HOW TO ARRIVE

Toledo is located 71 kilometres south of Madrid, nearest airport is Madrid-Barajas. It is possible to arrive at Toledo by car, by train o by bus.

By plane: MADRID-BARAJAS AIRPORT (http://www.aena.es/)
Barajas Airport Information: Tel. +34 902 404 704.

How to arrive at Toledo:

Recommended itinerary: Metro from Barajas to Atocha Railway Station. Then, take the AVE train to Toledo.

Fom Barajas Airport to Atocha Railway Station:

Metro (underground) Line 8 connects Barajas Airport (including Terminal 4) with Madrid downtown (Nuevos Ministerios). Fare: 2 euros
Shuttle bus
At Barajas-Airport, a free passenger transport (shuttle bus) between terminals is available.

Taxi. Fares:
Minimum fee: 1.85 € (2.90 € Saturdays and Sundays after 10 pm).
Prices per kilometre: from 0.87 € to 1.10 € according to zone and hour (10 pm to 6 am).
Supplements: journeys beginning or ending at the airport: 5€. Beginning at bus or train stations: 2.50 €.

We do not recommend taking a taxi from Barajas Airport to Toledo, since it may be very expensive.

From Madrid to Toledo

By train: RENFE-AVE (high speed train). 20 minutes Price: 9 €. (Tickets: http://www.renfe.es/)
• MADRID-TOLEDO-MADRID
Departing every one or two hours, from 6.50 h until 21.50 h.

By road

1. By Car: The distance is about 70 kilometres. You may take the toll free motorway A42 (N-401); or the toll motorway Radial 5 (R5/AP41) , toll: 1.55€. It takes about 1 hour to arrive from Madrid-Barajas airport to Toledo by car.

2. Car hire: In Madrid-Barajas airport you can find several rental car companies.
AVIS. Tel. 902 200 162 / 902 135 531 ( http://www.avis.es )
HERTZ: Tel. 902 402 405 / 915 097 300 ( http://www.hertz.es )
EUROPCAR: Tel. 902 105 055 / 902 105 030 ( http://www.europcar.com )

3. By bus:
Prices: AUTOCAR (Continental-Auto). From MADRID to TOLEDO. 4.00 Euros. Direct services available from 07:00 to 21:00 h.
Phone: +34 91 7456300 / 91 5272961. http://www.continental-auto.net/

Bus station in Madrid (Estacion Sur) ( http://www.estaciondeautobuses.com/ )
Location: c/ Méndez Álvaro, 83. MADRID 2805, SPAIN.
Phone: +34 91 468 42 00
E-mail: info@estaciondeautobuses.com

Bus station in Toledo:
Located in Avenida de Castilla-La Mancha s/n
Phone: +34 925 21 58 50

See http://www.ctm-madrid.es/ for more information about transportation in Madrid.

3rd Intercontinental Congress of Pathology, Barcelona 2008

For those colleagues that will be attending also the 3rd Intercontinental Congress of Pathology in Barcelona, we recommend travelling from Toledo to Barcelona by fast train (AVE): Madrid - Toledo - Barcelona; total travel time: approx 3.5 hours (Tickets: http://www.renfe.es/). If you are travelling by car, total distance between Toledo and Barcelona is about 700 km (see Google maps).