Santiago de Compostela Travel Forum

Hi VTers

Anyone can suggest to me please in regards to

1. lOCAL CAR HIRE COMPANY IN SANTIAGO. i WOULD LIKE TO PICK UP THE CAR IN SANTIAGO, SAY 6OCTOBER, RETURN IN GRANADA ON 18OCT. I KNOW THOSE LOCAL CAR HIRE COMPANY NORMALLY HAS GOOD RATES AND SADLY, IN SPANISH TOO. i NEED SOMEONE TO HELP ME WITH FINDING OUT THE INFO..

2. WHAT ABOUT A CHEAP AND RELIABLE BUS COMPANZ FROM SANTIAGO TO PORTO. ANY SPECIAL PRICE FOR 2 PEOPLE?

Appeciate any help. I plan to visit santiago for 3nights.

THANKS VTERS in advance

J.

In Santiago I know only the major hire companies; I have never seen local companies tere.

Regarding buses to porto, for prices and schedules, check www.alsa.es

Cheers

gmg

Hi there
I live in Galicia so maybe of some help. You ask for local car hire companies but you want to drop off the car in Grenada. So by local I assume you mean Spanish.
There are many national companies. Below are just a few I can think off. Dropping the car in a different city should be no problem.
https://www.europcar.com/
http://www.avis.com
http://www.carhire.es/exploring-santiago.htm
Those I have listed after I searched the Internet and I have not used and so I can't recommend one service in particular. There are many more web sites.
You will need an international permit to drive here. Most hire companies will not bother with it but if you are stopped by the Guardia Civil (Police) you may get fined for not having a translation. You can get one from the AAA in the states. Most hire companies have automatic, if you are able to drive a manual change gear boxed car. However here in Europe automatics are usually bigger cars so getting a bargain may prove hard as 99% of hire cars are manual.
I would suggest that you don’t hire your car whilst you are visiting SdC, as it is a small city, in which you can walk around.
For a bus service i will post part 2 as there is alimit on the characters you can post on this forum......

Part 2!!!!
For a bus service you I would recommend that apart from the posting above you visit the bus station in SdC. There you will find all the bus companies offices. At the various booking offices they will have timetables displayed. They will not have any booklets published, so you must take a pen and paper to make a note. You must purchase a ticket before boarding the bus. It should also be noted that the booking offices are two floors above the bus stands. Carrying your luggage up and down can take time. When I was last there the lift and escalators were not working!
Most bus routes only have one company there is no competition with each other so the price will be fixed! No bargains here either, sorry.
Enjoy your stay here in Spain.
Ian