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Directions to Zaragoza

Directions to Zaragoza

Located 9 km from the city, the Zaragoza airport has led to the city’s position as the Ebro Valley’s strategic centre of goods, cargo and passengers. It currently offers regular international connections to Frankfurt, London, Milan, Paris as well as national connections to Madrid, Barcelona, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Palma de Mallorca and Seville. Special charter flights are also organised from June to September to most European countries and North Africa.
Information and reservations

• AENA: 976 349 050 - www.aena.es
• AIR EUROPA: 902 401 501 - www.air-europa.com
• IBERIA: 902 400 500 - www.iberia.com
• RYANAIR . www.ryanair.com.

Airport information

Ctra. del Aeropuerto, w/out no.
Telephone: 976 712 300
Tourism information is available at the Arrivals Terminal.

Directions to Zaragoza from the Airport

Taxi

Depending on the final destination, the journey by taxi from the airport to the city centre typically costs between 15 and 20 euros.

If there is no direct flight from your city or country of origin, the best option is to fly to Madrid or Barcelona and take the train to Zaragoza from there. The railway company RENFE offers many train connections to Zaragoza. Depending on the timetable, you can take the AVE (Spanish high speed train, travel time of 1 hr. 30 min.) or the ALVIA/ALTARIA (travel time between 1 hr. 45 min. and 2 hrs.)
Consult the train timetables: www.renfe.es

Important note: If you make a RENFE reservation via the Internet, you must pick up your tickets at the station and pay for them with the same credit card used to make the reservation.

From Paris
The SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français) is a French railway company that also has connections to Zaragoza (night train, with transfer): www.sncf.fr

The Zaragoza-Delicias Station, located at Avda Rioja, 33 next to the Augusta Shopping Centre, offers local connections by city coach.
Lines: 51, 21, 25, 27, 42.
Line 51 stops at the Station. Its route begins at the Intermodal Station and goes to Paseo Constitución.
The other lines stop at the Delicias Civic Centre, located next to the station.
For more information regarding city lines, please visit: www.tuzsa.es

There is a taxi rank at the station’s exit.

More information

• 24-hour telephone line: National calls 902 240 202
• 24-hour telephone line: International calls 902 24 34 02

Numerous coach lines connect Zaragoza with practically all the peninsular cities, the main cities of various European countries, including the Czech Republic and Poland, and North African countries, such as Morocco.

The Delicias intermodal coach station is located next to the railway station and the EXPO 2008 site.

Zaragoza has an excellent road infrastructure including: the North Spain motorway network which connects with Bilbao and Barcelona; the Autovía de Aragón, which connects it with Madrid; and the future Somport-Sagunto Autovía, which is already in operation in some areas and will connect Zaragoza with Valencia and the French network via the Aragon Pyrenees.

Car

• AP-2 Zaragoza-Barcelona (2h30)
• AP-68 Zaragoza-Bilbao (2h30)
• A2 Zaragoza – Madrid (3h00)

National Roads

• N-II Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelona
• N-330 Autovía Levante a Francia por Zaragoza
• N-232 Santander-Logroño-Zaragoza
• N-330 Zaragoza-Teruel

This road network also facilitates an extensive passenger and goods road transport service