Travel advice

[Richard Willey]

Hi Jean

Thanks very much for the suggestions.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage [mailto:GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu]On
> Behalf Of Jean Seeler & Dave Gifford
> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 12:55 PM
> To: GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu
> Subject: Re: Travel advice
>
>
> The Madrid "metro" runs from the airport to downtown.  With a
> few changes
> you can get to the Chamartin RR station which is for trains north to
> Pamplona (Iruna)   I know of one leaving around 9 Am, another
> at 5 PM.  The
> trip takes about 4.5 hours.  There may be others trains.
> These two are
> direct (no change anywhere)
>
> There is a RENFE ticket office in the Madrid Airport.  You need noth a
> ticket to your destination and a seat reservation.  Both
> bought at the same
> time.
>
> The problem is arriving Pamplona at 9:30 PM or so.  You might
> call ahead for
> a reservation at a Hostal recommended in the guide books.
> Probably the
> refugio will be filled.  The bus that waits for the 9:30 PM
> train runs right
> by the ** (two star) Hostal Principe de Viana I & II, Avenida
> Zaragoza 4,
> phone 948 24 91 47. We paid $34.57 for a double with bath, in
> May 2001.
>
> If you stay over near the RR station in Madrid and get the
> early train, you
> are ready to continue on the Camino once you arrive in Pamplona.  I
> understand there are busses from Pamplona to Roncesvalles but have no
> experience.
>
> There is a web site for the RENFE, but I have forgotten how
> to access it.
> It provides schedules.  Note that Pamplona is also referred
> to as Iruna.
> Buen Camino
>     jean seeler   jeandaveamindspring.com
>