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  1. Marcus-UK

    Transfer time through CDG

    I used to regularly fly to Cannes via CDG on business trips using Air France. CDG has a reputation for not being able to promptly process checked baggage and transfer it to the second leg in time for departure. In my experience this meant that I had no baggage when I arrived in Nice airport on...
  2. Marcus-UK

    Finisterre to Porto

    I have been watching bus ticket prices between SdC and Porto. Unless you book way in advance the Also ticket price is now touching 55 Euros one way!. Alsa has more daily services than the other operators on this route. An alternative would be the hourly train service from SdC to Vigo. Change...
  3. Marcus-UK

    Reliability of Autna Bus Vigo to Porto Airport?

    There is also the train option from Vigo to Porto. You can take the very reliable Porto light transit trains direct to the airport.
  4. Marcus-UK

    Leaving Leon - take a taxi to the outskirts????

    From previous posts on this subject, there was a suggestion that it was cheap and easier to take a local bus from Leon to La Basilica de La Virgen del Camino.
  5. Marcus-UK

    First Camino - Car Parking

    I have used Airport car parks in Spain to park my UK car while I do activities not requiring a car. In June I reserved a car parking place at Seville airport for 8 days and the cost was cheaper than a single nights parking in Central Seville. Not sure if this available in SdC airport, but if it...
  6. Marcus-UK

    Passport warning — expiration date

    Another thing to trip you up is that passports need to be less than 10 years old. Some countries allow passports to be extended. However if the date of issue is more than 10 years then the EU classes them as invalid.
  7. Marcus-UK

    Return from SdC to UK by ferry from Santander - advice please

    I also found that using my Alabama state driving license was not appreciated in the UK. Especially since I have a strong Yorkshire accent.
  8. Marcus-UK

    Return from SdC to UK by ferry from Santander - advice please

    P&O dropped their Spanish routes some years ago and Brittany Ferries then started sailing from Bilbao to replace this service.
  9. Marcus-UK

    RENFE idiosyncrasies & Interesting knife store in Madrid

    Some years ago while traveling through Istanbul Airport to Sochi. Airport security scanned my Laptop bag and confiscated my metal retractable tape measure since it was classed as a dangerous object!! Having missed my connection I enjoyed a couple of nights in Istanbul. Since I was travelling...
  10. Marcus-UK

    RENFE idiosyncrasies & Interesting knife store in Madrid

    I suspect that these shops will continue, while local people still use craft skills to repair or make their own clothes. There is a healthy make and repair ethos in both Spain and Portugal. My wife and eldest daughter are avid clothes makers and make use of the still extant craft shops in...
  11. Marcus-UK

    Can anyone help me with transit times at CDG?

    Paris CDG is notorious for losing checked luggage. I used to travel regularly to the south of France on Business and they mislaid my luggage on five occasions. If you can avoid hold luggage you have a better chance of clearing immigration and catching your train.
  12. Marcus-UK

    Get QR code to enter Spain

    "Just because you are paranoid does not mean that people are not out to get you!" (Terry Pratchett plus others)
  13. Marcus-UK

    Luxury train service for the camino

    The train in the north is on the narrow gauge lines which mean the space for a bed is very limited. This means that one passenger has to climb over the other to get in/out of bed! Not conducive to a relaxing vacation! BTW I have booked for 2022 on the Al Andalus train which meanders around...
  14. Marcus-UK

    Driving/renting a car from Madrid Airport to Camino Destination.

    It used to be quite common to use one way travel vouchers to pick up a car from the airport and drive to a work location and return the hire car to the hiring company at a local office or a pick up from a hotel. I checked this out a short while ago when I was contemplating doing the Invierno in...
  15. Marcus-UK

    Gibraltar

    Having done border patrol in my teenage years in Gibraltar. There is very litlle stopping anyone walking round the gap in the border fence between the airport and Sea from Gibralter into Spain. The British guards won't stop you and the Spanish guards actually face into Spain and not outwards...
  16. Marcus-UK

    Gibraltar

    I have considered this as a starting point for an extended VdlP. Either by taking the Coastal Camino towards Cadiz/Jerez and then taking the Via Augusta to Seville. Then continuing along the Vdlp and Sanabres to SdC. The temptation then would be to continue on to Muxia/Finisterre to make it a...
  17. Marcus-UK

    News Story Update: U.S. D.O.T. Warnings to Airlines Regarding the Issuing of Refunds for Cancellations

    I had five flights booked with Iberia. Once I got through to their help desk I requested refunds and got two flights refunded within the statutory (in Europe) seven days. The other refunds are somewhere in Limbo. I tried the help desk again but they have no view of the refund department and can...
  18. Marcus-UK

    Travelling from Manchester, England to SJPDP - advice?

    I do not think Brittany Ferries to Bilbao depart via the Manchester Ship canal:-?
  19. Marcus-UK

    Travel from Canada

    You can use the Rome2Rio web site to plan the various options available to you if you use the following link: https://www.rome2rio.com/map/Paris-CDG-Airport-CDG/Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port You can also fly part way from Paris CDG or Orly to Biarritz and then take the local bus and train to SJdP. I...
  20. Marcus-UK

    Flying to Europe from Down Under

    If you are traveling to Paris and are considering the Paris Biaritz flight. Then ALSA (1 to 2 changes) and Flixbus (1 change) provide buses from Santiago to Bayonne, where you can pick up a taxi or local bus for the last 6KM to Biaritz. The downside is that Flixbus takes around 11 hours and...

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