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Do you buy tickets from the Renfe website?Sounds great! I'd get the ALSA bus from Madrid airport terminal 4 straight to Astorga myself, you can book tickets online before you go to avoid the queue at the counter. Buen camino!
How much time do you think I will need between landing at the airport and train departure? It looks like the trains depart from Madrid-Chamartin. Our plane lands at 10:00 and I am trying to decide the earliest we could depart by train.Strongly suggest book train tickets in advance. An excellent booking site is loco2.com - same price as Renfe direct, but all in English with ‘print at home’ tickets.
Yes, tickets can sell out - but there are many trains daily Madrid to Leon (then bus to Astorga).
Advance booking substantially cheaper.
If you find a telephone pole or streetlight without a taxi number sticker on it, take a photo - they are a rarity!
Yes. I have that option "in my pocket". She's confident she can make it but its always good to have options.If you're concerned about your daughter not making it due to lack of training, why not have her bag sent ahead (you have reservations, right?). Then the walking will be easier for her.
Remember that is when your plane is scheduled to arrive - there can always be delays. Give yourself a time cushion for contingencies.How much time do you think I will need between landing at the airport and train departure? It looks like the trains depart from Madrid-Chamartin. Our plane lands at 10:00 and I am trying to decide the earliest we could depart by train.
How much time do you think I will need between landing at the airport and train departure?
Hah. I definitely prefer train travel. Still mulling the various options.I’m a creature of habit and try not to rush. UK flights land at T1 from where I take the express bus to Atocha and a local train or subway to Chamartin.
I’d give it at least three hours from scheduled arrival time.
However, I believe there is a direct subway from T4 to Chamartin. That would be quicker.
Until now I’ve had the privilege of being in a country which was part of the EU. As of November I’m in the same position as US citizens and things will probably be slower.
Anyway, seems like you’ve gone with the ‘happy to sit down for another four hours even though I’ve just had a long intercontinental flight’ bus supporters rather than the ‘why not stand up and walk around, visit the restaurant car and/or use the bathroom and free wifi’ train promoters.
You pays your money and takes your choice!
Lots of people may disagree with me but imo, bus travel is better in Spain than trains. Unless it’s one of the fast trains of course. Your call.Hah. I definitely prefer train travel. Still mulling the various options.
Don't forget that you have to go through Spanish Customs etc. and lines could be long.Remember that is when your plane is scheduled to arrive - there can always be delays. Give yourself a time cushion for contingencies.
If you're concerned about your daughter not making it due to lack of training, why not have her bag sent ahead (you have reservations, right?). Then the walking will be easier for her.
Walking sticks are so helpful for an injured knee. I injured mine on my 2016 camino and I don't think I would have completed it without them (and the brace).Many thanks. We are here on Camino in Molinaseca. I reserved the bus and had plenty of time even though our plane was 1 hour delayed. However the bus was mismarked And we would have missed it if I hadn’t been anxious and kept asking. But, all good in the end. Daughter injured first day. Got a brace for injured knee and tending to her nasty blisters. Even bought new shoes. Transporting her backpack and getting her walking sticks. On we go. FYI: many, many more cyclists than when I walked in 2017. I have heard many saying the same thing. Buen Camino.
Many thanks. We are here on Camino in Molinaseca. I reserved the bus and had plenty of time even though our plane was 1 hour delayed. However the bus was mismarked And we would have missed it if I hadn’t been anxious and kept asking. But, all good in the end. Daughter injured first day. Got a brace for injured knee and tending to her nasty blisters. Even bought new shoes. Transporting her backpack and getting her walking sticks. On we go. FYI: many, many more cyclists than when I walked in 2017. I have heard many saying the same thing. Buen Camino.
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