Travel Information
How to arrive to Tordesillas
Tordesillas is a small town (9000 people) located 30 km far away from Valladolid, and 180 km far from Madrid. It is in a crossroad between the highways Madrid-Galicia (A-6), and Burgos-Portugal (A-62), so it is very well communicated by car.
Public transportation:
By Plane:
You can get to Tordesillas by plane either arriving at the Valladolid airport or at Madrid.
Landing in Valladolid Airport
The nearest airport is Valladolid, which is actually 11Km away from Valladolid and 30Km from Tordesillas. It has regular connections with
Barcelona, Paris, London, Lisboa and Bruxelles, and other seasonal
flights.
The best way to reach Valladolid from the airport is by taxi (19,50 euros) (there are some buses, but we do not reccommend using them).
The taxi trip from the airport to Tordesillas should cost around 30 euro and take about twenty minutes. It is easier to go to Tordesillas straight away rather than going to Valladolid and then to Tordesillas.
Landing in Madrid
Madrid airport has connections worldwide. From the airport
you can reach Madrid by metro or by taxi. The
Madrid Underground connects you with the center of the city.
By bus:
Notice that each travel Valladolid-Tordesillas, Valladolid-Madrid and Madrid-Tordesillas is serviced by a different bus company. Thus, the following explanations are a bit complicated.
- From Valladolid to Tordesillas: There is a bus station in Tordesillas, with connections to Valladolid
and Madrid. If you want to do this travel by bus,
you must go to Valladolid bus station (Calle Puente Colgante, close
to the train station). The bus company that travels to Tordesillas is "La
Regional" (<30 min)
http://www.laregionalvsa.com.
There are at least three connections daily
(Sundays) and at most seven
(Monday to Friday). Timetables may change, and you should check
their web page.
for details.
- From Madrid to Tordesillas, the bus company is Auto-Res
( http://www.auto-res.net ).
There are 3-6 connections daily (it takes between 2h10m and 2h30m). In Madrid you must go
to Auto-Res' bus station (Fernandez Shaw, 1; metro stop: Conde de Casal; you can see the local map).
- From Madrid to Valladolid, there are hourly connections (2h15m time). The bus company is Alsa ( http://www.alsa.es). In Madrid, buses
must be taken in Estacion Sur de Autobuses (metro: Méndez Álvaro, the bus station is part of the same building), the
biggest bus station in Madrid. The web page of this station is
http://www.estaciondeautobuses.com/ .
By train:
We think it is easier to come from Madrid to Tordesillas by bus. However, if you want to come by train, you must go first to Valladolid and then from Valladolid, come to Tordesillas by bus (because there is no train station in Tordesillas), as follows:
There are very frequent trains between Madrid (Chamartin train station) and Valladolid (2h 45m). For detailed timetables you can visit http://www.renfe.es , the
official page of the Spanish railway company. Then you get a bus from Valladolid to Tordesillas as explained above.
By Taxi:
Any taxi can carry you to Tordesillas, from Valladolid or from the airport.
The price is 0,45 euros/Km. on dayly hours and 0,53 /Km. on night hours. Tordesillas is 28 Km. far away from Valladolid but it is neccesary to pay the round trip, that is 56 Km. The overall price is about 30 euros.
Last modified: Thu Mar 9 12:48:32 CET 2006