bus from madrid to irun

[megtemple]

hi all meg again! i am having trouble getting onto the continental-auto.es website to look up where they go from and timetable. it keeps saying unknown site. has anyone got that info for me. also does anyone know a reasonable hostel not far from the main bus station where the bus departs from. does the airport bus go to main bus station. booked my flights today. hope to start 2 may yahoo!!

 

[Sagalouts]

Hi Meg
why not catch the plane from Madrid to Santander and then the feve monorail to Irun?
the budget airline Ryanair flies twice a day 6.30am 17.30pm and takes I hour book now for May 20 euros. the bus takes 6 hours just to get to Santiago.
http://www.bookryanair.com/SkySales/FRCustomSelect.aspx.
I walked the Norte in Sept/October you will love it.
a few pics below
Ian

 

[Deleted member 3000]

Madrid (intercam Av.america) Irun 00:30 07:00 6h 30min 35,06€ 70,12€ LMXJVSD
Madrid (intercam Av.america) Irun 07:30 14:15 6h 45min 35,06€ 70,12€ LMXJVSD
Aeropuerto Madrid - Barajas T4 Irun 07:45 14:15 6h 30min 35,06€ 70,12€ LMXJVSD
Madrid (intercam Av.america) Irun 15:30 22:15 6h 45min 35,06€ 70,12€ LMXJVSD

 

[mikevasey]

Hi Meg,
you could try this airline http://www.helitt.com they fly to San Sebastian once a day, if you were able to make the connection it means you could get into Irun in the late afternoon.

Mike

 

[Tia Valeria]

You can check out times here for buses.
http://www.alsa.es/portal/site/Alsa as well as buying your ticket if you want.
and trains here
http://www.renfe.com/viajeros/index.html.

Ryanair have just dumped some of their flights, an annual habit, so you might not want to commit yourself to them just yet.
Buen Camino

 

[peregrina2000]

Hi, Meg,

Falcon has posted the bus schedule, and you'll see that one leaves from T4 at 7:45 a.m. (that's the airport terminal 4, where you will land if you arrive on Iberia or one of their partners, like American). If you arrive at another airport terminal, you'll need to take a bus to get to T4, so it's a bit more complicated. But my guess is that your flight won't arrive in time for you to clear customs and make a 7;45 am bus.

The RENFE site shows two trains a day, one at 8 am, one at 4 pm (both about 6 hours). The train station is a quick ride on the C1 cercanias train line, less than 15 minutes, also leaving from T4.

What time does your plane arrive in Madrid?

I'm assuming you will be walking the Camino del Norte if you're headed for Irun. When I walked a few years ago, I just took a bus straight from T4 into the Av. de Americas bus station, easily bought a ticket on the next bus to Bilbao, and spent a day getting over jet lag in Bilbao. I knew I'd be walking back through the city on the Norte, but I thought that would be too early in the walk to take a rest day, so I decided to see the sights before I started walking. From Bilbao to Irun is a very easy bus ride, there are frequent buses, and the bus station in Bilbao is well connected to downtown Bilbao by the light rail train that runs right by the Guggenheim and then heads into old Bilbao.

Buen camino, you don't have too much longer to wait. Laurie