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Fly to Asturias or Santander airport to get to Leon?

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Jessiek9

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I want to start Camino from Leon, any advice on which would be the best airport for transfer to fly into either Asturias or Santander airports?
 
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Asturias airport is closer to Leon and there are quite a few buses from Oviedo to Leon. That would be my first choice.
 
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There are many more flights to Madrid than either Asturias (almost an hour on the bus from the airport to Oviedo) or Santander and there are lots of high-speed trains from Madrid Chamartin, a 15 minute train ride from terminal 4 at Madrid airport, to Leon. So I would say that Madrid wins hands down.
 
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Jessiek9 said:
I want to start Camino from Leon, any advice on which would be the best airport for transfer to fly into either Asturias or Santander airports?
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I finished in Leon a month ago and took a bus to Oviedo and then a bus to the airport, pretty straightforward and Asturias airport small and efficient
 
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I would fly into Madrid and get the train to Leon. Neither Asturias nor Santander offer easy public transport routes to Leon
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I seem to remember a direct bus to Santander from Leon. The train is longer going back east nearly to Bilbao before headin west
 
Current options from Santander seem to be Bus via Oviedo, 4-5hrs or Train via Palencia, similar journey time.

From Asturias its buses via Gijon and Oviedo or the Airport bus to Oviedo and Leon from there. 2-3 hours depending on route chosen.

Train from Madrid via Chamartin is about 3 hours.

Actual journey times and particularly connection times are dependent on flight landing times and days. An hour or so on Google maps, RENFE and ALSA ought to sort it
 
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Why not fly to Leon? I flew there via Barcelona in 2017. Easy
 
I did it 2x this year. Flew to Madrid. Then took a fast train from Charmartin Station to Leon for maybe 3 hrs.

Easy, cheap, simple.
 
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Thanks to everybody for genuine advice much appreciated, I am taking the Madrid train option to Leon.
 
Jessiek9 said:
I want to start Camino from Leon, any advice on which would be the best airport for transfer to fly into either Asturias or Santander airports?
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I’m flying into Madrid and taking train to León. The fewer airports I see the better so I’d recommend go with the closest airport that lets you fly direct and train from there. Have fun on your Camino.
 
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