Buying perfume at Alicante Airport

On Tue Aug 29 16:28 , MThomas sent:

Gary,

Could you help me with this one, my wife bought 3 bottles of perfume from the duty free shop in Alicante airport. 2 bottles contained perfume and the 3rd was virtually empty.

We didn't check at the time, I'm woundering is there an email address or contact details.

I have attached some photos of the perfume, etc.

Thanks in advance for the help and assistance very much appreciated

Mark Thomas

MY REPLY

Hi Mark

The shop (Aldeasa) don't publish their email addresses (not untypical of Spain!) but here are 2 telephone numbers for the shop at Alicante Airport:

0034 965 680 538 or 0034 965 680 575

I hope you are able to resolve the problem but I fear that you won't get very far, in my experience Customer Services on these kind of issues are not the same as in the UK, but it is still worth you trying.

It would be interesting to hear from you to see how this progresses and I am adding this thread to the main message board today.

Out of interest was the 3rd bottle in a sealed box or not?

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartment in Marbella

Lost property at Madrid Airport

On Mon Aug 28 13:17 , ' Browne's Travel' sent:

Hello !

I'm a travel agent in Geneva.

One of my client has lost his mobile in MAD airport on the 26th of Aug., is there a "lost and found" service at the airport with a email adress ?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Best regards.

Stephanie
Browne's Travel

MY REPLY

Hi Stephenie

There are 2 lost and found areas at Madrid Airport, niether publishes their email I am afraid, BUT the telephone numbers are:

0034 913 936 119 for Terminal 1

0034 917 466 065 for Terminal 4

Hope this helps and you are able to find the Mobile Phone

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartment in Marbella

A bad day at Murcia Airport

On Fri Aug 25 15:39 , 'Brian Hunter' sent:

Hi Gary,

As a recent visitor to Murcia airport, I feel the need to sound off a little about the services provided there. I went to the airport to collect my brother on a Belfast flight which was delayed due to the recent security scare. I had to wait 60 minutes in the airport so I went to the Merlia shop to buy a newspaper at 10am. The notice on the window stated back in 5 minutes as the girl was counting the papers. I waited until 10.20am when the girl came out of the shop and told me she would be back in 5 mins.At 10.45 she still hadn't come back so I went outside and saw her chatting and having a smoke. I think it's ridiculous that this shop should close for 5 minutes never mind over 45 mins.

When I was departing for home, I was also disappointed to see the same shop doesn't even open up until after 9am! I went into the departure lounge to find that the restaurant facilities are practically non existant. This is supposed to be an international airport!! Not impressed.

Brian Hunter

MY REPLY

Hi Brian

Thanks for your email, I am going to put this up on the site tomorrow as a warning to other travellers to make sure that they know what to expect.

Over the next few years a new airport should be constructed in Murcia as the old one is way to inadequate to deal with the needs of todays travellers. Public transport is also virtually non existant!

With regards to the opening of the shop.......this is one of the frustrating things about living in Spain!!!!

Hope you have a better experience on next years holidays

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartment in Marbella

Getting from Valladolid to Astorga

On Tue Aug 22 14:31 , 'Brigid Anne Hand McCormick' sent:

Gary, I need to get to Rabinal on Sat. Sept. My flight arrives at 16.05 and the Alsa bus leaves earlier. Can you suggest how I might get to my destination. I cannot rent a car for two weeks! I am volunteering at a Camino hostel for 2 weeks. Do you know of anyone personally that would drive me and I could pay them? Many thanks.

--
Brigid McCormick

MY REPLY

On 8/22/06, gary@spanish-airport-guide.com < gary@spanish-airport-guide.com> wrote:

Hi Brigid

I dont know anyone up in that area, I live about 1200 kms away in Marbella

The best thing that I can suggest is posting on the Pilgrims Forum where other travellers must be having similar discussion, you can find out more here...

http://www.caminosantiago.com/web_ingles/foroperegrinos.htm

I hope all goes well for you

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartment in Marbella

FROM BRIGID

On Thu Aug 24 0:09 , 'Brigid Anne Hand McCormick' sent:

Gary: Can you check the Renfe website and see if I can get a train from Valladolid to Astorga? I arrive at 16:05. on Sept. 30 I looked it up, but can't understand which train I would take??? Many thanks. Sorry to be a pain! Brigid

MY REPLY

Hi Brigid,

You need to get a taxi / bus into Valladolid RENFE train station and then get a train from Valladolid into Leon,

You can get the timetables here in English - Trains Valladolid to Leon

Once in Leon there are buses that run hourly throughout the day upto Astorga

Here is a link to the timetables for the buses, the last one is at 2130 so you should have plenty of time

http://www.astorga.com/transportes%20publicos%20en%20astorga.htm#BUSES

I can see that there is a train station in Astorga but can't find out about the trains there, it may be worth you calling RENFE and just checking that there are not any train connections. You can call them on 0034 902 24 02 02.

