Renfe will recover the supply of tourist trains by 2022, for which the company has started the sale of the next season of its Luxury Tourist Trains which, according to forecasts, will start in the spring of next year.
Thus, the Transcantábrico Gran Lujo, the Al Andalus Train, the Robla Express and the Costa Verde Express will resume their activity after the suspension of the planned trips for the 2020 and 2021 season due to the health crisis.
As a result of the suspension of these trips, Renfe offered its customers the possibility of obtaining a 5% discount on the price for changing the reservations already made for 2022 plus another 5% additional for all those who make their reservations before the 1st of August this year.
As a novelty in 2022, a new product will be added to the list of tourist trains marketed by Renfe, the Costa Verde Express, which with the Transcantábrico Gran Lujo and the La Robla Express will make their trips along the metric gauge tracks of the north of the peninsula, while the Al Andalus Train will make its classic circuit through Andalusia and, also as a novelty in 2022, begins a new itinerary, the Lusitania route, which the Al Andalus will carry out between Seville, Lisbon and Porto.
The travel proposals in any of the departures and itineraries of both the Al Andalus Train and the Transcantábrico Gran Lujo, those of the La Robla Express, and those of the Costa Verde Express include accommodation, with a full bathroom included, in addition to travel that are done by bus and guides for excursions.
Travelers also have a gastronomic offer both on board the train and in the restaurants of the cities they visit. To facilitate the rest of the travelers, the train stops every night at a station on the route.
In addition to the regular offer, trains can be rented for trips tailored to the client’s wishes, filming or events.
On the other hand, the ticket to travel gives the possibility of enjoying a 50% discount on AVE or Alvia for the approach transfers to the starting point of the tourist itinerary and return from the end point of the trip, only for the National territory.
The Great Luxury Transcantábrico
In the 2022 season, El Transcantábrico Gran Lujo will circulate in both directions of the itinerary between San Sebastián and Santiago de Compostela.
The Transcantábrico Gran Lujo will offer trips of eight days and seven nights, between the months of April and November, with accommodation in Suites Gran Lujo and a la carte breakfasts.
The journey begins in San Sebastián from where travelers will travel by road to Bilbao, where the train awaits them. Lunches and dinners will be done either on board, prepared in the kitchens of the train itself or in the most reputable restaurants in the cities along the route. It also includes guided visits, tickets to monuments and shows, activities on board, a multilingual guide and buses for travel.
The Robla Express
Renfe has scheduled two routes for the trips that the Robla Express will make in 2021. The route along the old coal train route in both directions between León and Bilbao, which coincides with the Camino de Santiago Frances, the Ruta de la Robla, is one of the two for the months of June, July, September and October. It is specified in a trip of 3 days and 2 nights between León and Bilbao that includes accommodation, breakfast on board, meals in restaurants and guided visits in the different stages of each trip.
The other route of El Expreso de La Robla will be carried out on the occasion of the Jacobean Holy Year, which will allow different stages of the English way to be carried out on foot, between Ferrol and Santiago de Compostela. Those who do not wish to walk will be able to enjoy the scheduled visits each day. For this Pilgrim Route, the train will leave Oviedo on August 10, 17, 24 and 31 and will return to Oviedo after six days of travel on board the train.
Finally, the Costa Verde Express is a new luxury tourism product that Renfe begins to market in the 2022 season. It offers six-day and five-night itineraries through the north of Spain, between Bilbao and Santiago de Compostela, with accommodation on board in Grand Class Suites, breakfasts, lunches and dinners on board or in selected restaurants, guided tours, tickets to monuments and shows, activities, multilingual guide throughout the tour and buses for travel. The trips will be made between the months of April and November.
Travel on luxury tourist trains can be purchased on the operator’s website, by phone through the number of the Tourist Train Reservation Center and at travel agencies.
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