{"id":51,"date":"2017-03-10T15:06:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T15:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resabi.com\/explorer\/madrid\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2017-03-10T19:09:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T19:09:50","slug":"getting-to-madrid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/resabi.com\/explorer\/madrid\/info\/getting-to-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting to Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jump to: <a class=\"scroll\" href=\"#air\">By air<\/a> | <a class=\"scroll\" href=\"#train\">By train<\/a> | <a class=\"scroll\" href=\"#bus\">By bus<\/a> | <a class=\"scroll\" href=\"#car\">By car<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"air\">By air<\/h2>\n<p>Most visitors come to Madrid by plane, arriving at Adolfo Suarez (Madrid-Barajas) International airport.<\/p>\n<p>Madrid-Barajas Airport (code IATA: <strong>MAD<\/strong>, code ICAO: <strong>LEMD<\/strong>) is located on the northeast of Madrid, Barajas district, 12 kilometers from Madrid city centre.<\/p>\n<p>The airport has 4 terminals (T1, T2, T3 &amp; T4), well connected by shuttle bus and remotely controlled train (APM). The frequency is 5-10 minutes during the day, and 20 minutes during the night.<\/p>\n<p>The airport changed its name from Madrid-Barajas to <em>Adolfo Su\u00e1rez Madrid-Barajas<\/em> in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The airport is <strong>connected to the city centre by Metro<\/strong> line <strong>L8<\/strong> from the Nuevos Ministerios station, a ride during 15-20 minutes. There are <strong>two metro stations at the airport<\/strong>, one <strong>for terminals T1, T2 &amp; T3<\/strong>, and another for the <strong>T4 terminal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>More on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aeropuertomadrid-barajas.com\/eng\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Madrid-Barajas website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"train\">By train<\/h2>\n<p>Madrid is the center of the extensive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renfe.es\" target=\"_blank\">Renfe<\/a> (Spanish national railways) railway network, arriving and departing from the city to destinations all over Spain. \u00a0Mid-Distance, Long Distance, High Speed and Suburban trains depart from and arrive at the two main stations: <a href=\"https:\/\/resabi.com\/explorer\/madrid\/atocha-train-station\/\">Atocha<\/a> and Chamart\u00edn. International trains to and from France and Portugal also depart from and arrive in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>More info about arriving to Madrid by train at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esmadrid.com\/en\/madrid-by-train\" target=\"_blank\">EsMadrid.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"bus\">By bus (coach)<\/h2>\n<p>The main bus station in Madrid is <strong>M\u00e9ndez \u00c1lvaro<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.estacionautobusesmadrid.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Estaci\u00f3n Sur<\/strong><\/a>), serving most of the coach traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Getting here by metro: <strong>L6<\/strong> (M\u00e9ndez \u00c1lvaro)<\/p>\n<p>Phone: (+34) 91 468 42 00<\/p>\n<p>An alternative bus station is <strong>Avenida de Am\u00e9rica<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Metro: <strong>L4<\/strong>, <strong>L6<\/strong>, <strong>L7<\/strong>, <strong>L9<\/strong> (Avenida de Am\u00e9rica).<\/p>\n<h3>Main coach companies serving Madrid<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><ins cite=\"mailto:ebenito\" datetime=\"2014-03-05T16:20\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alsa.es\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alsa<\/a><\/ins>.<\/strong> (+34) 902 42 22 42. Its network of coaches covers most of Spain.\u00a0 They also travel to several cities in Morocco and some European countries (Germany, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Slovakia, France, Great Britain, Holland, Italy, Luxembourg, Moldavia, Poland, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Romania, Switzerland and the Ukraine).<\/li>\n<li><strong><ins cite=\"mailto:ebenito\" datetime=\"2014-03-05T16:21\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.socibus.es\/\" target=\"_blank\">Socibus<\/a><\/ins>.<\/strong> (+34) 902 22 92 92. Running to and from Seville, Cadiz, Cordoba, Huelva and\u00a0Jerez de la Frontera.<\/li>\n<li><strong><ins cite=\"mailto:ebenito\" datetime=\"2014-03-05T16:22\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.auto-res.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Auto Res<\/a><\/ins>. <\/strong>(+34) 902 02 09 99 Services linking Madrid to Badajoz, Benavente, Caceres, Castellon, Cuenca, Merida, Orense, Pontevedra, Salamanca, Valencia, Vigo,\u00a0Zamora and Lisbon (Portugal).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><ins cite=\"mailto:ebenito\" datetime=\"2014-03-05T16:23\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.continental-auto.es\/\" target=\"_blank\">Continental-Auto<\/a><\/ins>. <\/strong>(+34) 34 902 33 04 00. Services to Bilbao, San Sebastian, Vitoria, Burgos, Santander, Pamplona, Logro\u00f1o, Soria and Granada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Numerous<\/strong> inter-urban bus lines that link Madrid with surrounding towns.<\/p>\n<p>More info about arriving to Madrid by train at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esmadrid.com\/en\/madrid-by-coach\" target=\"_blank\">EsMadrid.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"car\">By car<\/h2>\n<p>Madrid is surrounded and crisscrossed by a dense network of national highways, connecting the capital to all parts of Spain and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A-1. Madrid-Ir\u00fan. Motorway of the North <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A-2. Madrid-Barcelona. Motorway of Aragon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A-3. Madrid-Valencia. Motorway of Valencia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A-4. Madrid-Seville. Motorway of Andalusia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A-5. Madrid-Badajoz. Motorway of Extremadura<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A-6. Madrid-A Coru\u00f1a. Motorway of A Coru\u00f1a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ring roads<\/strong> <strong>M-40<\/strong>, <strong>M-45<\/strong> &amp; <strong>M-50 <\/strong>connect the city with the suburbs and surrounding towns.<\/p>\n<p>Calle 30 (formerly M-30 highway) circles the urban core of Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Some other avenues worth noting are <strong>Avenida de Am\u00e9rica<\/strong>, <strong>Paseo de la Castellana<\/strong>, <strong>Santa Mar\u00eda de la Cabeza<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jump to: By air | By train | By bus | By car By air Most visitors come to Madrid [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":48,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Getting to Madrid - Madrid City Explorers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/resabi.com\/explorer\/madrid\/info\/getting-to-madrid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Getting to Madrid - 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