Alsa bus travel

Lots of people have found it difficult to purchase bus & train tickets from outside Spain. On edit, I see you tried to contact the Camino Travel Center but the email address bounced. I'm sure Ivar will see this & answer you quickly.

You can also try these methods: Rúa de San Pedro 33, 15703 Santiago de Compostela
TEL: 0034 981 589 289
Mon - Fri 10:00-14:00 and 15:00-19:00
Sat 10:00-14:00
SKYPE: camino.travel.center
ivar@caminotravelcenter.com
frank@caminotravelcenter.com

Good luck & Buen Camino!

Kelly

you spelled "centre" wrong! Try the other way: "center" !

Last August, I simply took the airport bus shuttle into Barecelona Centro, a taxi to the bus station (I asked him to go to "Estation de Autobuses a Pamplona") and bought the ticket direct (54 Euros). On the bus, you will be given (included in price) water, nuts, and biscuits.

I landed in Barcelona at 13.10, was on the bus to Pamplona at 15.15. Arrived in Pamplona 20.30, found the Albergue municipal, bought a pilgrim passport (credential), got a bed there, got me some late evening food (albergue closes at 22.00), and started walking next morning (My original armchair plan was to go back to Roncesvalles/SJPdP by bus/taxi, but once in Pamplona, I just wanted to start walking towards Santiago: Kind of loose plans I had; but it all worked out nicely: That's the beauty of not overplanning/buying lots of tickets in advance: Change of plans means money lost).

The ONLY trouble I had was my bed neighbor in the Albergue in Pamplona: She (very young) started text messaging with some friend(s) at 3.20 in the morning (night!) and continued until I got up... Next day I bought earplugs at the first pharmacia I spotted :lol:

Don't sweat it, Paul. You'll be fine.

Buen Camino!
Kelly