Here you will find information on travelling to Salamanca

Airport (Madrid Barajas)

International flights into Madrid’s Barajas airport arrive in Terminals 1 and 4.
You can find useful information on Barajas airport (and others) on the web of the Spanish Airport Services and Air Navegation (“Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea”  or “AENA”):

• Click on www.aena.es
• In the upper right hand corner you can choose your language
• Select “Madrid Barajas” (to the right under “Choose an Airport”).
• For useful information upon arrival, click on “Practical Information” (in the menu to the left). Here you will find information on such subjects as the airport transit bus, luggage, and transportation to Madrid. 

Getting from Barajas airport to city centre bus & train stations

“Tren de cercanías” (“local train”) from Terminal 4 (“T4”) to the Chamartín train station or to “Méndez Álvaro” (bus station)..
• Train number: C-1
• Leaves from: T-4
• Length of trip:
   *to the Chamartín train station: 11 minutes
   *to the “Estación del Sur” bus station: 29 minutes
• If your flight arrives at Terminal 1, you will have to get the “lanzadera” (“shuttle bus”) to T4 to take this train.
http://www.aena-aeropuertos.es/csee/Satellite/Aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas/en/InfoPractica_FP/1237554327779/1237554326802/
• http://www.renfebarajas.com/home_esp.htm (there is an option for English in the upper right hand side).

Direct bus transfer from Barajas airport to Salamanca
 
These buses, run by the company “Avanzabus,” leave from Terminal 1 (“T1”). If your plane lands at Terminal 4 (“T4”), you can get to T1 by taking the shuttle bus (“bus tránsito” or “bus lanzadero”). The route of the shuttle bus can be found in the “practical information” section of AENA’s website:  http://www.aena-aeropuertos.es/csee/Satellite/Aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas/es/Page/1237554331229/

After getting to T1, you will need to buy your bus ticket at the travel agency “El Corte Inglés,” which is situated on the 2nd floor in English (“1ª planta”  in Spanish!) of T1, across from the international check-in area. For exact location click on the following link: agencia de viajes El Corte Inglés

For up to date bus schedules and prices as well as a map indicating where to find the Avanzabus bus stop (“parada de autobuses”) in the airport, see the following link: 

By bus or train from city centre Madrid to Salamanca

Bus
Station name: “Estación Sur de Autobuses”
Bus Company: Avanzabús
Ticket options: “billete de ida” (one way ticket), “billete de vuelta abierta” (the date of the return trip is open ended—good) or a “billete de ida y vuelta” (“round trip,” if you already know the date of your return trip to Madrid)
Types of tickets: local (3.5 hours) or express (2.5 hours)

Train
Station Name: Chamartín
Train company: RENFE
Ticket options:  “billete de ida” (one way ticket), “billete de vuelta abierta” (the date of the return trip is open ended—good for 15 days on the train), “billete de ida y vuelta” (“round trip,” if you already know the date of your return trip to Madrid and it is within 15 days)
Trip duration: 2 hours 40 minutes
Where to buy your ticket:
 Chamartín train station. You can go to the tickets window that says “Regionales;”, to the ticket window for for same-day tickets ,  or buy your ticket at a machine.
 The train has two stops in Salamanca: “Salamanca” (the first and main stop) and “Salamanca-Alamedilla” (you can only get off the train at this stop, not on it). You can get out in either one, but the “Salamanca-Alamedilla” stop does not have a taxi stand. You cannot board the train in Salamanca-Alamedilla; this stop is only for getting off.

Websites for train and bus information:
Avanzabus
RENFE (National train company)

Both sites have an English-language option.

From the Salamanca bus station to the Facultad de Derecho
Estimated walking time:  Less than 5 minutes.
Leave the bus station through the main exit and then turn right onto Avenida de Filiberto Villalobos. Walk to the next street, Calle de la Alberca, and turn right again. The Facultad de Derecho will be on your right in a little over a block.

From the Salamanca bus station to the Plaza Mayor
Estimated walking time: around 20 minutes.
Leave the bus station through the main exit and then turn right onto Avenida de Filiberto Villalobos. Continue for about 600 metres, until you reach a big avenue (Paseo de San Vicente). Cross the Paseo de San Vicente and walk down Calle Ramón y Cajal to the Plaza de las Agustinas(you will have the Palacio de Monterrey on your left and the Iglesia de la Purísima on your right). The Plaza de las Agustinas dead-ends on Calle Compañía. Turn left on Calle Compañía and then immedately right on Calle Prior, which will bring you to the Plaza Mayor.  
 
From the Salamanca train station to the Facultad de Derecho or to city centre
NOTE: There are two train stops in Salamanca. Get off the train in the first stop, which is the main train station.
Public Bus:
Estimated travel time: 20 minutes
Exit the Vialia train station through the main exit. The bus stop is right across the street (Paseo de la Estación). Take the number 7 to the Facultad de Derecho (1,05 €) or the number 1 to the Gran Vía stop, which is at 5 minutes walking distance from the Plaza Mayor.
Taxi: There is a taxi stop immediately outside the main exit of the train station. 
By foot: The train station is approximately 40 minutes by foot from the Facultad de Derecho and 25 minutes from the city centre.