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We're traveling from Madrid to Seville on 10/16. I got an alert from Loco2 that tickets are on sale today. The only options I see are two Alvia trains. The afternoon option seems to be direct and takes 2 hours 35 mins. I'm looking for a high-speed train experience. Do the AVE trains not run between Madrid and Seville? I thought they did.

Another question. We'll also be traveling between Seville and Grenada. Is bus the better way to go? I don't mind paying a little more if the experience is better by train.

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By car, you're looking at 5 hours. The results you're getting is the AVE.

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Alvia is a high speed train that can also go to non-high speed areas - they use an older trainset, but are just as fast between Madrid-Seville as the AVE is. I'm waiting to book my 9/19 trip until the AVE-proper tickets are released, mostly because Preferente class has a meal on AVEs and I'll be rushing to Atocha straight from the airport.

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Thanks for the advice. I'll wait for the AVE tickets to come available for my travel date.

Any thoughts on travel between Seville and Grenada? Bus or train?

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