Hope this helps and all goes well

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram

Passenger Assistance at Madrid Airport

On Mon Aug 28 5:39 , 'Alvarenga, Carlos TSgt 496 ABS/SF31' sent:

My friend is flying in on delta and arriving at terminal 1 at Madrid airport

She needs to get to terminal 4

She is disable and needs help getting from terminal 1 to terminal 4

Will there be assistance for her there?

A response will be greatly appreciated, thank you

MY REPLY

Hi

I think the best thing to do is to call the Spanish Airport Authority helpline on 0034 902 404 704 who should be able to help you organise this assitance.

I hope all goes well and it would be great if you could let us know how you get on so we can publish your experinecs on the website to help other disabled travellers

Good luck

Gary

Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartment in Marbella

Buses from Seville to Chiclana

On Sun Aug 27 18:19 , 'legood' sent:

There is a bus from Chiclana to Novi Sancti Petri I cannot remeber the times or the number butand if you are interested I will send you the details as I am visiting 31st August for 2 weeks.

I have a question also though do you know if I can get on a bus from San Fernando to Chiclana as I return to San Fernando rail station on Monday 4th September from Seville if you know the times and number of bus and where I can get on it would be a help

Regards Jenny Legood

MY REPLY

Hi Jenny

I've had a look around and think that you will have to travel from San Sebastian bus station down to Chiclana here is a page that lists the timetables of the buses...

http://www.andalucia.com/travel/bus/seville.htm

There is also some great info here:

http://www.turismo.sevilla.org/paginas_es/bus.asp

I know that the main company that is listed as providing the buses from Seville to Chiclana is Comes but cant find their website, here is their contact info..

TRANSPORTES GENERALES COMES

Servicio Transporte Interurbano / Intercity Transport
Plaza de Andalucía,3
Telf. 956 40 03 57

Any info you can give us with regards to the trains after you travel would be great, I hope that this helps.

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram
La Maestranza Puerto Banus

Jerez Airport to Mijas Costa

On Sun Aug 27 0:03 , 'claire sweeney' sent:

Hello Gary,
we are honeymooning in Riviera del sol, Mijas costa, how would you suggest
we get there from jerez airport? we didn't realise it was so far away and
were hoping to get a taxi, it'd cost 150 euros !
we don't drive !
many thanks, Claire.

MY REPLY

Hi Claire

Wow thats a bit of a pain!!! Ia ssume your flying Ryanair from Stansted?

BAD NEWS FIRST!

Ok my best advice is to either cancel the flights or move them to another trip or move them to Granada where it is still a pain BUT easier to get down to Malaga and onto Mijas, then just book new tickets (Ryanair dont fly to Malaga) but try easyjet (from Stansted) and have a very easy transfer to Riviera. (€30 taxi ride)

OR

Accept that the transfer will be an adventure in itself and fly into Jerez!

OK here goes.....

The easiets way is to get a bus / taxi into Jerez Train station (€20 taxi) and then get a train from Jerez to Malaga, you will need to change in Seville but should be easy enough, the trains will cost about €16-€20 and the whole journey should be about 4 hours. Once at Malaga get the train to Fuengirola (every 15 mins and cheap) then get a taxi to Riviera (€15)

The train website in English is here and If i were you I would call them to confirm times etc, they have an International number on the website but dont forget to add 0034 in front!

Trains website

Or

Call this english guy who lives in Riviera and ask him how much he would charge for a pick up in Jerez, tell him you came via me and I am sure he will do the best price possible but €150 would be about right!

Call Bedford on: 0034 932 939 583 or 0034 697 442 339

OR

You need to get the bus or a taxi into Jerez Bus Station and then a bus to Marbella, I am not too sure if after it leaves Marbella it goes past Riviera on its way to Malaga (ask the driver!) but

There is only one bus per day between Jerez and Marbella: It leaves Jerez at 1530 in the afternoon and takes about 4 hours once at Marbella Bus Station you need to get the bus from Marbella to Fuengirola and get off at Riviera OR get a taxi from Marbella to riviera which will be about €30.

