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Getting TO/AROUND: Although the trains are good and mostly on time many of the small towns are not connected by train. You can use the local bus companies which are usually well connected Cádiz City.
For the bigger towns that are connected it is likely that you have to change trains somewhere. This usually entails a lengthy wait (from 1 to 4 hours is normal). Therefore you will often find the buses are quicker although the drivers are a little dangerous at times.
Trains and buses usually cost about the same unless you take the Talgo that goes from
Barcelona to Cadiz or the Ave which is a high speed train from
Sevilla to
Madrid (3 hours). Yo can get an Andalucia exress to
Sevilla then the Ave to
Madrid. These trains are a lot more expensive, but a lot quicker.
A
bus to
Madrid from Cádiz is 7 hours and one from
Barcelona to Cádiz is a good complete day of travelling.
You may want to consider
flying from
Jerez,
Sevilla or any other major town to or from
Madrid. It is expensive for the Spanish to do this but you may find it acceptable if you are travelling from Britain for example.
If you require and specific info that I haven't mentioned here please email me or leave a comment and I will try to help you out.
The train company in Spain is called
RENFE You can check out their web site a
www.renfe.esThere are many different bus companies in Spain. In and around Cadiz and Sevilla it is
Comes www.comes.es or
Los Amirillas. Around Andalucia in general it is
Alsina Graell. For Cadiz to Madrid it is
Secubus.
Try checking out the local papers for the most up to date
timetables such as
Diario de Cádiz (they also have a website) Beware: The internet can often be unreliable if it's not an official site.
Please remember that if you are travelling wih dogs they are not allowed on ANY buses and if they travel by plane they can't travel with you. You can take them on a rain if they are in a carry case.
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