Public Transport from Lisbon,Portugal to Santiago de Compostela,Spain

The current most direct route is by bus.

alsa.es operates a daily through bus service from Lisbon Sete Rios Bus Station as follows:

May 26 2016 -

Dep: 07:30 Lisboa Sete Rios

Arrive Santiago de Compostela 17:45 (+1hr Spanish Time)

By train one has to change at Porto and Vigo and can take longer.

By plane one has to fly to La Coruna and then bus or train from there.

Portugal - New Airline Services - Summer 2015.

An excellent article this morning, courtesy of Portuguese online daily "Notícias Ao Minuto", summarising all new routes/destinations to be operated from Portugal's Airports over the 2015 Summer Season.

Summary in English:

- Aeroporto Sá Carneiro Airport(OPO) - Porto

New Routes: Stuttgart, Bristol, London – Luton e Manchester (easyjet); L'orient (Ryanair); Istanbul (Turkish Airlines); Dusseldorf (German Wings) e Prague (Czech Airlines).

New Services: Luxemburg, Nantes, Stuttgart (easyJet); Ponta Delgada, L'Orient (Ryanair) e Zurich (Swiss Airlines).

- Aeroporto da Portela Airport (LIS)- Lisbon

New Routes: Ponta Delgada (easyJet and Ryanair); Warsaw (Ryanair and Wizzair).

New Services: Lyon (Transavia) and Budapest (Wizzair).

- Aeroporto Internacional de Faro Airport (FAO) - Faro, Algarve 

New Routes: Barcelona (Vueling); Madrid (Air Nostrum)(Not confirmed on any website?????? Is this being confused with the new Air Nostrum route to Faro do Vigo in Galicia?) and Prague (Travel Service).

New Services: Stockholm (SAS), Dusseldorf (German Wings) e Zurch (Air Berlin).

- Aeroporto da Madeira, Funchal (FNC), Madeira 

New Routes: Edinburgh (easyJet).

New Services: Barcelona (Vueling), Cologne/Koln (Air Berlim), London – Gatwick (British Airways), Madrid (Iberia), Munich(TUI fly) and Manchester (easyJet).

- Aeroporto João Paulo II Airport, Ponta Delgada (PDL), Açores

New Routes: London (Ryanair).

New Services: Lisbon (Ryanair and easyJet) and Porto (Ryanair).

Porto, Portugal to Santiago da Compostela, Galicia, Spain by Public Transport

There are two public transport options for travelling between Porto and Santiago da Compostela.

Train:

There is a twice daily "Celta" train connecting Porto Campanha Station and Vigo in Galicia. Only the morning train has an onward connection to Santiago da Compostela according to renfe.es, the Spanish Railways website.

Daily Schedule as follows:

Name: TRENCELTA No. 12424 MD
Dept: Porto Campanha 08.15
Arr: Vigo Guixar 11.30
Dept: Vigo Guixar 12:13
Arr: Santiago da Compostela 13:37

Bus/Coach

There is a daily bus service operated by alsa.es(or associates) that departs Porto Casa da Musica Bus station as follows:

Dept: Porto 12:45
Arr: Santiago Compostela 17:45
Transit Time: 4h00 (Note time in Spain is one hour ahead of Portugal.)

This service operates via Porto Airport (15 minutes later), Braga and Vigo.

Direct Train between Porto and Vigo - Summer 2014

Excellent news! Otimo Notícias!

Comboio direto liga Porto e Vigo a partir do verão - JN

Following today's summit between the Portuguese and Spanish Governments' it has been confirmed that as from summer timetables 2014 there will be one direct through train daily between Porto and Vigo!

Coimbra & Porto to San Sebastian

Coimbra is definitely worth a visit.

It is one of the oldest Universities in Europe with roots dating back to the 1200's. 

The student life melds with the fabric of the city

Its location on the Mondego River has been historically critical and there have been settlements there or near there since roman time. 

For some more info have a look at this recent article:

http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.pt/2013/01/coimbra-portugal.html

There are plenty of low-cost pensions in Coimbra. 

There is also a "Pousada de Juventude", state youth hostel.

See also: http://www.turismodecoimbra.pt/index.php?lang=en

As regards travelling to San Sebastian/Donastia from Porto you basically have two routes:

1) Through Galicia via Vigo, Santiago da Compostela, La Coruna, Oviedo, Santander and Bilbao. 

2) Via Salamanca, Valladolid, Burgos, Vitoria, and Bilbao.

This can all be done by long distance coach (See: alsa.es) or train. (See renfe.es / www.cp.pt) 

On both routes, there are historic cities worth visiting. In Bilbao you also have the Guggenheim.

There are other cities in the region like Zamora, Ourense, and Leon among others that might interest you.

