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Also, checking rome2rio, it says the bus leaves Fisterre for Santiago five times a day, but clicking on Monbus, there are only three available times for the date I'm thinking of. It also says three times a day from Santiago to Braga, but clicking on Alsa's website only shows one departure time. I've tried other routes like through Vigo, but times don't match up. Am I looking too far in advance? I'm trying the 7th of July.
Hey everyone!
My friend and I are doing the Camino Frances through June and getting done around the first half of July. He's already in Spain teaching English, so when his school year is done, we will start our journey. I bought a one way ticket because I wasn't sure how long I would be gone and other plans haven't finalized. Now we're looking at return flights between July 7th and 14th, and just picking the one that's the cheapest. As I was researching, I noticed a lot of flights from Madrid stopped in Porto in Portugal. I saw that Porto is about half the distance from Finisterre as Madrid is and the flights are a bit cheaper. Has anyone done this route? I just figure it could give us a little more leeway when it comes to making it to the airport. Any suggestions?
One more thing. How many buses go from Finisterre back to Santiago a day? I assume that they don't really go directly to Portugal as it's not that big of a town. I'm just wondering that if we miss a bus, will we be waiting a long time to catch the next one.
Thanks in advance! This forum has been a huge asset with our research.
Hi, minaleigh,
I don't think any flights from Santiago to Madrid stop in Porto, so I'm not sure where you saw that. If you want to fly from Santiago to Porto, you're going to have to change planes, either in Madrid or Barcelona, so that wouldn't seem to make much sense.
As I was researching, I noticed a lot of flights from Madrid stopped in Porto in Portugal.
But you may find cheaper flights home from Porto, in which case you could take a train or bus to Porto and then get to the airport. I'm pretty sure there are also some buses from Porto airport to Spain, but it may be to Vigo, so you would have to change again.
There are actually two different bus lines that run between Finnisterre and Santiago. The tourist office only gives people info on the longer route (hugs the coast at least till Muros) because that way you don't have to change buses. But the bus with the change is a bit shorter and the change is simple. And yes, you're right you will have to go back to Santiago to get much of anywhere from Finisterre.
I said from Madrid, actually. I was originally going to fly out of Madrid to Chicago, but noticed the flights are a lot cheaper out of Porto, which is closer to Santiago anyways.
Thanks for the info! As I'm doing more research, which still some bus schedules aren't available yet as it's too far out, I'm finding more ways to get from Finisterre to Porto. I knew I had to get to Santiago first. Right now I am looking at Finisterre to Santiago, then to Vigo, and then finally to Porto.
Gotcha. I thought you were saying that flights between Madrid and Santiago stopped in Porto, my mistake. You're saying it's cheaper to fly from Porto to Chicago than from Madrid to Chicago.
The schedules are unlikely to change much from what you see now, so you will have a pretty good idea. And you're right the trains change in Vigo. But you can get a bus straight to the Porto airport to Santiago.
Have you tried the open jaw/multi-city ticket? I always fly through Chicago and I usually go Chicago-Madrid-starting city and then Santiago-Madrid-Chicago. And I find it's not much more expensive than just going into Madrid.
Good luck with the travel arrangements,they are frequently much more complicated than anything else you'll have to do for the month in between. Buen camino, Laurie
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