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I thought so too, but Sahagun doesn't exist on the list of ALSA stops, and I keep getting a message that renfe trains aren't booking at all at this time. What dya think -- ideas to get to Sahagun? Much appreciated, & Buen Camino!Calzadilla de la Cueza is really in the middle of nowhere, public transport-wise. Either Carrion de los Condes or Sahagun would be far easier places to get to. Buen Camino, SY
Dear Camino Company,
I need help planning, and I'm set to leave in 5 days! I've got my passport, my Brierly and all my supplies. What I don't have is a way to get from the MAd airport to my starting point on the Frances. I'm trying to book my transit from Madrid airport to wherever I start the Frances. And I can't get a single bus or train! The best place for me to start, to give myself the first week at 10-19 km per day, is Calzadilla. But the only bus leaves before I land. I get to Madrid at 11:50 am on August 29, and I can't find a single way of getting anywhere on the Camino past Burgos before Leon.
The renfe trains are all not selling at this time, and the ALSA buses say they're unavailable except for 1 that leaves(to Calzadilla) before I land. There's nothing from Terradillos de los Templarios or Palencia or anywhere nearby until the next day (August 30) if at all. Please, can you help? What do I do?
I'm taking off this Sunday, August 28, and I've got my supplies ready - but no way of getting on the trail!
All I can find is Leon, and that would have me finishing on Sept 15 (5 days early!) even taking the whole first week at half pace. Any tips would be appreciated. Thank you.
Yours truly,
-Roselyn,
A pelegrina to be
I saw that on the map, but Sahagun doesn't exist on the ALSA bus list of destinations, and I can't get anything through Renfe trains. Any ideas? Thanks. Buen Camino.
but Sahagun doesn't exist on the ALSA bus list of destinations
I can't get anything through Renfe trains
To get to Sahagun, probably your very best option, you need a train that is going to Burgos - Rosa da Lima
I can see that there is a train on August 29 from Charmartin to Fromista (on the meseta).
Leaves 15.40 Arrives 17.59
And @Castilian is correct, trains to Leon stop at Sahagun as well as trains to Burgos.
Thank you so much! Buen Camino.For getting from Madrid to Sahagun visit https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Madrid/Sahagún-Castille-and-León-Spain
Two to three kilometers to the EAST of Sahagun on the camino is the Ermita Virgen del Puente and also a modern portal nearby that claims to be the halfway point of the Camino Frances. If I were to start from Sahagun I would start my camino by going there first just to say I did the last half (although I have two other halfway points even further east.)
Just today Tony Hill posted a photo of Ermita Virgen del Puente: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...n-del-puente-xiithc-just-before-sahagun.5486/
There are pictures of the portal at: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...int-marker-placed-right-before-sahagun.22425/
My halfway points: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/mid-way-point-on-cf.38633/
[Edited to include a link to portal pictures]
Haha, thank you so much for your breathing reminders... And fine travel terminology. I'll just land, get to Madrid Chamartin on a commuter train (clear signage, I hope?)and then go to the renfe booth to buy the ticket to Sahagun that day. Good plan? Again, thank you so much! Buen Camino.Nah, I know, but lots stop at Palencia for a change to Sahagun. The point I thought I was trying to make is that the RENFE site is, lets call it un-helpful, unless you have some prior knowledge of the geography of Spain and the potential routes of travel. We have a saying "there is more than one way to spoil an egg"... RENFE's version of which would be "there is only one way to spoil an egg and we are not going to tell you what that way is".
That option isn't direct. It requires a change of trains in Valladolid. Frómista is more far away from Santiago de Compostela than Sahagún (or Calzadilla de la Cueza, where Roselyn wanted to start) what might some time to have in mind too.
I guess her main problem is that she's looking for trains and buses out of the airport and they don't show up in the case of buses because there aren't and in the case of trains because they require a change of trains along the route and the leg from the airport to the downtown (in her case to Chamartín station) is in a commuter train and those can't be booked in advance. If she's using the timetable area of the web of RENFE, another problem could be to find Sahagún as destination (it's there but it can be tricky to find it if you don't know how to make it) but that's easily solved, as I said above, using the booking feature instead.
No need to book in advance the direct MD trains from Madrid to Sahagún and they have a fixed price so it doesn't matter when you book them. And you can't book in advance the commuter train from the airport to Chamartín (nor any commuter train).
Is signage pretty clear to get to T4, then Chamartin, then the renfe ticket office?
The point I thought I was trying to make is that the RENFE site is, lets call it un-helpful, unless you have some prior knowledge of the geography of Spain and the potential routes of travel.
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