Basically you need to have a look at the articles on these cities on wikipedia. Decide which ones interest you and then plan your itinerary from there.

Stop Press - Porto - Vigo Rail Service cancelled.

The national newspaper "Publico" has just reported that CP (Portuguese Railways) is stopping its service between Porto and Vigo as from next Sunday, 10th July 2011.

Henceforth, the only public transport connections between the North of Portugal and the Galicia region of Sapin will be by bus.

See (in Portuguese): http://goo.gl/99EdG

Portugal - General Strike - 24/11/10

Clipped from www.tripadvisor.com

Re: Help Needed - Air Strikes Next Wednesday

Regrettably, you are probably stuck. It is not just an air strike, it is a full blown Euro-Zone French/Greek Style National Strike. 90% of the country will be down. The trains will be out, most local buses will be out and it is highly likely long-distance buses will be out as well! There are no long distance buses from Braga to Spain. Vigo would be your only alternative, but you would need to get to Porto to get the bus to Vigo if it is operating!!! The Spanish Company http://www.autna.es operates a daily weekday service from Porto Airport to Vigo at the following times: OPORTO, AEROPUERTO 9:45 12:45 16:45 19:45 Transit time takes about 3 hours. I am not hopeful though that this service will operate on Wednesday. Basically, despite your comments, be prepared to have to stay until Thursday. This strike has been written about on this Forum recently. Read more at www.tripadvisor.com

See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/flve

Vigo to Porto/Lisbon

The train departure at 07:40 from Vigo is the only daytime train departure for Porto and Lisbon.

For buses try The train departure at 07:40 from Vigo is the only daytime train departure for Porto and Lisbon.

For buses try alsa.es.

There is a daily bus departure as follows:

Dept. VIGO          12:00
Arr.  LISBON Sete Rios 19:30  
 

Lisbon - Porto - Vigo - La Coruna - Internorte Timetable

The following is an extract of the current timetable for the long distance coach services operated by http://www.internorte.pt/ between Lisbon - Porto - Vigo - La Coruna - Santiago da Compostela. Internorte do not have an online interactive timetable. This is an extract from the downloadable pdf.

(Click on the image to enlarge:)



Important Addendum:

Many thanks to Cubsur of www.algarvebus.info for pointing out that the Spanish bus company www.autna.es also operate four daily services (Monday to Saturday) between Porto,Porto Airport and Vigo and v/v. On their website main page, click on Servicios then Lineas Regulares for the timetable.

Lisbon to Vigo

The only daily connecting bus service is one that leaves Lisbon Gare Oriente Bus Station at 09:15 arriving Vigo 17:30.

However, it is possible to do the trip by train:

There is an Alpha-Pendular Express train that leaves Lisbon Gare Oriente at 14:09 arriving at Porto Campanha Station at 16:46. There is a train leaving Porto Campanha Station at 17:55 arriving Vigo at 22:12 Spanish Time.

You can get a the Carris Aeroshuttle bus to Gare Oriente just outside the airport arrivals level. This leaves every 30 minutes between 07:00 and 23:00 and goes directly to the airport for a cost of +- € 3.00

Alternatively, take a taxi to Gare Oriente. Its only 10 minutes away.

You should try to get to the station as earl as possible to get a ticket.

Porto, Portugal to Vigo, Spain

Porto to Vigo is 152km according to Google Maps.


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Santiago de Compostela to Porto.

Sorry for the delay in responding owing to Internet Access problems.

There are no direct train links from Santiago de Compostela to Porto.

There are two trains daily between Vigo and Porto.

Connecting Services as follows:

Santiago da Compostela: 05:50
Vigo: 07:37
Vigo: 07:40
Porto: 09:55

Santago da Compostela: 17:38
Vigo: 18:59
Vigo: 19:44
Porto: 21:55

For more information see Spanish Railways (Renfe) renfe.es and
Portuguese Railways www.cp.pt.

Timetable of trains Porto - Vigo

Have a look at these previous articles on my blog.

http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com/search?q=Porto+Vigo

Note the service offered

Also, if you go to my blog at:

http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com

Scroll down on the right until you reach the panel entitled

Algarve & Portugal - Travel Transport Links

You will find a link entitled:

"Porto - Vigo Train Timetable (PDF)"

Click on it and you will be able to download the current timetable from Portuguese Railways.

You may find it better to use one of the cocah services operated by www.internorte.pt which operate via Porto Sa Carneiro Airport to Corunha.

Current Services and one way tariff as follows:(Click to enlarge)

Santiago da Compostela to Lisbon

Sorry, have been off-line unexpectedly for the week-end.

www.alsa.es have a bus departure from from Santiago da Compostela at 10:00 (Spanish Time) routing via Porto and arriving Lisbon Oriente at 18:00.

