Font007
New Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
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Hello all,
I am planning my first Camino for this coming June 2017. It will be my husband (45), my niece (38), her husband (40), their daughter (16), and myself (50). We'll be arriving from Miami, Florida, USA, but we haven't bought the plane tickets yet. The flights into Spain arrive anywhere from 11:00 to 14:00. I was planning on continuing on to Ponferrada by train, so we could get a good night's sleep and start the Camino the following day. I have been looking into forums and threads, websites, train schedules, and it seems very difficult to connect into Chamartin Train Station, in order to get a train into Leon and then to Ponferrada with enough time for everything. Taking into consideration that the train fare is about 35 Euros, would it be easier and less costly to rent a car and just drive from Barajas into Ponferrada? Has anyone done that? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I am planning my first Camino for this coming June 2017. It will be my husband (45), my niece (38), her husband (40), their daughter (16), and myself (50). We'll be arriving from Miami, Florida, USA, but we haven't bought the plane tickets yet. The flights into Spain arrive anywhere from 11:00 to 14:00. I was planning on continuing on to Ponferrada by train, so we could get a good night's sleep and start the Camino the following day. I have been looking into forums and threads, websites, train schedules, and it seems very difficult to connect into Chamartin Train Station, in order to get a train into Leon and then to Ponferrada with enough time for everything. Taking into consideration that the train fare is about 35 Euros, would it be easier and less costly to rent a car and just drive from Barajas into Ponferrada? Has anyone done that? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.