Getting from Santiago Airport to Tricastela without breaking the bank

[Mar W]

Hi I need some advice please on how to get to Tricastela from Santiago airport. My flight arrives at 16.30 and I think I can get a bus to Lugo but there seems to be no buses until the next day to Sarria from where I may taxi to Tricastela? I really don't want to spend the night in Lugo and taxis from the airport are very very expensive.
Any advice would be gratefully received.

 

[Bradypus]

If it is very important for you to reach Triacastela on the night of your arrival then I think you will have to bite the bullet and pay the taxi fare. Triacastela is a very small place with only one bus each day from Sarria. Is the time available for your Camino so short that you have to make such an expensive and hurried start? If you have not already visited Lugo you might be very pleasantly surprised by the town. The Roman walls alone make it well worth visiting.

Edit: You do not say the date of your arrival. There may be a train between Santiago and Sarria on the night of your arrival. If you have a date fixed then you could search on renfe.com. If you were arriving tomorrow it would be possible to reach Sarria by train in late evening. The insanely long journey time shown here is because engineering works are diverting the train via Ourense!

 

[Mar W]

If it is very important for you to reach Triacastela on the night of your arrival then I think you will have to bite the bullet and pay the taxi fare. Triacastela is a very small place with only one bus each day from Sarria. Is the time available for your Camino so short that you have to make such an expensive and hurried start? If you have not already visited Lugo you might be very pleasantly surprised by the town. The Roman walls alone make it well worth visiting.

Edit: You do not say the date of your arrival. There may be a train between Santiago and Sarria on the night of your arrival. If you have a date fixed then you could search on renfe.com. If you were arriving tomorrow it would be possible to reach Sarria by train in late evening. The insanely long journey time shown here is because engineering works are diverting the train via Ourense!
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Thanks so much for replying. I stayed in Lugo before travelling on to Astorga on my last Camino week but had hoped to make it all the way to my start point this time ? I had looked at trains but thought there was some mistake as it was going to take so long to get to Sarria and then taxi to Tricastela.
If I was to take a train is the station far from the airport and would a taxi be the best way to get there do you think or is there a bus ?

 

[Bradypus]

There is a bus service. Takes about 45 minutes from the airport to the railway station on Rua Horreo. There is a link to a full timetable on this page. Though Covid may have altered things and you would be wise to contact the bus company to confirm things nearer the time.

Tussa

Apartado dedicado a transporte urbano da web de TUSSA, con toda a información das liñas de autobús metropolitano, paradas, horarios, tarifas e traxectos de cada unha.

www.tussa.org

 

[Mar W]

There is a bus service. Takes about 45 minutes from the airport to the railway station on Rua Horreo. There is a link to a full timetable on this page. Though Covid may have altered things and you would be wise to contact the bus company to confirm things nearer the time.

Tussa

Apartado dedicado a transporte urbano da web de TUSSA, con toda a información das liñas de autobús metropolitano, paradas, horarios, tarifas e traxectos de cada unha.

www.tussa.org

Mucho gracias @Bradypus

 

[John Hawke]

What an opportunity! consider spending the night at my favorite hotel and taking the bus the next morning.
The Hotel offers a wonderful breakfast

Pazo Xan Xordo – Casa rural al pie del Camino de Santiago

pazoxanxordo.com