León Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

ALSA (902 42 22 42) has buses which leave from the bus station on Paseo del Ingeniero Sáez de Miera to Madrid (€19.90, 3½ hours, 12 daily), Burgos (€12.50, 3¾ hours, four daily), Astorga (€3, 45 minutes, 16 daily), Ponferrada (€7.35, two hours, 12 daily), Oviedo (€7.85, 1½ hours, nine daily) and Valladolid (€8, two hours, eight daily).

Car & motorcycle

The N630 heads north to Oviedo, though the AP66 autopista that runs parallel to the west is faster (the two roads merge at Campomanes). The N630 also continues south to Seville via Salamanca. The N120 goes west to Galicia via Astorga, where it merges with the A6. If you avoid the Barrio Humedo, parking stations (€8.50 to €12, 12 hours) abound in the streets surrounding Plaza de Santo Domingo.

Train

Trains travel to Astorga (€2.95, 40 minutes, four daily), Valladolid (€8.90, two hours, 10 daily), Burgos (from €17.20, two hours, four daily), Oviedo (from €6.60, two hours, seven daily), Madrid (from €20.75, 4¼ hours, seven daily) and Barcelona (from €43.80, 10 hours, two daily).

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