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Hello everyone. To go back to the original question, I just tried ALSA's website, and it looks like the Pamplona - Saint-Jean route will begin this year on March 1st. If you try to reserve a ticket for that date, it will let you, but if you try for earlier dates, it will tell you that no buses...
Well, there's also this little known painting called "Las Meninas" by Velazquez... ;) Or "The garden of delights", by El Bosco (Hyeronymous Bosch).
Speaking of which, there is currently a big retrospective of El Bosco in el Prado, so if you are a big fan, it might be an interesting option...
Hello:
Don't know if I'm late for this and you've already passed through Madrid. Just a small warning: if you plan on taking the Metro, be aware that line 1 (the cyan-color one), which runs North-South through the city and is the busiest one, is closed for remodeling work during the entire...
May 1 is Labor Day in Spain. It's a holiday, so most stores and businesses will be closed, and there aren't any celebrations (unless you want to see the demonstrations by trade unions...).
May 2 is a local holiday in Madrid. There might be some local ambient on the streets, but I'm not aware so...
Hi, and welcome!
You have all the information about how to reach St. Jean in this forum:
Traveling to/from the camino
Long story short: if flying to Madrid, you would have to travel from there to Pamplona and then take a bus or a taxi from there to St. Jean. From Paris, you can take a train...
Aaaand it's official:
http://cincodias.com/cincodias/2015/08/11/empresas/1439313892_717294.html
As mentioned, the dates are September 4th, 11, 14 and 15.
Please note that, since there's still almost a month left, there might be furtherer negotiations between RENFE management and the union, so...
Hello all:
It hasn't been picked up by the spanish media yet, but I have seen on Twitter an announcement according to which there might be a RENFE (spanish train network) strike on september, on the 4th, 11th, 14th and 15th.
The news came from the personal Twitter of a spanish train driver...
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