How to arrive in Salamanca?

Who wants to travel to Salamanca by plane can fly has got two options: fly to Madrid or to Valladolid.

From Madrid to Salamanca

Madrid Barajas is one of the biggest airports in Western Europe, handling about 40 million people a year. The airport is situated 13 km north-east from the centre and has good transport connections. Easy ways to travel are: by metro (from Terminal 1,2,3,4), bus or taxi.

There are buses to Salamanca every 30 minutes at Conde Casal bus station. Bus tickets cost 10.00–16.00 €. Non-stop buses leave hourly and take 2,5 hours to bring you to Salamanca. To reach this bus station take the metro from Aeropuerto station to Nuevos Ministerios station by line 8, transfer to line 6 from Nuevos Ministerios to Ministerios to Conde de Casal station (€1,15).

From the Chamartin Train Station in Madrid you can take a train directly to Salamanca. Trains leave 7 times a day, the journey takes about 2,5 hour and costs about 15.00€. To reach Charmartin train station, take metroline 8 from Aeropuerto station to Nuevos Ministerios station, transfer to line 10 at Nuevos Ministerios to Chamartin station (€ 1.15).

Arriving in Salamanca, taxis here are cheap, so it’s advisable to take a taxi from the Salamanca bus or train station to your accommodation.

From Valladolid - Villnubla
The airport Villanubla is 10 km outside Valladolid. Some (low-cost) flights land here every day. From Valladolid it’s possible to travel by bus (direct or indirect) or train to Salamanca.

Take the bus or taxi to the train station. To arrive in Salamanca, you can easily take a direct bus to Salamanca at 3 PM or at 5.30PM (€8).

If you can’t make these times, there are two other options. Firstly take a bus (about €3) or taxi (€14) to the central bus station in the centre of the city. There is a bus line between the airport of Valladolid and the central bus station, from where a bus to Salamanca can be taken.
From the central bus station, take a bus to Salamanca that leaves every two hours and cost €7. There are 4-6 daily buses. The bus trip to Salamanca takes about 1 hour 15 minutes (return ticket) €11.85. More info about buses from Valladolid to Salamanca, see www.auto-res.es.

You can also travel by train from Valladolid to Salamanca. Firstly, take the bus to the central bus station – yes, the same bus as mentioned above. The train station is near the bus station (5 min. walk). There are 5-9 daily trains and the trip takes between 1:15 and 1:45 hours, depending on the type of train. More info about departure times of these trains, see www.renfe.es.

Taxis are cheap in Salamanca, so it’s advisable to take a taxi from the Salamanca bus or train station to your accommodation.