Failing that you need to get a bus from the Airport to Cadiz where there are 3 buses to Marbella / Malaga per day

0900 / 1500 / 2000

and the same advice as above.

I hope this all works out for you and for me the train sounds like fun and the best, cheapest option, if you arrive late a night in Seville is also a serious GREAT alternative and will add something extra to your honeymoon!

Regards

Gary

Smoking at Palma Airport

On Sat Aug 26 21:10 , 'corinna tattersall' sent:

Please would you let me know what the smoking policy is in Palma Airport in Majorca.

Can you smoke in Arrivals or do you have to smoke outside the building? I will be flying there for a holiday and hoped to get a quick cigarette before I get the coach to Alcudia.

Thanks

Corinna

MY REPLY

Hi Corinna

All airports have a designated smoking area and as smoking is so popular in Spain I am sure that you will find somewhere to smoke in the arrivals / luggage collection area.

Just head to where everyone else is smoking!

Have a great trip

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartment in Marbella

Reus to Cambrils

On Sat Aug 26 13:40 ,

Hi there,could you help,we arrive at Reus airport at 9.30am and need to get to Cambrills.is there a bus or a a train we can get.Thanks.Alison.

MY REPLY

Hi Alison

Its about 25kms between Reus Airport and Cambrils

The buses at the airport run in time with the flights (it's not a busy airport) and there is a bus between Reus Airport and Cambrils at 10am. (I am sure it will wait if the plane is 15 mins late!)

Failing that you can get a taxi into Cambrils and expect to pay about €35 each way.

You can book your own private transfers here:

Reus to Cambrils Transfers

The only trains that run DIRECT are from Tarragona to Cambrils. You would need to get a bus or taxi in to Tarragona (€20) and then there are trains every 40 minutes or so. The train journey is only 15 mins and costs about €1.50

Trains in English

Hope all goes well and that you have a great time

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartment in Marbella

Trains from Alicante to Valencia

On Sat Aug 26 8:39 , 'pete' sent:

Hi Gary,

Could you tell me, is it relatively simple to travel by train to Valencia from Alicante and is the train station close to the airport in Alicante.

Thanks, Barbara Dowling

MY REPLY

Hi Barbara

There are plenty of trains from Alicante to Valencia, here is a link for the English version of the Spanish Trains website..

http://horarios.renfe.es/hir/ingles.html

The easiest way to get to the train station is to jump into a taxi, should be no more than €25

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartment in Marbella

Wheelchairs at Lanzarote Airport

On Fri Aug 25 15:58 , 'anthony payne' sent:

Hi Gary

Please could you let me know where best to hire a wheelchair in Lanzarote. I am travelling on 07/09/06 with my mother who has recently had her knee replaced and need a wheelchair for one week. Ideally collection from the airport would be best.

Many thanks

MY REPLY

Hi Anthony

The only place I know to look is here:

Wheelchair hire in Lanzarote

I hope this helps and all goes well.

I would love to have more info on facilities and experiences from disabled travellers so if you could let us know how your mother got on with your holidays in Lanzarote, what the overall facilites etc where like at the airport and the island genrally that would be great

Hope all goes well

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartment in Marbella

Left luggage at Asturias Airport

On Fri Aug 25 21:08 , 'Melissa Harrison' sent:

Hi Gary,

Wondered if you could help me with the following question. I am flying to Asturias airport next Saturday (2nd) and would like to be able to leave a bag there in a locker, if at all possible, as I am flying onward from there in a week's time and would prefer not to have to lug all my baggage around Northern Spain with me. Is there any ability to store a small bag there, do you know, or have security concerns meant that this is not possible?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, and in the meantime, thank you for your work in compiling the Spanish Airport Guide,

With best wishes

Melissa Harrison

MY REPLY

Hi Melissa

The only airports with baggage storage are Barcelona and Madrid so I'm afraid you won't be able to leave your bags at Asturias.

You may find something at the train or bus station but I cant find any info.

If you do find somewhere to leave your bags please do let me know so that I can help other tarvellers.

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartment in Marbella

Easyjet flights in Spain

Looks like we could be enjoying lower priced internal Spanish Flights from next February..

Low-cost airline easyJet is to set up a southern European base at Madrid airport.

