The city of Valladolid is situated 200km to the Northwest of Madrid. Its geographical localization in the community of Castile-León makes Valladolid easily accessible from the other seven provinces of this autonomous community.
Valladolid is one of the weekend destinations chosen by Madrid’s inhabitants to avoid the “chaos” of the Spanish capital. Since the arrival of the Ave (long- distance trains) to Valladolid, there are options of roundtrip to Madrid for approximately 50€, where the train should have been taken in Chamartín Station.
Here we provide you the link of Renfe’s web site, in which you can check schedules, prices, and book tickets online
If you have a car at your disposal and the plan of visiting Valladolid, you can come through the A6 motorway of Madrid, taking two hours from this last city. For all those who want to avoid the toll, they can always go up through the entertaining (but dangerous) Puerto de los Leones. You can also make one-hour trips from the Castile-León’s capital to Segovia, Salamanca, and Burgos. The trip to Palencia’s city lasts less half an hour.
Checking either Google Maps or the Spanish Campsa Guide can be really useful when planning the trip. The fact that the Valladolid’s downtown is full of pay-and-display-areas should be taken into account. When parking in these aforementioned areas, you have to pay from Mondays to Fridays, from 9:00 to 14:00 and from 16:30 to 20:00. On Saturdays afternoons, there is no need to pay anything for parking there.
Here we proportionate a link where the map of Valladolid’s pay-and-display areas and their limits.
From Valladolid, there are diverse bus companies that has several destinations, both domestic and international. To check the destinations and schedules is necessary to visit the websites of:
Linecar (In Spanish )
Avanzabus (In Spanish)
La Regional (In Spanish)
Valladolid’s airport is located in Villanubla’s municipality, a Valladolid’s town 25 km from the city. This is the most important airport in Castilla-León regarding the number of passengers. Concerning the booking of flights, we recommend using a search engine for flights.
A bus realises a route from de the bus station to the airport and the other way around. This operates one hour after and one hour before each flight.
