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Quite feasible. Buses are principally from towns, but usually stop in each village twice a day, to pick up passengers going into town, or to deliver them in the later afternoon. Diligent use of rome2rio.com will usually inform you, but if you are on the ground, just check in at a central bar...
€21 is really very good, especially if the bus takes you to the airport. By train it is €26 to €50.50. The 9.34 gets you there at 11.49 and the 12.02 for 14.19 if you want to spend more to get that extra cushion of time. The métro is 20 minutes from Chamartin.
Choices are (simplest to most complicated) train to Madrid, MAD to YUL (Air Canada or Air Transat-- if the latter, note that their seats are very small unless you fly Premium Economy); train & bus to Lisbon, then LIS to YUL; train to Madrid, then MAD to CDG to YUL; Madrid by train to...
Of course, any of my references to FEVE should have properly called it the former FEVE as FEVE has not existed as such since 2012; its Basque services are run by Euskotren and Metro Bilbao, its Catalan services to Ferrocarils de la Generalitat, and other services by the Valencian, Majorcan, and...
@Corned Beef reminds me of the floatplane which took me from Salt Spring Harbour International Airport's clapboard quay to Union Lake in Seattle. Pre 9-11 I sat in the co-pilot's seat while the pilot ate his cheese sandwich and chocolate milk lunch. He was Alaskan and had done small plane...
It should be no trouble-- I see buses from Santander to Logrono three times a day, and Alsa buses from Burgos to Santander (no frequency available). The scenery up through the mountains will be spectacular.
Eleven caminos and all they ever asked for in Paris or Barcelona (places where my aircraft landed) was for my passport. About half the time I was asked where in Spain I would be going/ what I was planning to do, and my response got me a Buen Camino.
Your keyboard has been possessed by demons. I have Rome2rio open right now, and it has a train (on June 14, a date I chose at random) leaving Barcelona Sants at 8.00 and arriving in Burgos at 16.44; there are trains at 9.30, arriving 15.32; 12.50 and 21.42; 15.25 and 21.27.
If you are 60+...
I've taken that train and it is very scenic, passing through the turf of the Camino Olvidado. Get well sandwiched in Barcelona as it is a longish ride (5 or 6 hours, IIRC).
There is no traditional beginning point for the del Norte. I like to start at the border at Irun, as the first day's walk to Pasaia is tremendous, and Pasaia is a great place to spend one's first rest. However, many people find Saint Sebastian a good starting point, or Bilbao. All of them...
I would not count on making the train-- it might be possible, but I do not know if I would enjoy the stress after a flight from Oz. While some are suggesting that you overnight in Barcelona, that is a city which requires more than a few hours and it will cost you. Rather than try to squeeze...
There is a train link from Santander to Leon, but you need to change in Palencia. I have taken the train from Santiago (it stops in Sarria) to Barcelona and it is a very scenic (and long-- 12h20) trip. Think of the Scots & other engineers who built the line 160 years ago.
Look at the site...
I've always assumed that sea travel would be more carbon-efficient than flying and for this reason have spent happy hours looking at repositioning cruises, useful results being limited by the fact that no trans-atlantic liners stop in Canada (although Cunard leaves out of Vigo or Barcelona from...
Not only does RENFE provide the legendary tarjeta dorada for over-60 riders, which provides extraordinary discounts, but most bus services will give you similar discounts, although a few will only do so for electronic ticket purchases. Feel free to enquire, especially at turismos or main bus...
In small centres, I just ask at the bar nearest to the parada. In larger places, there is usually an information person at the bus station who (I have found) was ready to pleasantly provide me with the information I needed, often carefully writing it out for me.
This is not a new phenomenon-- I have known three would-be pilgrims caught out by this. Airline websites normally advise people of t his, and for those of us who have worked with travel agents, this has long been known. One friend notes that this sometimes happens to those who rarely (if...
There are relatively few trains on this run; I learned to book my ticket as soon I had determined mky travel dates. IIRC there was a RENFE desk near the pilgrims' office--- perhaps someone can confirm this.
Remember that, if you are of an age of wisdom and discretion (in Spain, 60) you can...
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