Barajas Airport will be easyJet’s 17th base and the first in Spain. Operations are set to start on February 16, 2007 with several brand new routes.

EasyJet began operating from Barajas in 1998 and is now the fourth largest airline, and the largest low-fares operator, to fly from the Spanish capital.

Andy Harrison, easyJet chief executive, said: “While Madrid is one of Europe’s largest and most important capital cities, it is still underserved by low-fares airlines.

“easyJet’s new base will make Madrid much more accessible for international visitors and will offer Spanish consumers low cost with care and convenience.”

This announcement from easyJet will be seen as a challenge to the Spanish flag carrier, Iberia, who launched its own budget service Clickair a few weeks ago.

Spain is already easyJet’s second largest market, behind the UK, with more than seven million passengers in 2005. The airline currently offers nine international routes from Madrid, including London, Bristol and Liverpool.

Taken from: Cheapflights.co.uk

Valencia Airport to Valencia Racing Circuit

On Tue Aug 22 21:49 , 'Doug Conaty' sent:

Do you know how far the airport is to the Valencia Racing Circuit?

Are there good transport links between the 2?

My Reply

Hi Doug,

The Stadium is about 20 kms from the airport, I am sure there are bus routes from the City Center but can't find any info.

Map & directions

The easiest thing to do is probably to jump into a taxi at the airport, the journey should cost between €15-20.

Hope that you have a great time

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartment in Marbella

Lost Property at Ibiza Airport

On Mon Aug 21 12:44 , 'Gill, Graham' sent:

Lost Property

Hi Gary,

Wonder if you could help me.
I was on a flight back to Glasgow from Ibiza yesterday and my kid left her favourite toy in the departure lounge.
Have you any idea who I could contact to see if it had been handed in?

Much Thanks,

Graham Gill.

MY REPLY

Hi Graham

Third email today about kids leaving their toys behind!!

The number for lost property at Ibiza Airport is: 0034 971 809 237

They don't publish the direct email addresses so I think it's better that you call them, otherwise your email will just get lost in the system at the airport!

Good luck, I've got a 2 year old girl and know what you are going through

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartment in Marbella

Getting from Zaragoza to Castellon

On Sun Aug 20 23:14 , 'Mike Paterson (Tiscali)' sent:

Hi gary,

I'm heading to Zaragoza from London Stansted this Tuesday ( 22/8) at 13.55 ( in theory !! ) with my 2 young daughters and would like to get some details on how best to get to Castellon either by train or bus, times of trains/buses and fares please.

Thank-you

Mike Paterson

MY REPLY

Hi Mike

Long Journey!! 320kms....(220 miles)

Valencia or even Tarragona would have been much better but I assume it was too expensive or no seats left.

There is a bus from Zaragoza to Castellon BUT you have to get the bus or taxi from the airport into the City bus terminal first. The buses from the airport run in conjuntion with the flights so they should be there after you land. It may be better to just jump in a taxi and head for the bus station.

All bus info including timetables and fares can be found here (click the flag for english), its a long journey, about 6 hours.

http://www.movelia.es/default.asp

The train journey should be a little quicker but you will need to change, either at Barcelona or Valencia, as I am not sure which route is best for you I think it would be wiser for you to call the train company, they have an International booking department who speak english and they are on this number...

0034 902 24 34 02

Failing that it might be wiser to hire a car and drive, for prices and info check out here..

Zaragoza Car Hire

I hope that this helps and all goes to plan

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartment in Marbella

Flights from London to Jerez

On Thu Aug 17 10:54 ,

Hi Gary,

could you tell me what airlines fly to Jerez airport from the U.K. please.

i can fly from any London Airport but in particular, Luton, Stanstead or London Gatwick.

thanking you in anticipation

David jackson.

Hi David

David

At the moment the only flights on offer are Ryanair flights from Stansted, twice daily.

www.ryanair.com

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartment in Marbella

Getting from Asturias to Mieres

On Thu Aug 17 8:48 , 'The Rat Pack Show' sent:

Dear Gary,

On Tues 5th Sept I am flying to Asturias to cycle up the Angliru mountain at La Vega Riosa near Mieres which the the other side of Oviedo from Asturias.

I fly on with Easy Jet and land at 1600 and need to hire a car for 2 days till Thursday 7th Sept.

Cheapest I could find on the 4 on your list is Amigoautos £76.15 for 2 days which seems very expensive for a compact.

Is there a bus service that could get 2 of us to the area ?

