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[André Kloppers]

Hallo ! My name is André . We are a group of 10 wishing to do the Camino from Astorga in early October . What is the best way to get from Madrid airport to Astorga ? What albergue do you suggest for our first night in Astorga please ?

 

[Marbe2]

See rome2rio.com There are options including train or bus. It might be more pleasant for the group to take the train. Tickets are usually available via renfe.com two months before the time of departure for train travel. Renfe is not always user friendly and another option to purchase tickets is loco2.com.

 

[Momonne]

For train schedule, www.renfe.com, for bus schedules www.alsa.com. There are buses that leave from Terminal 4 of the Barajas airport. Mid-April for example, there are 5 buses from the airport daily mid-week. Some prefer the train, but the buses are comfortable, and right there, so if the schedule works with my arrival flights I opt for the bus.

 

[jsalt]

What albergue do you suggest for our first night in Astorga please ?

Hi, I had a similar problem for a group of 16 last year. I finally booked us all for dinner, bed and breakfast at the Albergue Las Águedas in Murias de Rechivaldo (http://www.lasaguedas.com/), which is an easy 5km walk after Astorga. Everyone LOVED it.
Jill