Return journey from Santiago to the north east of England

[SueV]

Hello. Can anyone advise on return travel from Santiago to the north east of England/ Newcastle/north west/Manchester. EasyJet run seasonal flights which don’t cover November when we will be returning. Many thanks in advance for any assistance.

 

[Corned Beef]

The way I tend to do it is to look at the departure airports' destinations and then match with the arrival airports' destinations.

Santiago is here :

Destinations | Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport | Aena

Here you can find all the available information about the airlines and their destinations from Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport. Visit the Aena website and find out more!

www.aena.es

Newcastle is here:

https://www.newcastleairport.com/our-destinations/destination-map/

Going via Dublin rather than Heathrow looks to be better as you avoid LHR.

Or you can select one you've never tried like Geneva as an intermediary stopover to do some sightseeing on the way back.

 

[Harland2019]

Whilst I am based in North Yorkshire I fly to and from Stansted Airport with Ryanair. I am doing this again in June, while I then need to return home on the train after a month away it isn't too much hassle. Not aware of Ryanair's flights in November but the one I am booked on gets me back to Stansted Airport at 11.45. If it is the same timetable the 12.45 train would get you to Newcastle at 16.50 but you may prefer a later train.

 

[SueV]

Whilst I am based in North Yorkshire I fly to and from Stansted Airport with Ryanair. I am doing this again in June, while I then need to return home on the train after a month away it isn't too much hassle. Not aware of Ryanair's flights in November but the one I am booked on gets me back to Stansted Airport at 11.45. If it is the same timetable the 12.45 train would get you to Newcastle at 16.50 but you may prefer a later train.

Many thanks, we’ll definitely consider this.

 

[SueV]

Whilst I am based in North Yorkshire I fly to and from Stansted Airport with Ryanair. I am doing this again in June, while I then need to return home on the train after a month away it isn't too much hassle. Not aware of Ryanair's flights in November but the one I am booked on gets me back to Stansted Airport at 11.45. If it is the same timetable the 12.45 train would get you to Newcastle at 16.50 but you may prefer a later train.

Many thanks, much appreciated

 

[SueV]

The way I tend to do it is to look at the departure airports' destinations and then match with the arrival airports' destinations.

Santiago is here :

Destinations | Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport | Aena

Here you can find all the available information about the airlines and their destinations from Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport. Visit the Aena website and find out more!

www.aena.es

Newcastle is here:

https://www.newcastleairport.com/our-destinations/destination-map/

Going via Dublin rather than Heathrow looks to be better as you avoid LHR.

Or you can select one you've never tried like Geneva as an intermediary stopover to do some sightseeing on the way back.

Many thanks, much appreciated

 

[MikeJS]

I just use Skyscanner when I am a week or so from SdC

 

[richardb]

I was in Galicia last October, and I found that public transport, that is, bus and train, were good. I flew through Porto, which has lots of flights to the UK. The bus (ALSA) from Santiago to Porto airport was about three hours.

https://www.alsa.com/en/web/bus/home

Richard

 

[BandL]

Hi SueV - I'm starting my camino shortly and Manchester is my nearest airport. I trawled through a lot of options to try and find a way back. In the end the quickest and cheapest was to fly from Santiago to Geneva and then Geneva to Manchester, both with EasyJet. There's a 3 hour stopover in Geneva. Could have reduced that to an hour but would have cost more and risked missing the connection if delays. I think the only other viable option for me was a 3-4 hour bus to Porto. That might work if you finished your camino early and wanted to spend a couple of days in Porto.

 

[kroneill]

I am travelling from north east england at end of May getting train to Edinburgh from Newcastle then Ryanair to Biarritz then transfer to SJPdP.
Return from Santiago early July (early morning flight) to Stansted then train to Newcastle.Hope this helps

 

[TravellingMan22]

Hello. Can anyone advise on return travel from Santiago to the north east of England/ Newcastle/north west/Manchester. EasyJet run seasonal flights which don’t cover November when we will be returning. Many thanks in advance for any assistance.

I guess if you only want to fly on one flight each way rather than connecting, you either have to do a long bus or train journey in either UK, Spain or Portugal. It’s probably more interesting, and cheaper to do it in Spain or Portugal.

I would look at going from Manchester direct to Spain then overland in Spain by bus or train. Manchester serves a few places in Spain. Madrid is as close as it gets though I think those flights are often early morning as it carries a lot of business traffic. The Barcelona flights go later. Also look at via Portugal options.

 

[Molly Cassidy]

Hi SueV - I'm starting my camino shortly and Manchester is my nearest airport. I trawled through a lot of options to try and find a way back. In the end the quickest and cheapest was to fly from Santiago to Geneva and then Geneva to Manchester, both with EasyJet. There's a 3 hour stopover in Geneva. Could have reduced that to an hour but would have cost more and risked missing the connection if delays. I think the only other viable option for me was a 3-4 hour bus to Porto. That might work if you finished your camino early and wanted to spend a couple of days in Porto.

Geneva airport is super-efficient. They don't even count a 1hr wait as a short connection.

 

[Molly Cassidy]

I guess if you only want to fly on one flight each way rather than connecting, you either have to do a long bus or train journey in either UK, Spain or Portugal. It’s probably more interesting, and cheaper to do it in Spain or Portugal.

I would look at going from Manchester direct to Spain then overland in Spain by bus or train. Manchester serves a few places in Spain. Madrid is as close as it gets though I think those flights are often early morning as it carries a lot of business traffic. The Barcelona flights go later. Also look at via Portugal options.

There are very cheap flights with Ryanair or Iberia for Madrid to Manchester in November.

 

[TravellingMan22]

I guess if you only want to fly on one flight each way rather than connecting, you either have to do a long bus or train journey in either UK, Spain or Portugal. It’s probably more interesting, and cheaper to do it in Spain or Portugal.

I would look at going from Manchester direct to Spain then overland in Spain by bus or train. Manchester serves a few places in Spain. Madrid is as close as it gets though I think those flights are often early morning as it carries a lot of business traffic. The Barcelona flights go later. Also look at via Portugal options.

I just realised that you are talking SDC to home not outbound but routing idea may still apply. Stress just taking of you only one one flying sector rather than connecting via intermediate point.

 

[SueV]

Many thanks to everyone who has given advice, all much appreciated and will be looked into. Kind Regards, Susan and Jane

 

[sprinto]

EasyJet do not fly to or from Santiago to the uk anymore
Bummer

 

[Mlambere]

I live in Newcastle and am flying from Edinburgh to Santander on way out with Ryanair and then from Santiago, stansted, edinburgh back, very cheap. I use skyscanner.normally but Ryanair no longer on skyscanner. You can go via.dublin,.very cheap except the timing.is.rubbush unless you stay.overnight.

 

[TravellingMan22]

Ryanair has totally pulled off skyscanner?

 

[Molly Cassidy]

I saw Ryanair flights on Skyscanner just the other day. That's how I found out about the cheap flights from Madrid.

 

[JimG59]

I live in Newcastle and am flying from Edinburgh to Santander on way out with Ryanair and then from Santiago, stansted, edinburgh back, very cheap. I use skyscanner.normally but Ryanair no longer on skyscanner. You can go via.dublin,.very cheap except the timing.is.rubbush unless you stay.overnight.

I believe Ryanair pulled out from the Santiago to Edinburgh route only recently . It was my most convenient return to Glasgow.