Salamanca bus station

Salamanca bus station is on Avenida Filiberto Villalobos, 71, outside the old town. Long-distance coaches arrive and depart from here, including the direct service to Madrid-Barajas airport, as well as routes to the towns of the province, such as La Alberca and the Sierra de Francia. The information telephone number is 923 23 67 17.

Buses to Madrid and the airport

Monbus runs a direct line between Madrid-Barajas airport and Salamanca. At Barajas it stops at Terminal 1, in the car park opposite the arrivals hall, and also at T4. Tickets and timetables can be checked at monbus.es and bought there, at the usual ticket offices or at the airport itself, at the El Corte Inglés travel agency on the first floor of T1; the company's telephone number is 91 272 28 32. Turismo de Salamanca estimates about two hours' journey from Madrid.

If you are leaving from central Madrid, buses to Salamanca depart from the Sur station, on Calle Méndez Álvaro. From Barajas you can get there by metro on line 8 to Nuevos Ministerios and line 6 to Méndez Álvaro, or by taxi.

Other destinations

There are regular services that, with their connections, take you to any Spanish city. Alsa and FlixBus link Salamanca with Portugal: Porto, Coimbra and Lisbon. For the province, check the timetable of each line with the company that operates it; for example, the bus to La Alberca, run by Autocares V. Cosme, leaves from here daily, including Sunday at 10:00.

From the station to the centre

The station is outside the old town: you can get to the Plaza Mayor on foot, by city bus or by taxi. If you need to connect with a train, the train station is at the other end of the city, on Avenida de la Estación; according to Alsa, it is linked with this one by city bus line 7 or by taxi. Allow some margin if you are changing from one to the other.

Tips

Buy your airport ticket in advance if you are travelling on a long weekend or at Easter, when the city fills up. If you are heading to the province at the weekend, check the Saturday and Sunday timetable first, which can be very different from weekdays: the La Alberca one, for example, has a single departure on Saturday. And if you arrive by car from elsewhere and continue by bus, bear in mind that parking around the centre is regulated (ORA); the city council publishes park-and-ride car parks outside that zone.

Once in Salamanca

To get your bearings, call in at the tourist office on the Plaza Mayor, which is open every day. And from there, the Plaza Mayor, the cathedrals and the Roman Bridge can all be reached on foot. If you arrive by train, see the page for the train station.