There are no direct trains between S. de Compostela and Porto.

You would need to get the 05:50 from S. de Compostela arriving Vigo at
07:37. Then the 07:40 from Vigo arriving Porto at 09:55 (Portuguese Time) Then the 10:52 from Porto arriving Lisbon Sta. Apolonia 14:00.

See www.cp.pt for more info.

As regards booking tickets, Bus Station in Santiago is probably the best.

For trains, probably Vigo Station for the Sector Vigo to Porto and then Porto station for the Porto to Lisbon.

You can try the only websites from bookins but they can be difficult and slow at times.

You best bet is probably the bus as you should be able to book a through ticket.

Train/Bus from Lisbon to La Coruna

Unfortunately there is no direct train service between Lisbon and La Coruna.

You would need first to get to Porto, then Vigo and then La Coruna.

See these articles on my blog for previous articles on this:

http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com/search?q=la+coruna

I have also published there an extract from the current Lisbon - La Coruna Bus service operated by Internorte. (Click on the image to enlarge it.)

Porto to La Coruna

On Saturday, 12th July 2008, there is a bus service operated by www.internorte.pt as follows:

From PORTO - INTERNORTE - PRAÇA DA GALIZA,96

Dept. PORTO 09.00H
PORTO (AEROPORTO SA CARNEIRO) 09.15H
POVOA DE VARZIM 09.45H
VIANA DO CASTELO 10.15H
VIGO (PEINADOR AEROPORTO) 12.15H
VIGO 12.30H
PONTEVEDRA 13.00H
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA 13.30H
CORUNHA 14.30H

Braga to Santiago de Compostela

From Braga you would have to change at Porto(Campanha) and Vigo in Spain.

There are two trains per day between Porto(Campanha) and Vigo. The following info is based on the current timetables provided by renfe.es and cp.pt and are for informational purposes only..

Dept: Braga 06:30
Arr: Porto 07:41

Dept: Porto(Campanha) 07:55
Arr: Vigo 12:12

Dept: Vigo: 12:32
Arr: Santiago da Compostela: 14:31

Dept: Braga 15:30
Arr: Porto 16:41

Dept: Porto(Campanha) 17:55
Arr: Vigo 22:08

Dept: Vigo: 22:30
Arr: Santiago da Compostela: 00:18

There is a quicker bus service operated by www.alsa.es as follows:

Braga 10:00 Santiago da Compostela 13:45 Monday to Friday
Braga 15:15 Santiago da Compostela 18:45 Daily

La Coruna - Geneva

I have spent some time on this one and yes, it is difficult.

There are only two trains a day linking Vigo to Porto and these each take +-4hrs:30 min. La Coruna - Vigo by train takes a further 2 hours!

La Coruna is a lot further than Vigo so I really don't think this route is doable by public transport.

If you have a car, the distance is 301km taking about 3:30 mins.

As regards buses there are services from La Coruna to Porto Airport operated by alsa.es

However, the Friday La Coruna to Porto to service operates too late to tie in with the flight from Porto.

On Thursday however, there is a bus from La Coruna Bus Station to Porto Airport leaving at 09:00 arriving 12:30.

There is then a direct flight from Porto to Geneva operated by Easyjet.com as follows

Thursday July 4th

Porto to Geneva

dep. 13:55, arr. 17:00

For the return there is a flight leaving Geneva for Porto as follows:

Sunday July 6th

Geneva to Porto

dep. 13:40, arr. 14:55

However, the current return price is about € 200.

There is a bus from Porto Airport to La Coruna as follows:

Dept Porto Airport 00.45H Arrive La Corunna 06.00H

Easyjet's Summer La Coruna - Madrid service has not yet be confirmed. Not available till 18th May.
It may be that there will be better routings via this route.

However, you might want to have a look at routing via Barcelona although the transit times are somewhat short.

July 4th.

La Coruna to Barcelona - Spanair

09:35 La Coruna 11:10 Barcelona

Barcelona to Geneva

Easyjet

12:05 Barcelona 13:40 Geneva

or

La Coruna to Barcelona - Spanair

15:25 La Coruna 17:00 Barcelona

Barcelona to Geneva - Easyjet

18:05 Barcelona 19:40 Geneva

Sunday, July 06, 2008

Geneva to Barcelona - Easyjet

10:20 Geneva 11:50 Barcelona

Barcelona to La Coruna - Spanair

12:50 Barcelona 14:35 La Coruna

I would suggest that if you can get hold of a car, driving to Porto would probably be the best option.

As regards, rental accomodation in La Coruna, I unfortunately live in the Algarve in the South of Portugal and am not local to La Coruna.

