Traveling around Spain on your own is easy and pleasant. Instead of expensive and boring group excursions, it is always better to choose. Today we will tell you how to get from Salou to Valencia and Madrid on your own, and at the same time see Barcelona, ​​Zaragoza and stunning Toledo! More interesting and cheaper than taking a tour from a tour operator.

Package tourists are taken on excursions by bus. The distance from Salou to Madrid is 550 km. Tourists spend 8 hours on the bus there and 8 hours back, that is, 16 hours sitting on the bus. We will tell you how to get to Madrid by high-speed train in 2.5 hours! You can travel around half of Spain in one route and not get tired. And with an excursion, tourists only have time to see Madrid, Zaragoza and Toledo.

By train from Salou to Barcelona, ​​Zaragoza, Madrid

In addition, we have compiled a route designer on how to get from Salou to Madrid on your own: Salou – Barcelona – Zaragoza – Madrid – Toledo – Valencia – Salou. This route is convenient because it is easy to adjust “to suit you” - you can remove or add cities and adjust it to suit your budget and number of days.

• Entire route It will take 1493 km, the total travel time is 8 hours.

In Salou, the beach will quickly get boring, there is little interesting in the city, but the resort is very well located. There are so many interesting things to do just a couple of hours away that you can’t miss out! Salou is specially chosen to see Spain. And certainly not on a tourist bus, where package tourists are marinated with long journeys and boring, overpriced excursions. We tell you in detail how to get from Salou to Madrid and Valencia on your own using high-speed trains. And at the same time, take a ride along a very interesting route, see half of Spain.

Where to begin

To book trips around Spain, you will find the RENFE (train tickets) and Booking Spain (accommodation) websites useful. All bookings mentioned in this article are made on these official sites - do not trust intermediaries and then your vacation will be wonderful!

Advice: We went, we know.
Many people are afraid that they do not know English. Firstly, many Spaniards themselves do not speak English. Secondly, for travel you don’t need a language, but ready-made hotel and ticket reservations - store them on your smartphone, or better yet, print them out and then show them if necessary. If you don't want to, you don't have to talk to anyone.

However, to feel comfortable in Spain, learn or save the most important ones on your smartphone. This is not difficult, but in the eyes of the Spaniards you will immediately become an “advanced tourist”!

If you are traveling from your hotel to Salou, where you are leaving your belongings, then do not forget to take your passport with you! For some reason, many tourists manage to leave without documents, and then are surprised that they had to return to the hotel.

How to get from Salou to Valencia on your own

In the photo: Valencia Cathedral

You can get from Salou to Valencia by train, with a transfer, but the most convenient way is by direct fast train. The earlier you buy your ticket, the cheaper it will be. The train arrives in Valencia at Nord Station, on the map it is

• Distance from Salou to Valencia 248 km.
• On my way 1 hour 20 minutes.
• Ticket price from 16 euros.

How to get from Salou to Madrid independently and inexpensively

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If you don’t want to go to Zaragoza, then keep in mind that a ticket from Barcelona to Madrid may cost more than from Barcelona directly to Toledo (although the journey is further). The trains are the same, but the price may be different. Check! The regular price of a train ticket from Barcelona to Toledo is 76.80 euros. And to Madrid, if you don’t take care of tickets in advance, it can cost over 100 euros.

DAY 2: Toledo

In the morning we travel from Zaragoza to Madrid by AVE train. At the Atocha station, where the train arrives, we change trains to Toledo.

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If you haven’t bought tickets in advance, it will be cheaper to buy a general ticket directly from Zaragoza to Toledo. There will still be a transfer in Madrid, but the ticket will cost 59.20 euros. Otherwise you will have to pay from 55 to Madrid and 13.90 euros to Toledo. Check both options for your dates.
It is better to buy tickets at least 5 days in advance, as this destination is too popular; tickets are extremely rare on the last day.

Zaragoza – Madrid

• AVE train, 306 km, 1 hour 20 minutes, price from 25 euros (see cheaper AV City).

Madrid – Toledo

• Bus 1 hour, 5.50 euros. Read the instructions.

It is better to spend the night in Toledo to enjoy the charm of medieval streets - it will be cheaper than in Madrid. It’s not for nothing that the Spaniards say: “Whoever has not been to Toledo has not seen Spain.” It is truth! Many tourists consider Toledo much more interesting than Madrid.

