Travelling
Alcala de Henares is 30 kms from Madrid. It can be easily reached by bus or by train. It is also 15 kms from Madrid-Barajas International Airport.
If you come by plane, there are three possibilities :
If you come by plane, there are three possibilities :
- Taxi to central Alcala: about 40 €; about 20 minutes ride.
- Metro to Madrid + train to Alcalá:
- (If arriving at Terminal 4, free shuttle bus to the Metro station)
- Metro: Line 8: form the Airport to "Nuevos Ministerios" (1,50 €; about 12 minutes trip)
- Train: every 10-15 min from "Nuevos Ministerios" to Alcalá (2,35 €; about 45 minutes trip)
- Fifteen minutes' walk to the Residencia San Ildefonso (Plaza de San Diego)
- Bus to Madrid + bus to Alcalá:
- Bus to Madrid every 10-15 minutes: bus # 200 from Terminals 1 to 3; bus # 204 from Terminal 4 (1,50 €; 20-25 minutes trip); stop at "Avenida de America".
- Bus back to Alcalá (Continental Auto) every 10 minutes (about 35 minute trip, depending on the traffic!!)
- Five minutes walk to the Residencia San Ildefonso (Plaza de San Diego)
- Trains to Alcala from Atocha, Nuevos Ministerios and Chamartin Stations every 10 minutes (2,35 €, about 45 minutes trip). Fifteen minutes' walk to the Residencia San Ildefonso (Plaza de San Diego)