Transport from towns on Via De la Plata to Madrid

Branden

New Member

Time of past OR future Camino

plan to walk in 2015

• Jun 9, 2016

• #1

HI Veteran peregrinos! I am going in September to walk for 10 days from Seville on the Via de la Plata. I will make it to Villafranca de los Barros, Terremejia or Merida depending on how far I feel good walking each day.
Does anyone know if its easy to get a bus from one of these towns to Madrid? Or have another suggestion? Many thanks!
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whariwharangi

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• Jun 9, 2016

• #2

Renfe train from VillaFranca de los Barros to Madrid.

Renfe train from Merida to Madrid.

Avanza bus from Villafranca de los Barros to Madrid

Avanza bus from Merida to Madrid.

ALSA bus from Torremejia to Merida.

 

Bad Pilgrim

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Yes

• Jun 9, 2016

• #3

Hi,

I guess you already have the answers in the post above... At least, Mérida is so large a city that I cannot imagine there be any problems getting a train or a bus to Madrid. I just want to wish you a good camino, and please tell us all about it here on the Forum! :O)

Take care

/BP

 

C

Castilian

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• Jun 9, 2016

• #4

whariwharangi said:

ALSA bus from Torremejia to Merida.

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Leda (www.leda.es) makes that route too and offers more daily frequencies than Alsa so don't overlook that option in case it suited you better.

 

SYates

Camino Fossil AD 1999, now living in Santiago de C

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First: Camino Francés 1999
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Last: Santiago - Muxia 2019

Now: http://egeria.house/

• Jun 12, 2016

• #5

As nobody has mentioned it so far http://www.rome2rio.com is a great site to find out travel connections even between relatively unknown places. Buen Camino, SY

 

C

Castilian

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• Jun 12, 2016

• #6

SYates said:

As nobody has mentioned it so far http://www.rome2rio.com is a great site to find out travel connections even between relatively unknown places.

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I know that's a popular web and some forum members like it (a lot) but, out of curiosity, I tried it once ago and I wasn't happy at all with the results I got.

 

wes

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Frances2006, 2013 VdP2010 Portugues2016 Meseta2020

• Jun 13, 2016

• #7

I took the train from Merida last year and it was a very pleasant experience. It's an opportunity to have a chat to locals who aren't part of the camino industry; Spanish trains are, in my experience, comfortable, clean and well-managed; the service is good; and once you're going it's a fine way to see the countryside.
Buen camino, wes.

 

Branden

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plan to walk in 2015

• Jul 17, 2016

• #8

thanks everyone who has given such helpful information! much appreciated!