Lance Chambers
Lance Chambers
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Sarria (2015), SJPdP (2016), Burgos (2017), SJPdP (2018), Burgos (2019), SJPdP (2020?).
I flew out of Stansted with Ryan Air for Santiago de Compostela - 34 English pounds (about 45 Euros).
The easiest way to get to Sarria, I thought, was by train (very cheap about 15 Euro I think). There is a bus, from the airport to the bus station that then goes onto the train station. So very easy to get to the bus and the train station from the airport.
The only problem was that the train I caught in the afternoon got me into Sarria mid-evening and I had no idea where to go but just head straight up the road that heads into town from the train station. Keep going until you can see a large church up on a hill to your right. Head up to the church and if you stand with your back to the church door you will see a street directly ahead of you. On the right hand corner of the start of that street, just after the piazza in front of the church, is a hostel (you wouldn't know this by looking at it). It's also a small bar serving wine, beer, and pre-made bread rolls with meat or vegetables into. 10 Euros for the night. The next morning turn right out of the front door keep walking and you'll see the first yellow arrow showing you the route to Santiago.
When I finished the Camino I went to the airport to get a flight back - Veuling wanted to charge me 500 Euros! So I travelled to Santander to catch a ferry back to the UK.
To get to Santander try this: bus (Compostela to Ferrol), train (Ferrol to Aviedo), and bus (Aviedo to Santander). I ended up heading for the airport in Santander as the ferry didn't go on a Sunday (the day I arrived) and caught a RyanAir flight back to Stansted (200 Euros) - still a rip-off given the cost to get to Santiago but a lot cheaper than Veuling.
NOTE: The train trip from Ferrol to Aviedo is worth the trip. There are 105 stations over 400 kms and we stopped at most of them. I think this may be a record for frequency of stops on any train in the world.
The easiest way to get to Sarria, I thought, was by train (very cheap about 15 Euro I think). There is a bus, from the airport to the bus station that then goes onto the train station. So very easy to get to the bus and the train station from the airport.
The only problem was that the train I caught in the afternoon got me into Sarria mid-evening and I had no idea where to go but just head straight up the road that heads into town from the train station. Keep going until you can see a large church up on a hill to your right. Head up to the church and if you stand with your back to the church door you will see a street directly ahead of you. On the right hand corner of the start of that street, just after the piazza in front of the church, is a hostel (you wouldn't know this by looking at it). It's also a small bar serving wine, beer, and pre-made bread rolls with meat or vegetables into. 10 Euros for the night. The next morning turn right out of the front door keep walking and you'll see the first yellow arrow showing you the route to Santiago.
When I finished the Camino I went to the airport to get a flight back - Veuling wanted to charge me 500 Euros! So I travelled to Santander to catch a ferry back to the UK.
To get to Santander try this: bus (Compostela to Ferrol), train (Ferrol to Aviedo), and bus (Aviedo to Santander). I ended up heading for the airport in Santander as the ferry didn't go on a Sunday (the day I arrived) and caught a RyanAir flight back to Stansted (200 Euros) - still a rip-off given the cost to get to Santiago but a lot cheaper than Veuling.
NOTE: The train trip from Ferrol to Aviedo is worth the trip. There are 105 stations over 400 kms and we stopped at most of them. I think this may be a record for frequency of stops on any train in the world.