Toledo – Madrid

• AVE train, 75 km, 33 minutes, price 13.90 euros.
• Bus 1 hour, 5.50 euros.

In the photo: relaxing in Retiro Park in Madrid

Take a stroll and don't miss the Retiro Park! The Prado Museum is for art lovers. See the exhibition schedule and prices on the official website. I’ll say right away that the museum is huge and just to “go through”, you need to allocate at least 2 hours of time for the museum, so count on your strength.

If you haven’t prepared in advance what to see in Madrid, then book a walk with a Russian-speaking guide at least a day in advance. Otherwise, you won’t have time to do anything - the distances in the Spanish capital are such that you need to know the city very well in order to optimally plan the route.

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For a group of more than 2 people, it is more profitable to take an individual excursion or - you won’t regret it! The price in the link is not per person, but per all a group of up to 4-8 people, so it’s cheaper than taking a regular group excursion, where the price is per person.

Towards evening we drive from Madrid to Valencia. At the same time, we'll relax on the train.

Madrid – Valencia

• AVE train, 389 km, 1 hour 40 minutes, price from 21 euros

In Valencia we stay at the modern, stylish hotel Art&Flats (from 33 euros for a double room), which, like hostels, has not only double and triple rooms, but also dormitory rooms, where a bed costs 15 euros. Very modern and comfortable rooms, better than many hotels. In addition, the hotel is well located in the very center. Therefore, you can start exploring the city right away in the evening.

DAY 4: Valencia

In the morning, be sure to take a stroll through the famous Turia Park, then visit the City of Arts - these are places not to be missed in Valencia! Next, plan your route or pre-book a tour in Russian. For example, here:

In the late afternoon we return by train to Salou. To get cheaply from Valencia to Salou, do not forget that you need to buy tickets 1-2 months before the trip.

How to get from Valencia to Salou

• Regular high-speed train, distance 248 km, 1 hour 20 minutes, price from 16 euros.

Instructions: how to use the route and what to save on

Notes and helpful tips:

• In regular packages excursions Guide services are usually included. Some are afraid that on an independent trip they will have to do without a guide. This is wrong! Moreover, you can choose the best guide yourself - it will be much more interesting.
  

  For convenience, for each point of the route we have indicated only the proven best excursions and Russian guides who live in Spain. Choose who you like and negotiate with them in advance via the Internet. Almost everyone communicates via WhatsApp.

• To save money, you can skip excursions altogether and prepare yourself. Useful links have been provided for each city - don’t miss it! They will help you choose only the most interesting places on your trip from Salou to Madrid and Valencia. Print out the routes or save/photograph them on your phone. Mark in advance the places you want to see in your smartphone’s navigator.
• This route is a constructor! You don’t have to go along the entire route, but choose only a part, for example Salou - Barcelona - Zaragoza and back. Or go in the opposite direction. Add or remove several cities along the way. This is the advantage of traveling independently.
• The most expensive city on the route is Valencia. Therefore, the cheapest Valencian hotels are booked several weeks in advance. If you have not taken care of a hotel in advance and cannot find anything budget in the center of Valencia, then you can save money by spending the night in Madrid, and in the morning go to Valencia, and on the same day in the evening leave for Salou.
• The price of the route will be 1.5 times lower if you remove Zaragoza and Barcelona. It turns out Salou - Valencia - Madrid - Toledo and the same way back: 92 for trains + 35 for hotels = 127 euros for two nights and three days.

conclusions

Advice: We went, we know.
To get to know the city, you need to at least spend the night and have breakfast there. Try to do this in every city and you will see what is not shown to package tourists. What exactly? Try it!

Spain is not a country that you can gallop through with a package tour. If you are only traveling “for show” or for a photo on Instagram, then... But even in this case, why suffer on an uncomfortable bus and why overpay?

Excursions can only be useful locally. When you have already arrived and booked a walk with a local Russian-speaking guide. This will be more interesting and more educational than running around the sights in droves and trying to remember the most boring historical facts and dates, and then suffering on the bus. A completely different matter is an independent excursion from Salou to Madrid. Reviews from tourists only confirm this Madrid

It is better to plan such a trip with several overnight stays - after all, you can see everything you want on your own, and along the way you will want even more))) I warn you right away: if you are in doubt whether to take more days or fewer, always take more. It won't be enough anyway. Spain is too convenient for travel and too interesting to sit in one place. It is on such trips that the spirit of a True Traveler awakens. I want to make my own discoveries slowly and with pleasure. Now you can organize any route and at the pace you like. Believe me, such a trip is much more interesting than a group excursion and will definitely be remembered!