However, if you would like to visit my blog,

http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com/

scroll down to the bottom of the right hand panel, and click on "View my complete profile", you could then click on email and send me your requirements. I will then see if I can assist although it may take some time.

Porto - La Coruna

Unfortunately no there is no easy way that ties in with your arrival time.

Options are::

1) Rail:

Two through train departures daily from Porto Campanha station to Vigo in Spain at

07:55 arriving 12:15

and

17:55 arriving 22:37

Connecting Through trains to A Coruna are:

13:43 arriving 15:55

06.30 arriving 08.48 (next day)

For sources see:

www.cp.pt
www.renfe.es

2) Hire a car but there will be a hefty drop of charge for one way.

3) Coach

There is a direct service operated by Internorte - see:

www.internorte.pt

Weekdays

PORTO AIRPORT-SANTIAGO-CORUNA
Dept:09.15H
Arr: 14.30H

LISBOA-PORTO/CORUNHA
Dept:14.45H
Arr: 19.45H

PORTO AIRPORT-SANTIAGO-CORUNA (Certain Weekdays)
Dept:16.45H
Arr: 22.15H

Weekends

PORTO AIRPORT-SANTIAGO-CORUNA
Dept:09.15H
Arr: 14.30H

LISBOA-PORTO/CORUNHA
Dept:14.45H
Arr: 19.45H

Online booking does not appear to be currently available for this service.

For more info:

www.internorte.pt
www.alsa.es

Travel from Portugal to Spain and/or Morocco

If you have a home in Figueira da Foz for two weeks why visit Spain and Morocco?

Figueira da Foz is situated almost equidistant between Porto and Lisbon and only 40 kms from the historic University Town of Coimbra.

You can download the Coimbra to Figuera da Foz Train Timetable in pdf format on my blog:

http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com/

On the right hand side panel scroll down to the section:

>> Algarve & Portugal - Travel Transport Links

At the bottom you will find a link

>> Train Timetable - Coimbra to Figueira da Foz

With a hire car or by train you should have enough to do in these towns and surrounding centres such as Obidos, Alcobaça, Tomar, Batalha, Sintra and Torres Vedras to take up at least a week to two weeks of your time.

Visiting Morocco from here would require a long days (7 to 8 hours) drive to Algeciras, a ferry crossing, a couple of days in somewhere like Tangier and then a ferry crossing and a a long days drive.

Only Royal Air Maroc operate flights from Lisbon to Casablanca. It is not possible to check prices online but I suspect that they will be pricey.

As regards Spain, if you do want to do an excursion, be aware that is it a large country and that there are many beautiful cities and towns to visit.

From Figueira da Foz, I would recommend a route by hire car that took you from there, via the IP1 onto the IP5 through Guarda and then to Salamanca.

This would take about 3 to 4 hours. Salamanca is a wonderful University city and the site of one of the famous Napoleonic War Battles.

Spend the night there - the IBIS Hotel is good. Central and stayed there in December 2007.

Alternatively, you could run North via Porto and Braga and visit Vigo and the famous pilgrimage and University Town of Santiago da Compostela.

Do not forget that there are good intercity bus services in Spain and Portugal.

You can check out some of them on my blog.

Part II/Follow-on comment

Thanks for the rating.

Honestly, there is so much to do in the immediate area as I described, that a Moroccan diversion by air via Madrid on a low cost airline to my way of thinking is a bit of a waste of resources.

Bear in mind that it will take you a day to get to Morocco flying via Madrid - It will take 90 minutes by car to Lisbon Airport, a 2 hour check-in, 1 hour flight - up to 90 minutes on the ground at Madrid Barajas Airport and then a 90 minute flight to your destination and then immigration and then to the hotel. Probably in the order of 7-8 hours minimum provided there are no delays on the Lisbon Madrid route. Remember with low-costs if you buy 2 different sectors and your incoming one is late they will not wait for you and you may have to buy another ticket for the second sector.

Honestly, I do suggest you review the Morocco option.

If want to do other countries/cities why not look at Barcelona which is a great city. You can get low costs daily from Lisbon with ClickAir. Despite your comment, I have just had a look at Clickair's site and they no seem to currently operate Lisbon to Madrid.

Vueling.com is low cost airline that operates this route. However, do not buy your ticket yet as there is a real possibility they may merge with ClickAir or another airline in the next few months.

Also bear in mind that Ryanair operate flights to the following destinations from Porto Airport just over 90 minutes from Figueira da Foz by Car which are in or near the towns mentioned:

Bergamo - Italy - 60km from Milan but a wonderful old hilltop city. I was there last year.
Pisa - Italy
Valencia - Spain

Again don't book until nearer the time as Ryanair are renowned for terminating routes without notice.

Volareweb.com also operate Porto - Milan Malpensa.