Renfe
We Tested the Best Legitimate Train Booking Sites for Spain to Get the Best Deals and Smartest Routes
There are lots of sites that offer to sell train tickets for Spain. So my team and I ran dozens of searches on them to see what’s best—and we’ve been monitoring them this way (as we travel) for years. The starting for many looking to take a train is the official site for the national …
An Insider’s Guide to Barcelona Sants Train Station—from a Local Who’s Lived next to it for 15 Years
Barcelona Sants is not exactly one of Europe’s more gorgeous train stations, but it effectively connects Barcelona to places throughout Catalonia and in Spain and France Barcelona Sants Station is unlovely but clean and well equipped with a range of services. It’s not huge, but can seem a bit bewildering to newbies. So let me …
Renfe’s Avlo Reviewed: Is This Cheap High Speed Train Worthwhile for Spain and Catalonia?
Spain’s national railway company Renfe’s budget train service, Avlo, zips you from Madrid to a handful of major cities at very low cost. Photo by André Marques. I tested out the Spanish national railway’s new ultra-cheap service for a trip from Barcelona to Madrid and was pleasantly surprised with this modern (though no-frills) rail experience. …
What To Expect on Spain’s Renfe AVE Trains—Tips from My Travels
Yes, I wrote this article while riding AVE I’ve enjoyed AVE and love high speed trains generally in Europe. They offer an excellent, comfortable, low-carbon alternative to flying. For example, the Barcelona-Madrid trip on AVE is just 2.5 hours, which makes it much faster than flying when you figure in the time for getting to …
All About How Wi-Fi Works on Renfe AVE Trains
A laptop connected to the Wi-FI on an AVE train Yes there is Wi-Fi on most of the Spanish high-speed trains known as AVE. It doesn’t work great, but hey, the Wi-Fi is included in the ticket price for all travellers. The Paris-Barcelona trains are run by SNCF (the French train operator) and not by …
Solved: The Problems with Renfe’s (God-Awful!!) Website and How to Get Around Them
The Renfe website is infamous for random payment card rejections and other dysfunction that can make it nearly unusable. Even Spanish-speaking users with Spanish bank cards have problems. But there are solutions. Oh the many, many problems with Renfe.com! I’m fluent in Spanish and have used the site for years, but I still get plenty …