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Hi Everyone
We arrive in Madrid on June 1st, and need to get to Hospital de Órbigo the same afternoon/evening.
I am starting to get concerned as I was trying to check availability & prices of tickets but my searches come up saying there is nothing on that route on that day.
I'm not sure if I am just trying too far in advance, or if we are going to have trouble getting transport. I was following the links via the Rome2Rio site.
I don't mind if we use the train or bus.
I would also be interested to know if we get a bus/train to Leon only, can we get a taxi to Hospital de Órbigo, and if so, what it would cost (roughly)?
Thanks for any information you can provide.
For the moment i find nothing from Madrid to Hospital de Orbigo! IF you want to go from Madrid to Leon, look here : https://www.goeuro.com/travel-search2/results/876202395/bus?v=wa_dw_bwg:on. Nothing from Hospital to Leon! Can you make other arrangement?Hi Everyone
We arrive in Madrid on June 1st, and need to get to Hospital de Órbigo the same afternoon/evening.
I am starting to get concerned as I was trying to check availability & prices of tickets but my searches come up saying there is nothing on that route on that day.
I'm not sure if I am just trying too far in advance, or if we are going to have trouble getting transport. I was following the links via the Rome2Rio site.
I don't mind if we use the train or bus.
I would also be interested to know if we get a bus/train to Leon only, can we get a taxi to Hospital de Órbigo, and if so, what it would cost (roughly)?
Thanks for any information you can provide.
Hi Everyone
We arrive in Madrid on June 1st, and need to get to Hospital de Órbigo the same afternoon/evening.
Thanks for any information you can provide.
Thank you.The distance from Leon to Hospital de Orbigo is about 35 kilmometers; the taxi rate is usually at least 1€ per km.
Check out the Pilgrim's Rates on this typical local taxi fare list.
http://www.radiotaxileon.com/fares.html
Good luck with your plans and Buen camino!
Greeat info, thank youhttps://www.busradar.es/busqueda/?From=Madrid&To=Hospital+de+Órbigo&When=2018-06-01&WhenReturn=&Passengers=1&ShowRidesharing=true&ShowRidesharing=false
Once in Astorga, you can take a bus to Hospital. Ther´re 19 every day, and cost 4 euro. This is the link:
https://www.busbud.com/es/autobus-astorga-hospital-de-orbigo/r/eze9qr-ezecd4
You can go to Astorga from Madrid with the bus, or from Leon, with the train from Madrid. I think it is very easy from Astorga (19 buses/day) and Astorga is easy from Madrid.
Taxi from Astorga to Hospital is also cheap and faster.
Thank youYou also have bus from Leon to Hospital de Orbigo (around 7 services per day). Check in www.alsa.es
As Alsa is also the company going from Madrid to Leon, you can take on single ticket Madrid - Hospital de Orbigo, but you will have to change bus in Leon.
Buen Camino & Ultreia!!
Thank you so much- that's very helpful ... and your English is great!For the moment i find nothing from Madrid to Hospital de Orbigo! IF you want to go from Madrid to Leon, look here : https://www.goeuro.com/travel-search2/results/876202395/bus?v=wa_dw_bwg:on. Nothing from Hospital to Leon! Can you make other arrangement?
I find something! https://www.alsa.es , but you can not reserve the tickets now, only 2 month BEFORE you go! I made a scenario for march, and look - https://www.alsa.es/checkout?p_auth=pDI13aVe&p_p_id=PurchasePortlet_WAR_Alsaportlet&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_count=1&_PurchasePortlet_WAR_Alsaportlet_javax.portlet.action=searchJourneysAction&code=&serviceType=&accessible=0&originStationNameId=Madrid+Aeropuerto+T4&originStationId=5555&destinationStationNameId=Hospital+de+Orbigo&destinationStationId=986&departureDate=30/03/2018&locationMode=&passengerType-1=1&passengerType-4=0&passengerType-5=0&passengerType-2=0&passengerType-3=0&numPassengers=1®ionalZone=&travelType=OUTWARD&LIFERAY_SHARED_isTrainTrip=false&promoCode=&jsonAlsaPassPassenger=&jsonVoucherPassenger=
Sorry for my english!
I wouldn't have thought of catching a taxi all the way from Madrid, but it's a great idea pending how the cost works out. I will try to source that information too. Thank you!Personally, I'd take a taxi. The fare is per Taxi, not per passenger, will be split between all who ride.
That is all great info - that you very much!Modifying my previous post: I did a check for buses from both Leon and Astorga to Hospital on Alsa. If you check too far in advance, it will not show any buses scheduled for most days of the week, but if you check a week or so in advance, it will show lots of buses from each place to Hospital (20 minutes from Astorga, 35 minutes from Leon). So it seems Alsa simply doesn't list its schedule more than a week or so in advance.
Overall, there are actually more trains into Leon than to Astorga from Madrid, and the ride is closer to 2 hours than 3. Also, the bus station is Leon is 450 meters from the train station while the bus and train stations in Astorga are 850 meters apart (per google maps).
A taxi from Leon will be more expensive. It's 34 k to Hospital vs. 16 k. from Astorga. But the difference in cost might be made up by the fact that the train tickets are cheaper.
So, overall, whether you go by bus or taxi from Leon or Astorga, it might make more sense to go to Leon.
Plus, there's the option of going from Madrid to Leon by bus, and then hopping on the local bus to Hospital without changing stations. The disadvantage of this is that the Madrid to Leon leg on the bus is approximately 4 hours vs. 2 hours on the fastest trains.
I wouldn't have thought of catching a taxi all the way from Madrid, but it's a great idea pending how the cost works out. I will try to source that information too. Thank you!
Thank you so much however we already have a booking at Hostal Paso Honroso, as I thought we could not stay at an Albergue if we arrive by car/bus/train. However after the Medieval Festival, we will be going to SJPDP and walking to Santiago, so we may stay with you then.If you are coming to Hospital de Orbigo, all of you will be very welcome at Albergue San Miguel. Where you can leave your impressions doing a painting. Buen Camino.
Why are you going directly to Hospital de Orbigo? Just curious.
Ah, okay. I happened to be there during that celebration in 2016. Everybody in the town was dressed in medieval costumes, there were camels in the parade and lots of festivities. It was hard to get a bed, but I managed to get one in the municipal. There are lots of Spanish tourists visiting Hospital de Orbigo for that fiesta, and the hospitalera let them wander through the albergue to gaze at the "pilgrims." One took a picture of me hanging my laundry on the line. It was like we were in a zoo!There were some fun things about it, but it went on until about 3am and it was hard to sleep. After happening into several of these festivals in villages and towns along the route, I would say I generally prefer to avoid them. Lots of crowds and commercial stuff. Logrono during the wine festival in the fall was the absolute worst, with everybody drunk, littering and peeing on the street. I had hoped to tour some of my favorite wineries while there, but ended up hiding in the albergue with take-out tapas. Leon during the 1000 year anniversary of the founding of the city was crowded, but it had some nice features; like a parade of people dancing in local costumes from surrounding pueblos along with ox carts. I was lucky to have booked a bed in a hostal on the second floor so I could watch it from above (plus it was on my birthday).
The one holiday celebration I did enjoy was St. James day in a tiny village on the way to Finisterre. It was the one day a year they brought in a priest to open the beautiful 11th century church. The little old ladies BBQed sardines for us and had us join them, jumping over the fire, which is an old tradition on that day.
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