Warning: We went, we know.
Independent travel is addictive. Once you try it, a completely different world opens up. There is no turning back! You will never be able to take group tours again.

Friends, find out and leave yours

While on vacation in Madrid, the brilliant idea came to my mind to go to the sea and finally swim in the Mediterranean Sea and spend a few wonderful days on the beach. For this, I chose the town of Salou, which is rightfully considered the most Russian resort in Spain, where you can hear the sound of glasses of sangria everywhere and the aroma of delicious paella can be heard. I planned a trip to Salou on my own, while taking a break from the entire Internet in search of the best means of transport - so that cheap and comfortable. So, you can get from Madrid to the following way:

By train

I want to start with rail transport, because this is one of the most budget options for traveling along the route - Salou. You can get there in this way in five to five and a half hours. In most cases, trains of the AVE-LD categories run along the route. This transport in Spain is very fast and comfortable. You can read more about the peculiarities of traveling by Spanish trains in All trains depart from Madrid's Atocha Station (Plaza Emperador Carlos V), which is the city's largest railway junction, and the premises look like a tropical paradise. The station itself is an architectural masterpiece, I can tell you :))) The first train for the trip to Salou is available at 06.45, the last one leaves at 17.40. Departures are different on all days of the week, so I recommend looking in more detail at the train schedule on the website of the Renfre carrier. Arrival takes place at the railway station (Carrer d'Aragó, 7).

Fare

Travel on trains along the route will cost approximately from 26 euros to 53 euros, depending on the selected flights.

Purchase

You can buy tickets for traveling by rail to Salou in one of three ways:

• at the ticket office of any train station in Madrid;
• at the ticket sales terminal located at the station;
• on the carrier's website. But these e-tickets must be printed before boarding the trains.

By bus

You can also get to Salou from Madrid by passenger bus. The route is operated by ALSA, whose vehicle can be reached in seven and a half hours. The bus leaves at 12.30 from the Madrid bus stop at Avda de America, and from Madrid airport, namely Iberia Terminal 4 at 12.45. Arrival in Salou at the bus stop at Calle de Carlos Roig, 3.

Fare

A bus ticket will cost an average of 40.5 euros.

Purchase

You can buy a travel document for traveling by bus from Madrid to Salou on the carrier’s website.

Passenger car

You can get from Madrid to Salou by car. A trip by such transport will take about six hours, but with short stops, because the cities are located far from each other - there are about 550 km. But driving along Spanish highways is very comfortable, since they are in excellent condition. But before your trip, be sure to familiarize yourself with the peculiarities of driving on the roads of this country; useful information can be found. The route of travel from Madrid to Salou should be as follows: From Madrid you should take the E90 highway and go to Zaragoza. Subsequently, stay east and take the AR highway -2, which goes to the village of Mont Blanc. Then turn south onto the C-14 highway and go straight to Salou.
I would like to note that in Spain there is a fee for using some autobahns. In particular, you will have to pay about 20 euros for this trip.

If you are interested in this option, but you do not have your own car, then use rental services. It is convenient to search for cars on the Internet. Look for example:

Salou is a municipality of the comarca of Tarragonès, in the province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain. The city is approximately 10 km from Tarragona and Reus on the Costa Daurada and 112 km from Barcelona. Aside from its string of beaches interrupted by rocky coves, and its landscaped promenade, one of its main attractions is the PortAventura resort. The Dutch movie Costa! and the television series with the same title were both filmed in Salou.- Wikipedia

Things to do in Salou

• PortAventura World

  PortAventura World is an entertainment resort in Salou, Tarragona, on the Costa Daurada in Spain. It was built around the PortAventura theme park, which attracts around 4 million visitors per year, making it the most visited theme park in Spain and the sixth most visited theme park in Europe. The resort includes a second theme park, Ferrari Land, since 2017 and also includes PortAventura Caribe Aquatic Park and six hotels. It is the biggest resort in the south of Europe. It has two airports within 30 minutes of it, including Reus Airport. There is a train station for PortAventura which has connections to Barcelona and Salou.

