Stopping in Segovia en route to Leon

peregrina2000 said:

Hi, David,
With the high speed train now stopping in Segovia, that's what I'd do. I think at least one a day goes to Leon from Madrid with a stop in Segovia.

As far as pilgrim friendly hostel, I have stayed in many in Leon and one of my favorites is the Pension Blanca. Breakfast is included in the price, and you also have free use of the kitchen. It's about equidistant from the train station, the cathedral, and the parador (where the Salvador breaks off from the Frances). But I do think its prices have risen lately, so you might just want to check booking.com for specials.

When I walked the Camino de Madrid (which goes through Segovia), I stayed in the Hostal Don Jaime. Very close to the aqueduct and the old part of town. http://www.hostaldonjaime.com

Lucky you, walking the Salvador, you will love it! Will you continue onto the Primitivo? Buen camino, Laurie

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Castilian said:

For me, yes but I'm a train fan so I could be biased so I'll provide some more info so you can decide by yourself. There's one direct train from Segovia to León and much more options changing trains in Valladolid. Making the route by train is quicker than making the route by bus but it's more expensive.



Right. You have to change buses in Valladolid. From Segovia to Valladolid the bus operator is Linecar. As the web is in Spanish, I'll link the schedule from September 1st: www.linecar.es/pdf/SEGOVIA-VALLADOLID.pdf
From Valladolid to León, the bus operator is Alsa: www.alsa.es/en



The RENFE web shows two options but just one of them is direct. The other one involves a change of trains in Valladolid and, changing trains in Valladolid, there are many more options that aren't showed if you look for trains from Segovia to León but that you can figure out by yourself if you make two separate searches: one from Segovia to Valladolid and another one from Valladolid to León. BTW, if you plan to purchase a ticket from Segovia to Valladolid or León in the web of RENFE, don't forget to select as departure station Segovia (*) -this option means the search engine will look for options out of all the train stations in Segovia- or Segovia-AV (aka Segovia Guiomar) -the train station used by the high speed trains going to Valladolid and León (the ones to León so far just go at high speed till Valladolid although it's expected this autumn they'll go high speed all the way till León). If you select Segovia as departure point, you won't get results because that's for depatures from the old train station from where there are only a few Regional trains to Madrid.

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