Barajas and other Madrid, Spain Transportation Tips

'Mode': TO
Category: Airplane
Getting TO/AROUND: Madrid's airport (Barajas) is very big and it keeps growing and growing. It has become the major hub linking Europe and South America. You will have to walk a lot in this airport, but it is like a presentation of the city: crowded, loud, music, good ambience... Look at the ethnic murals in the old Iberia terminal. They are a work of Equatorian artist Oswaldo Guayasamín.

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Phone: 902353570
Website: http://www.aena.es/madrid-barajas/index.html

'Mode': TO
Category: Other
Getting TO/AROUND: For inland travel, buses are quite good. There are three main bus stations according to the destination (Conde de Casal for Valencia, Zamora, Galicia, Salamanca, Lisbon, Extremadura and others), Avda. de América (for Cantabria, Basque Country, Burgos, Granada Soria, Navarra and others) and Sur (Andalusia, Valladolid, Barcelona and others.)

Trains are also comfortable, but travel first class: it is much better and not so expensive. The best line is for sure the high speed train to Córdoba and Sevilla, but soon will be finished the line to Zaragoza and Barcelona. The two main train stations are Chamartín (in the North) and the exotic Atocha (at the end of Paseo del Prado).
Traffic in Madrid is one of the worst in Europe. The municipality supports the use of private cars by constantly improving the roads and constructing new tunnels, bridges, motorways. As a result of it, the city seems to be permanently under construction and cars seem to be collapsed in a permanent traffic jam. Nevertheless, the city has a good undergroung network, that reaches almost every corner of the city. Some stations in this line are ready and they look great. The airport station is grandious, clean and there are even tv. sets in the trains and in the stations.

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