Renfe recovers the tourist trains for 2022, which incorporates several on the Camino

MADRID, Apr 30. (EUROPA PRESS) –

Renfe will recover the supply of tourist trains by 2022, for which the company has started sale of the next season of its Luxury Tourist Trains which, according to forecasts, It will start in the spring of next year and among which are included routes with the Caminos de Santiago as the protagonist. Thus, the Transcantábrico Gran Lujo, the Al Andalus Train, the Robla Express and the Costa Verde Express will regain their activity after suspension of the trips planned for the 2020 and 2021 season due to the health crisis.

As a consequence of the suspension of these trips, Renfe offered its clients the possibility of Get a 5% discount on the price for changing reservations already made for 2022 plus an additional 5% for all those who make their reservations before August 1 of 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 El 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 like New for 2022, a new itinerary begins, the Lusitania route, which 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 visited. To facilitate the rest of the travelers, the train stops each night at a station on the route. In addition to the regular offer, the 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 enjoy a 50% discount on AVE or Alvia for 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, The Transcantábrico Gran Lujo will circulate in both directions of the itinerary between San Sebastián and Santiago de Compostela. Will offer eight day and seven night trips duration, between the months of April and November, with accommodation in Grand Luxury Suites and a la carte breakfasts. The The journey begins in San Sebastián, from where travelers will travel by road to Bilbao, where the train awaits them. Meals and dinners will be done either on board, prepared in the kitchens of the train itself or in the most reputed restaurants in travel cities. It also includes guided visits, tickets to monuments and shows, activities on board, a multilingual guide and buses for travel.

Al Andalus Train

The Andalusian itinerary. which begins and ends in Seville, maintains the duration of the trip in 2022, seven days throughout the months of May, June, September and October. Also this season is the reception place for travelers in the Andalusian capital, the hotel Alfonso XIII. After taking a guided tour of the city and lunch, also in the Alfonso XIII, tourists are transferred to the train to start their tour of the various Andalusian provinces, which includes a visit to towns such as Jerez, Cádiz, Ronda, Granada, Baeza, Úbeda, Córdoba and Seville itself.

In the month of August Al Andalus will start a new route, the Lusitania, which involves two outings, four days and three nights duration throughout this month. The first, on July 26, It begins in Seville and through Mérida reaches Portuguese territory. Lisbon and Porto They are the two Portuguese capitals where the train stops. The second exit of this route is scheduled for August 24. It begins in Porto and concludes four days later in Seville after having made a stopover in Lisbon and Mérida.

The La 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 matches the Camino de Santiago Francés, the Ruta de la Robla, is one of the two for the months of June, July, September and October. It takes shape in a trip de 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 Xacobeo 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. Offers itineraries of six days and five nights through the north of Spain, between Bilbao and Santiago de Compostela, with accommodation on board in Suites Gran Clase, 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. The 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.