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| City Guide > Europe > Spain > Santiago de Compostela |
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Getting There By Air Aeropuerto de Lavacolla, Santiago de Compostela (SCQ) Tel: (981) 547 500/1 (24-hour information). Website: www.aena.es Santiago de Compostela’s airport is situated 11km (7.5 miles) to the northeast of the city. There are daily flights to Barcelona, Bilbao, London and Madrid, as well as weekly flights to Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris and Zurich. Major airlines: Spain’s national airline, Iberia (tel: (902) 400 500 or (981) 596 158 for reservations; website: www.iberia.com), operate flights to Santiago de Compostela. So do Air Europa, Spanair and Ryanair (the latter will start flying to Santiago de Compostela from April 2005). Approximate flight times to Santiago de Compostela: From London is 2 hours; from New York is 9 hours 40 minutes; from Los Angeles is 16 hours; from Toronto is 11 hours and from Sydney is 26 hours. Airport facilities: Services include duty free, shops, a bank and bureau de change, restaurants, cafs and car hire services from local operator Atesa, as well as from Avis, Hertz and Europcar. Business facilities: None. Transport to the city: Empresa Freire SL (tel: (981) 588 111) buses to the city centre run from 0715 (0830 on Sunday). The last bus leaves the airport at 2330 (2200 on Saturday) (journey time – 20 minutes). Taxis to central Santiago de Compostela (journey time – 15 minutes) operate 24 hours. |