madrid. I knew it was likely to be busy. I purchased tickets from RailClick. Renfe's online site didn't have tickets available at this time. They appeared about two weeks later on the Renfe site.
I also wonder how it...
Yes, in 2018, 2019 and 2022 I booked early with Petrabax from Barcelona to Pamplona on the way to St Jean. Last year I booked early from Santiago to Madrid with RailClick and have this years tickets from RailClick from Barcelona to Pamplona.
Try the Expo Hotel next to Barcelona Sants station. You can get there by metro from the airport, and then get the morning train to Pamplona and bus to Saint Jean.
My wife and I have twice caught the 9.30 train from Barcelona to Pamplona, then a taxi to the bus depot before the bus to St Jean. We find it fine. Plenty of time to make your connections and you can book both the train and bus before you depart.
9.30 train from Barcelona to Pamplona. Arrive 1.30. Taxi to bus terminal. 2.30 bus to SJ, arrive at about 4.15. Let your albergue, if booked ahead, that you’re arriving on that bus.
Does the Conda bus from Pamplona to SJ still run? I caught it May 2018 and was hoping to catch it again at the end of April this year. I can’t locate it on any timetable.
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