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 Stucked in the road :-( by SirRichard
So if you plan to make some road trip on weekends while U stay here, take this into consideration and choose another day to do it. Jams could hold you about 1 hour extra to go out & in!!
Alternative: take the train! Leave a Comment
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 TALGO ticket Barcelona to
Madrid by HORSCHECK
When I wanted to buy my TALGO ticket for Barcelona to Madrid, the train was already fully booked. On the next train was only one seat left, which was in fact enough for me.
So if you like to take a certain long distance train (TALGO, AVE), make sure to book your train ticket well in advance. Leave a Comment
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 Departing from Atocha by Nathalie_B
The trains to Toledo are almost always full! There's no possibility to stand on this 30 minutes ride, which means you have to make sure you purchased your tickets ahead.
It was just another, working, weekday when I decided to explore Toledo. I came to the Atocha station to get my tickets and was told that nothing is available and that there are a lot of people on wait list. I bought tickets for the next day.
Also make sure that you buy roundtrip tickets because coming back you'll have the same problem. And, if you buy the roundtrip ticket the price is cheaper. I paid about 14 Euro and it was a fast and pleasant trip. The train I took, both ways, was full and again there were many people who really hoped to get to Toledo and back. Leave a Comment
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at Barajas airport by marielexoteria
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WARNING!!!!
Take care of your wallet and your passport when you are using the subway.
My passport was steal when I was going to the airport. The local people said here that there is a big "Mafia" specialized in this kind of thing.
TIP if your passport was stolen:
1. Go immediatly to the Police and open a denouncement. There is a Police department inside all Metro Station. You will receive a ID number that you will use on the Police department (next step).
2. Use this ID on the Police department and sign you report - it's not the same place, go to 'Comesaria del Aeropuerto' in Barajas;
3. Cancel and change your flight, because you lost;
3. Go to your embassy with the following documents:
3.1 - 02 normal pictures for documents (3x4)
3.2 - the Police report signed
3.3 - Some national identification - like a driver license, etc - that will proves that "you are you" and you was traveling in Spain;
I hope that it's can be useful for you, if you face this problem. My passport was stolen in the Metro station called "Nuevos Ministerios" and normally these are the things that you have to do, because none here can help you, neither police :-(
Do not bring your passport together with your wallet. Carry your passport alone in another place.
TAKE CARE YOURSELF. Leave a Comment
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There are three possible hazards at the airport.
1) Security: When we landed from the US, we had to go through immigration. But to go through immigration that meant that we had to go back through security again, and my grandson still had his two bottled drinks that he bought inside security before we left, and I still had some water in my bottle which I had filled before we left. So we had to dump the water out.
1A) I took pictures in the airport (photo 4) without anyone saying anything to me until we left for the last time, and when I took a picture of the gate sign I was reprimanded. But they didn't take my camera or anything. (photo 5)
1B) Each time my grandson went through immigration he set off the alarm. The procedure seems to be that they ask me how old he is (in Spanish so it takes me awhile to figure out what the question is and then they look at his passport to verify), and then ask my permission to search him. Then they pat him down - they don't use the wand. I don't know why he sets the detector off here as he has not done so anywhere else even wearing the same clothing. I walked through the doorway and was fine. We did not have to take off our shoes anywhere in Europe.
2) Luggage carts These are free, but they have an automatic brake on them and if you don't read the directions (photo 2 and 3) you won't be able to move them. It took my grandson a little while to figure it out.
3) Finding the Departure Gate: There are no announcements on the PA system of the gate numbers. You have to look at the departure boards. Our plane was supposed to board at 10:35, and leave at 11:10. The notice boards were confusing, and there was no place to sit and be comfortable while monitoring them. My grandson asked if we were flight 1046 and without looking, I said yes, but that flight didn't have a departure gate yet, just that it was going to be a J gate of which there were 60.. We again asked a terminal person and she said the gate number would not be put up until a half hour before the boarding which would be 10:05.
Then it got to be 10:05 and they posted that we were to be at gate J58. We walked down there, and when they started boarding at 10:20, I asked the gate agent if we needed to check in again and she said (horrified) that this was flight 1046, and we were really on flight 2614. We should go and look at the boards to see what gate we had - the 1046 flight was a shuttle to Barcelona.
Ack. I had mistaken the flight number for the departure time.
We found a departures board - our gate was actually H13. We had to walk the length of all the J gates all the way down to the other end of the terminal and had to be there by 10:35, and it was now about 10:28. So we walked. I walked as fast as I could. And we did get there just before 10:35 - one of the last people to check in Leave a Comment
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This tip pertains to all mobility-reduced visitors who think about using the metro to move around in Madrid. Theoretically, the metro is a great means of transport, especially because it gets you to the city centre quite quickly for very little money after you've arrived at Barajas Airport. Things are not so great for wheelchair users though. At first everything looked fine. I had a plan indicating that near my hotel there were a couple of Metro stations with elevators. I had no problem whatsoever boarding the Metro at Barajas Airport, changing lines at Nuevos Ministerios was easy too. What happened then, however, sucked. I got off the train at Plaza De Espana only to find the elevators out of service. The escalators did work but they were very steep and, having no knowledge of the languge, I was unable to instruct other people how to help me up the escalators. I decided to try the next station with lifts, called "Principe Pio". Even though this seems to be a major railway station and changing point, the lifts at this station were also out of service. Bollocks! At the next station, "Lago", the lifts finally worked. But this was already waaaaaay out of town in some kind of sports park. I had no idea where I was and there was no taxi in sight, either. Some helpful local fellow finally took notice of my miserable self and I managed to tell him I wanted to "Gran Via con taxi"... he just shook his head "no taxi aqui" (*that* I had already figured out myself...) and pushed me for about a mile until we reached a large street with taxis travelling on it. The journey from Barajas to the hotel took me 4 hours. -- Twice as long as the flight from Cologne.
To make a long story short -- if you have no one accompanying you that's capable of helping you manage the escalators and if your Spanish is as poor as mine, do not take a chance with the Metro ... take a taxi from the airport. It's about 20 EUR to downtown and it saves you quite some hassle! Leave a Comment
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 by Lorro
The most dangerous intersection in Madrid is at the Cibeles roundabout, (Paseo del Prado and Alcala streets) Actually, there is not even enough time to get all the way across the street on a green light, you actually have to run if you are going to make it!
So be careful and use common sense as you would in any big city, cars go very fast on Paseo del Prado/Recoletos/Castellana.
I don't think Madrid is worse than any other city its size but its another thing to keep in mind when you are enthralled with the beauty of the Cibeles fountian and the Palacio de Comunicaciones building behind it. Watch where you are going.
And as always, enjoy Madrid!! Leave a Comment
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The Metro is a crowed place all day long - especially when the working people are going to or from work.
Therefore it is also a Paradise for pocket-thieves - So be aware of your wallet, camera and so forth. Dont be reckless! Leave a Comment
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I was robbed on the underground at Atocha Renfe station. It pays to stay where there are plenty of people if possible. Leave a Comment
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