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You can take a train to Madrid from Barcelona and then direct to Sarria or Ourense. That will be the closest train station but more than 100km out. Alternatively you could fly to A Coruna from the UK and walk from there it is slightly less than...
If you do not want to fly to Santiago then perhaps A Coruña instead and train or bus from there to your starting point. Try a decent flight search engine like Kayak. It would be bizarre to fly to Barcelona just to travel all the way across Spain...
Why fly to Barcelona on the other end of Spain if you want to start walking 75 kms from Santiago?
Do get yourself a map of Spain and then consult https://www.rome2rio.com/
Hi,
I'm planning on a shorter trip on the Camino for my first time, probably 50-75km along the French Way and ending at Santiago. My idea is to fly from the UK to Spain (into Barcelona?) then use trains to get to a start point. I don't want to...
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