At the end of a guided Spain Tour in July, my husband and I will need to get to Barcelona - from Granada - to catch our flight home. We are thinking of taking the train. We will have 2 days. Any comments on the train route, scenery, interesting town midway worth stopping over in?
Posted by
London, United Kingdom
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Where will you already have visited on the tour?
Posted by
OP
50 posts
We'll arrive in Barcelona at the end of May to meet up with a bicycle tour that rides from Barcelona through the Pyrenees over to Camino de Santiago down into Portugal, then into Andalucia via Sevilla to Granada, with 2 days in Granada. Will do the Alhambra. A 6 week bicycle trip so we look forward to a couple days where we won't be on the bike!
Posted by
Washington DC
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I think you are going to be wrung out from the heat at that point and should get out of Andalucía as fast as you can. I took a look at the train routing, and the fastest option goes through Antequera (which I haven't seen, but it has been mentioned positively on this forum), Cordoba and Zaragoza. The other daytime option routes you through Antequera, Seville and Madrid. What all those places have in common is that you're not going to want to be there in July. Barcelona itself may be quite hot, but it will not be as bad as the other options unless something really flaky happens. And you could spend a day at Montserrat, which should be cooler. Or on a beach.
So I say: Fly.
Posted by
OP
50 posts
Agreed. It will be a bit of a hot sufferfest! We'll look into a quick flight then chill by water. :-)
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OP
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Booked a flight on Vueling! Couldn't argue that a 1 1/2 hour flight is better than a 10 hour train trip! :-)