Can you recommend a reasonable hotel between Oviedo and Mieres ?

Last September I flew out for a day to check out the mountain - so know a little about the area.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Kindest regards.

Wayne Kennedy

0115 944 1770

http://www.ratpack.biz/sports-cycling/index.htm

MY REPLY

Hi Wayne

Out of all the areas of Spain the Asturias area is the one I know the least about!!!

However I found this out for you...

You can get the bus from the Airport to Oviedo...

https://www.alsa.es ( site goes into English by changing the language top right)

€10.65 each return, journey 45 mins

You then need to get to the Oviedo local train station where you can get a local train up to Mieres..

http://www.renfe.es/cercanias/asturias/index_horarios.html

about 23 mins and a few euros.

Hope this helps and that you have a great trip, this is another website that I found good information on...

www.bootsnall.com

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartment in Marbella

Granada Airport Hotels

On Wed Aug 16 16:20 , 'Sara Malkin' sent:

I will be travelling to Granada in October and need to stay overnight near the Airport. I will be arriving at approx 9.30 p.m. and collecting my hire car the next day. Could you let me know the names of any hotel Pensions in the Santa Fe/ Airport locality.

Sara Malkin



MY REPLY

Hi Sarah

Below are details of the nearest hotels to the airport (that I know about!), the best of the bunch looks like the Hotel Capitulacinoes but it is alos the most expensive!!! It has its own website and you can change the language to English...

http://www.hotelcapitulaciones.com/

Hotel Capitulaciones, 3 Star, Tele: 0034 958 513 360

Hotel Colon, 3 Star, Tele: 0034 958 440 980

Hotel Camino de Granada, Tele: 0034 958 286 200

Hope this helps and that you have a great trip,

Regards

Gary



Gary Ingram

Holiday Apartment in Marbella

Getting from Reus Airport to Vinaros

On Wed Aug 16 12:53 , 'julie read' sent:

Hello, I would welcome your suggestions about possible ways from Reus
airport to vinaros. There will be 7 of us in total including one infant.
Travelling on 22 August arriving at reus at approx 0830 and returning on 29
august 2300 hrs. We have considered car hire but also taxi and train.

Many thanks, J Mortlock

MY REPLY

Hi Julie

Ok here goes....

You would need two taxis as there are 7 of you....each way its 105 kms so expect to pay €125 per taxi each way.

Private transfers are a good option, your meet in arrivals and all travel in a minibus together, the company we recommend; Shuttle Direct are quoting €607 for the return journey (425 pounds roughly!). You can get your own quote here...

Shuttle Direct.

Car hire is a good option but I just checked our car hire and they are out of 9 seaters, they have a couple of 7 seater Renualt Espaces left. (luggage could be a problem), the quotes for this are €425 for the week. You can get your own quote here....

Reus Airport Car Hire

The cheapest route but the most hassle is to get the bus or taxis from Reus airport into Tarragona train Station, €15-20 per taxi. Then get the train down to Vinaros. Tickets are about €6.25 each for the 1056 train. Follow this link for the train site in English, you need to choose Vinaros from the list as your destination. (please note there are not any trains from Reus to Vinaros)

Trains from Tarragona

It would be great to hear from you after the journey to see how you got on and which way you choose, that way we can help other people with the same sort of questions.

Hope this helps and that you ahve a great time

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartment in Marbella

Getting from Bilbao to Biarritz

On Tue Aug 15 18:02 , Ailsa Mattaj sent:

Dear Gary,
I will arrive in Bilbao on 4 September and need to figure out a
convenient way to get to a place called the Makila Royal Club in
Bassussary, near Biarritz.

What's the easiest way? Taxi, hire a car, ??

Thanks for your help!

Ailsa Mattaj

MY REPLY

Hi Ailsa

I would say the easiest way is via a hire car, taxis will cost you about €150 each way, it's around 150kms.

map

I suppose it depends on how long you're in Biarritz for...

You can find out more about car hire here

Car hire Bilbao

Hope this helps,

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartment in Marbella

Vitoria Airpot to Roncesvalles (Camino)

Hi,

I am flying into Vitoria Airport next March on a Saturday about 15:30 from London and need to get to Roncesvalles to begin the Camino. Can you advise me of how to travel by bus to Roncesvalles, where I would get connections and if I would need to stay overnight on Saturday night before travelling on.

