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Points to Remember When Planning Your Trip Around Spain

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Some points to consider when planning your trip from Madrid.

  • Madrid to Granada is six hours regardless of whether you take the bus or train. The bus is a lot cheaper.

  • Toledo is a great day trip from Madrid, but it is very difficult to travel south from Toledo.

  • The Madrid-Cordoba-Seville train route is super-fast but super-expensive, too. The bus takes more than twice as long (six hours rather than two-and-a-half) but it is a quarter of the price.

  • There are no direct trains from Granada to Cordoba or from Seville to Salamanca.

  • If you plan on traveling along the south coast, note that train coverage in the area is poor, the most notable city not to have a train station is Marbella. See this Train Map of Andalusia for help with this route.

  • The train from Bilbao to Barcelona takes two hours longer than the bus.

  • The train from Salamanca to Bilbao is only 30 minutes quicker than the bus.

  • The Madrid-Cordoba-Seville train route is super-fast but super-expensive, too. The bus takes more than twice as long (six hours rather than two-and-a-half) but it is a quarter of the price.

  • There are no direct trains from Granada to Cordoba or from Seville to Salamanca.

  • If you plan on traveling along the south coast, note that train coverage in the area is poor, the most notable city not to have a train station is Marbella. See this Train Map of Andalusia for help with this route.

  • The train from Bilbao to Barcelona takes two hours longer than the bus.

  • Madrid to Granada is six hours regardless of whether you take the bus or train. The bus is a lot cheaper.

  • The train from Salamanca to Bilbao is only 30 minutes quicker than the bus.

  • A simple solution to the Seville-back-to-Barcelona conundrum is to fly.

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