• Dragon Khan

  Dragon Khan is a steel sit-down roller coaster located in the PortAventura theme park in Salou (Tarragona), Catalonia, Spain. Dragon Khan boasts eight inversions, which was a world record until the opening of the ten-inversion Colossus in Thorpe Park, United Kingdom in 2002.

• Hurakan Condor

  Hurakan Condor is a "giant drop" ride located in PortAventura, Catalonia, Spain. It was manufactured by Intamin, consists of 5 cars around a central tube which is around 376 ft tall. Riders are four abreast and are brought to a height of 330 ft by a coupler. The car slowly tilts forward as it climbs the last few feet. As the camera flash goes off, the coupler detaches, letting riders freefall around 283 ft at 71.46 mph. The car then slowly drops back into the station. The ride and queues are intensively themed around a Mexican background, in order to fit in with the Mexico area of ​​the park. Depending on which side of the tower experience the rider boards the ride differs greatly. Riders can either sit regularly, sit in tilting seats or ride standing, but without a floor.

• Gaudí Center

  Gaudí Center is a museum in Reus, Catalonia, Spain, dedicated to the architect Antoni Gaudí i Cornet, who was born in the city in 1852.

Places to stay in Salou

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You set out to cover the distance from Salou to Madrid. Who among the motorists does not dream of getting to their destination as quickly as possible and at the lowest cost? One way to achieve this goal is to have information about the distance between the starting point and the final destination of the route. Our map will help you find the shortest and most optimal route between Salou and Madrid. If the average speed of the vehicle is known, the travel time can be calculated with a small error. In this case, knowing the answer to the question how many km are between Salou and Madrid - 545 km. , the time you will spend on the road will be approximately 9 hours and 5 minutes. Working with the map is very simple. The system itself will find the shortest distance and offer the OPTIMAL route. The route from Salou to Madrid is shown in the diagram with a bold line. On the diagram you will see all the settlements that you will meet on your way while driving. Having information about cities, towns (check out the list of settlements along the Salou - Madrid highway at the bottom of the page) and traffic police posts located along the route, you can quickly navigate unfamiliar areas. If you need to find another route, just indicate FROM and WHERE you need to go, and the system will definitely offer you a solution. Having a ready-made map from Salou to Madrid and knowing how to get through difficult junctions, you can always easily answer the question of how to get from Salou to Madrid.

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Panorama of Salou and Madrid

Driving along a pre-planned route is a way to eliminate problems that may arise in unfamiliar areas and overcome the desired section of the road as quickly as possible. Don’t miss out on details; check the map in advance for all complex road forks.
Don't forget a few simple rules:

• Any driver traveling long distances needs rest. Your trip will be safer and more enjoyable if, having planned your route in advance, you decide on places to rest. The map presented on the site has various modes. Take advantage of the work of ordinary Internet users and use the "People's Map" mode. Perhaps you will find useful information there.
• Do not exceed the speed limit. Preliminary calculation of time and a constructed travel route will help you stay on schedule and not exceed the permitted speed limits. This way, you will not endanger yourself and other road users.
• It is prohibited to use substances that cause alcohol or drug intoxication, as well as psychotropic or other substances that cause intoxication while driving. Despite the abolition of zero ppm (now the possible total permissible error when measuring blood alcohol levels is 0.16 mg per 1 liter of exhaled air), drinking alcohol while driving is strictly prohibited.

Good luck on the roads!

Using our website, you can plot the route from Salou to Madrid both by car and by public transport (bus, train). All routes are formed based on maps from Yandex and Google services. We are glad that our service was useful to you and you were able to find out how to get by car from Salou (Spain) to Madrid (Spain).

Distance between Salou and Madrid

If you travel by road by car, the distance between Salou, Tarragona, Catalonia and Madrid is 548.2 km.

• Travel time

  6 hours, 25 minutes

  
  

  excluding traffic jams and time for rest and food

• Fuel consumption

  with a consumption of 10 liters per 100 kilometers

• Travel costs

  at a fuel cost of 35 rubles per liter

• Straight line distance
  

  distance between centers of cities, towns, villages

• Distance by road
  

  according to the Yandex Maps service for 2015

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Flights

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Closest airports to Madrid

• Madrid, Spain.
• Villamayor, Salamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain.
• Logrono, Rioja, Spain.

Closest airports to Salou

• Riba Roja de Turia, Valencia, Spain.
• Pau, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France.
• Esparza de Galar, Navarre, Spain.
• South, Gers, South - Pyrenees, France.

Hotels

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