[Gocamino] FW: Hotels and Trains

[Javier Martin]

Hi everybody.

If you arrive to the Ponferrada train station al 10:30 in the evening, may
be too late for arriving to the albergue, people may be going to sleep. If
you arrive at 03:30 am is too early, may be you will walk this day too
tired.

I suggest you to get a bus from Madrid-Estación Sur (not far from Atocha
Station, 20 min. walking). There´s a lot of daily busses to Ponferrada (
www.alsa.es). One of them leaves at 11:00 am and arrives at 15:15, on time
to visit the Ponferrada's castle, and so on.

Try the Renfe web page at www.renfe.es

Buen Camino,

Javier Martín
Madrid, Spain.


On 4/11/06, Mulligan, Pat <PMulligan at gov.state.ga.us> wrote:
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> From: James L. Mulligan [mailto:jlm at simulaw.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:46 AM
> To: Mulligan, Pat
> Cc: Christine Mulligan
> Subject: Hotels and Trains
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> Hi there -
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> Found the Hotel Abba Atocha. It is 1k from the Atocha Railway Station,
> the primary departure point from MAdrid. the rate perperson is $73.83
> euros per night. Also, on the RENFE (national rail service) I found two
> daily trains from Madrid to Ponferrada, one leaving in the afternoon,
> arriving @10:30 at night, the other leaving @ 10:30 from Madrid and
> arriving in Ponferrada @ 3:30 a.m.. Not clear if the train leaves from
> Atocha or not.
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> Need some guidance from peregrinos as to which train station, and
> whether better to arrivein dead of night or late evening. either way,
> probably means not hitting the road until morning of May 8th. travel on
> Camino May 8 thru 18, arriving in Santiago de Compostela, hopefully, May
> 17. that means we have to keep an average pace of approximately 20k per
> day, os 12.5 miles per day. Assuming a thrirty minute mile, we are
> talking about 6 hours plus caminando en caja dia. that is pretty
> gruelling for a couple of tenderfoots, but by no means unattainable. we
> need to review our triptik maps to be clear about which village/town we
> need to end up in each afternoon. It seemse from emails you have sent
> that the earlier we arrive in each village/town for end of a given leg,
> the more likely we are to obtain a reasonable accomodation for that
> night. do we want to book a room in Ponferrada for the night of the 7th.
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> Let me know if you find out info on train schedules, the RENFE website
> is not the best for getting that info, ironically.
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> talk later, eh?
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> Love,
> James
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