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If you do happen to take the bus that day, we will be on it as well, travel gods willing! We've pre-purchased our tickets, otherwise, we might have ride-shared. A couple of Canadian newbies with flag patches on their backpacks. Please do say hi!
Since you are over 60, you can buy a discount card, Tarjeta Dorada, for all train travels in Spain lasting 1 year:
https://www.renfe.com/es/en/travel/prepare-your-trip/descuentos/mayores-de-60
You don't need to go into Madrid. As @rappahannock_rev says, you can travel directly from the airport. Use this tool to explore possibilities:
https://www.rome2rio.com/map/Madrid-Barajas-Airport-Terminal-Bus-T4/Pamplona
Easy to get to Atocha. There is an Airport Express bus that leaves from each terminal that will take you there for 5 euros each.
If you arrive in Terminal 4, there is a direct train to Atocha that leaves from a Cercanias station in the lowest...
Hello from Canada! We are two friends in our 60's; Margot and Tony.
We hope to arrive at Barajas Airport and clear customs before noon on the 16th (assuming el Camino provides...) and have researched various ways of travelling to Pamplona...
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