Regards

Vivien Buckley

MY REPLY

Hi Vivien

This one stumped me so I reffered it to my freind, Dave Bubier whose reply is below

Saturday is decidely not the best day to arrive for this journey! Whether there are yet any buses serving Vitoria airport remains unknown, there has been talk recently, so it may be necessary to take a taxi into the city centre. From thence you need to get to Pamplona, either by bus (fairly frequent, but possibly less so on a Saturday evening) or take the train.

Then the problems start, the next bus (www.montanesa.com) to Roncesvalles is at 1800 on Monday (the previous one left at 1600 on Saturday afternoon)! The Spanish Ministerio de Fomento is working on providing more bus routes from Madrid, etc, to the Camino border crossing starting points at Arneguy and Roncesvalles, but that may be a year or more away yet. In this particular instance it may be necessary to arrange something and I can do no better than refer you to the www.caminosantiago.com who include links to organisers of individual transport especially tailored for pilgrims.

Hope this helps.

Dave

Good luck Vivien

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartment in Marbella

Valencia Airport to The A7 Motorway

On Tue Aug 15 12:07 , 'Anne Benefield' sent:

Dear Gary

We flew into Valencia last year and after picking up the car, attempted to get to the A7 for Javea.

Well we got lost leaving the Centaro car hire depot and totally missed the junction for the A7 & ended up

miles away on a different road and ended up eventually in Alicante from the wrong direction.

So this year I thought I would try and found a map and directions we couldn't miss.

We are with Goldcar Europcar this time so hopefully will leave from the same car hire area.

Please could you let me have an idiots guide (Map would be wonderful) of how to get

out of the airport and on to the A7. Once on the road we are fine as we drove quite a bit

last year & managed to find the airport first time on the return.

Many thanks

Anne Benefield

MY REPLY

Hi Anne

Follow this link for a map and directions, I would also compare these directions to ones at www.theaa.com which are also free. They should both be the same but you never know!

Valencia to Javea

Good luck this year!

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartment in Marbella

Barcelona Transport on Sundays

On Mon Aug 14 11:40 , 'Julie Cull' sent:

Barcelona Airport

Hi , we are thinking of travelling to Barcelona for a few days on November . Does the public transport system run fully on a Sunday . I think we'd be arriving around 1pm lunch time . Thank you very much .

Julie

MY REPLY

Hi Julie

The transport operates a SLIGHTLY reduced service, for example the buses run every 12-13mins instead of every 8-9 mins!

You are arriving at a good time so I dont think you will have any problems.

Heres a post from someone who did a similar trip!

http://www.spanish-airport-guide.com/2006/06/barcelona-airport-transport.html

Hope you have a great time, I was there last December and during the day with the sun out it was great, felt like a UK spring day, but it got very chilly at night, so wrap up warm!

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartment in Marbella

Valladolid Airport Shops

On Sun Aug 13 13:28 , 'Daniel Brint' sent:

Given the new restrictions of hand-luggage could you tell me what shopping facilities exist in Valladolid airport after security, especially for gifts, books, newspapers and toys.

Many thanks,

Daniel

MY REPLY

Hi Daniel,

Valladolid is a small airport, it only serves about 440,000 passnegers per year, compare this to say Southampton in England - another small airport - which serves 1.5 million people per year! and you get some idea.

You will only find a small "Multi Shop" a Valladolid airport selling a limited range of items, enough to get you through your flight but it's not like a shopping mall.

I believe that they are now selling English newspapers due to the amount of passenegsr being brought in by the Ryanair flights.

If when you get there thiongs a radically different can you let me know, it's difficult to keep abreast of all the chnages at all the airports here in Spain

Regards and hope that you ahve a great trip


Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartment in Marbella

Getting from Girona to Cannes

On Sun Aug 13 19:35 , 'mindflex' sent:

Hi

We are thinking of travelling from Girona to Cannes by car in September. Could you please advise how long it will take and which direction you would take. Would you drive without stoppinfg or is it preferable to stop the night on the ways Is Cannes a good base to stay whilst visiting Nice Monaco and St Tropez?

Regards

Suzi

MY REPLY

Hi Suzi

Unless you have a specific reason I would fly into Nimes, Montpellier or Nice rather than Girona.

Girona is about a 7 hour drive from Nice (see map & directions)

Cannes is also a good base because it's not that far from the 4 main places you wnat to visit.

Hope that you have a great trip

Regards

Gary

Gary Ingram
Holiday Apartmen