Best way to go from Madrid to Toledo

You can take the AVANT train from Madrid ( Puerta de Atocha station):

• Cost €12,90pp
• Travel time 33 minutes
• You can buy your tickets at the train station a couple of days prior to date of travel.
• You may check train schedules here: http://www.renfe.com
• When you arrive to Toledo, you may take a taxi, walk up the escalator, or take a bus to Plaza de Zocodover (main square)

Thanks for the information. Can one take a bus to Toledo from Madrid ?

Yes, you can definitely take a bus to Toledo, but the travel time is longer.

• Cost is €5,39pp

• Travel time 1- 1.5 hours, depending what time you choose.

• You may check bus schedules here:https://www.alsa.es/en

• Once you arrive to the bus station, you can walk up (uphill) to Plaza de Zocodover, or take one of several buses that go there.

Do you have Rick Steves Spain or Rick Steves Snapshot Madrid and Toledo? Both of these have all the details about getting from Madrid to Toledo, as well as lots of other details about the two cities that you'll find very useful.

If you are taking the train, be sure to get tickets in advance, as the morning and evening runs (in both directions) can sell out. If the time you want is sold out, the bus certainly works fine too.

Everyone always seem to want the fastest way. We used the bus and found it more interesting. Ya, it is slower but spends more time in small towns in a very up close kind of way. Since the railroad system in Spain is not as extensive as other parts of Europe, they have a very nice bus system. We use the bus as much as the train in Spain.