Lodging north of the MAD airport
Jan 16th, 2024, 01:41 AM
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How close to Madrid?
If you're coming in after a transcontinental flight rather than an intra-European one, I wouldn't drive too far. Actually we stopped driving at all (listened, finally, to the advice here rather than pushing our luck).
We used to drive to charming, medieval Pedraza (90 min.) at the lovely Hospederķa Santo Domingo, or even further, to the ducal palace Lerma Parador (2 hrs from Barajas) when headed to the Basque Country, but I don't recommend this after a very long international flight. Been there, done that but no more (we now live here).
But if you're coming into Barajas after a short flight, the above suggestions would work, or if you want something closer, Buitrago del Lozoya is a pretty town at the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama and will take under an hour to reach from Barajas T4. It even has a Picasso Museum housed in the city hall.
https://www.esmadrid.com/en/buitrago-lozoya
La Beltraneja is a cute little B&B there
https://www.booking.com/hotel/es/la-...lang_changed=1
If you're coming in after a transcontinental flight rather than an intra-European one, I wouldn't drive too far. Actually we stopped driving at all (listened, finally, to the advice here rather than pushing our luck).
We used to drive to charming, medieval Pedraza (90 min.) at the lovely Hospederķa Santo Domingo, or even further, to the ducal palace Lerma Parador (2 hrs from Barajas) when headed to the Basque Country, but I don't recommend this after a very long international flight. Been there, done that but no more (we now live here).
But if you're coming into Barajas after a short flight, the above suggestions would work, or if you want something closer, Buitrago del Lozoya is a pretty town at the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama and will take under an hour to reach from Barajas T4. It even has a Picasso Museum housed in the city hall.
https://www.esmadrid.com/en/buitrago-lozoya
La Beltraneja is a cute little B&B there
https://www.booking.com/hotel/es/la-...lang_changed=1
Last edited by Maribel; Jan 16th, 2024 at 02:29 AM.
Jan 16th, 2024, 07:04 AM
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neckervd is right, of course. I completely didn't focus on that 8 pm Barajas arrival (in winter, spring, fall?). Duh.
It took us until 9 pm to clear immigration and pick up our rental to drive to Segovia in the dark. We know that route but.... Never, ever again!
Where in the Basque Country are you headed?
It took us until 9 pm to clear immigration and pick up our rental to drive to Segovia in the dark. We know that route but.... Never, ever again!
Where in the Basque Country are you headed?
Last edited by Maribel; Jan 16th, 2024 at 07:32 AM.
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