Burgos

By plane

Burgos-Villafria airport (http://www.aena.es/csee/S...) was opened in 2008 with daily flights to Barcelona. If possible fly to Paris-Orly and Palma de Mallorca in the weekends. Air Nostrum, an Iberia-affiliated airline, also has flights from Burgos to Albacete, Ibiza, Bolonia, Nice, and London all via Barcelona. There you can take a taxi or a bus L25 that costs 0.85€.Other major airports near Burgos are Madrid 240 km, Bilbao 160 km, Santander 160 km and Valladolid 125km. There are several connections by train or bus between these cities and Burgos. If you are arriving Madrid you can take a bus in the Intercambiador of Avenida de America or a train in Chamartin railway station, the trip takes less than 3h.

By train

Burgos Rosa de Lima is the name of the railway station of the city. Is located at Avenida Príncipe de Asturias s/n,Tel.:902-240202, it´s 24h open and you can buy tickets there from 7:15 am to 10:30pm or online in Renfe web (http://www.renfe.com/EN/v...). It´s 5km far away from the city center but there are buses and taxis you can take. Burgos Rosa de Lima railway station offers high speed connections Alvia with Barcelona, Bilbao, Hendaya, Gijón, Madrid or Vigo. Also it has connections with other nacional like Salamanca, León, Vitoria, San Sebastián... and international cities Lisbon, Coimbra and Paris.

By car

Burgos has a privileged location between the centre and the north of Spain. Several roads cross the city and it´s easy to arrive Burgos by car.

From Santander take the main road N623 and 627 or the A231 and A67 divided highway.

From Madrid take the A-1 divided highway.

From Zaragoza and Cataluña take the AP-68 motorway at Miranda de Ebro take the AP-1 motorway.

From Portugal and Valladolid take the A-62 divided highway.

From France and the Basque Country take the AP-1 motorway.

From Galicia and Leon take the A-231 divided highway.

There are also car rental facilities in the city.

For more details, visit the Universidad de Burgos web site "Como venir a Burgos" (http://www.ubu.es/ubu/cm/...) or "How to get to Burgos." (http://www.ubu.es/ubu/cm/...), the town council web site is also a good source of information (http://www.aytoburgos.es/...)

By bus

Burgos is well connected by bus to many other cities in Northern Spain, and taking the bus is often faster than taking the train. The bus station is in the center of the city, next to Plaza vega in the Calle Miranda nº4-6, Tel.:+34 947 265565. You can download schedules of national an international services (http://www.aytoburgos.es/...). Taking a bus is the best option if you want to travel to Madrid, there are several coaches during the day and the trip takes only 2h 45min, the company who travel to Madrid is Alsa (http://www.alsa.es), you can buy tickets online.