Costa Verde Express
A gastronomic and cultural journey through Green Spain awaits you. The train takes you back to the golden age of great rail travel, while you enjoy all the comforts and attentions of the 21st century.
Highlights
- Newly renovated suites from spring 2025
- Experience with maximum comfort: Your hotel travels with you!
- Magnificent "Picos de Europa" National Park
- UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including Altamira, Oviedo and Santiago de Compostela
- Unknown green coast of northern Spain
Travel details
Travel programm
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Day 1: Bilbao - Santander
Reception at the Concordia train station in Bilbao at 10:00, introduction of the crew and accommodation on board. Lunch and tour of Bilbao, a dynamic city that has managed to reinvent itself after the decline of its traditional heavy industry. It includes entry to the famous Guggenheim Museum, the symbol of this new Bilbao, and a visit to the "Portugalete" suspension bridge. While you have lunch on board, you will reach Santander. Sightseeing tour, free time and dinner. If you feel like it, try your luck in the famous casino. (MA.)
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Day 2: Santander - Santillana - Llanes
During breakfast you will reach Cabezón de la Sal, where your coach will be waiting for you to visit the town of Santillana del Mar with its magnificently preserved medieval historic center and the Neocueva de Altamira, a museum and authentic reproduction of cave art from the Upper Palaeolithic. After lunch, the train takes us to the region of Asturias to Llanes, sightseeing. Dinner on board the train and overnight stay in Llanes (FMA)
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Day 3: Picos de Europa - Oviedo - Candás
Breakfast on board in Arriondas, from where you will approach the heart of the Principality of Asturias. You will visit the beautiful Picos de Europa National Park with Lake Enol and then the sanctuary of Covadonga, a sacred place full of tradition and legend. Then Cangas de Onís, first capital of the Kingdom of Asturias. We then return to the train to travel to Oviedo. Sightseeing tour of Oviedo. Dinner and overnight stay in Oviedo. (FMA)
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4. Tag: Oviedo - Gijón - Luarca
After breakfast, tour of Gijon, a dynamic city open to the sea, free time and lunch in Gijon. In the afternoon we travel to Luarca, sightseeing, dinner on board the train and overnight stay in Luarca. (FMA)
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Day 5: Luarca - Ribadeo - Viveiro
During breakfast on board, you will reach Ribadeo, the first destination in Galicia. Sightseeing, free time and lunch. In the afternoon, continue to Viveiro, today's destination. (FM)
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6. Tag: Viveiro – Santiago de Compostel
During breakfast, drive to Ferrol, where your escort bus awaits you for the onward journey to Santiago de Compostela. City tour and lunch at the Parador de los Reyes Católicos and end of the trip at approx. 16:00 (FM)
This trip can also be booked in reverse order.
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Impressions
Services
Included in the price
- Journey from Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao or vice versa
- 6 days/5 nights in a comfortable hotel train, based on Grand Clase compartment, double occupancy
- All meals including drinks
- All excursions in the accompanying luxury coach
- German-speaking tour guide
Not included in the price
- Arrival and return journey by train or flight to the departure point of the train
- Consumption in the bar car
- Gratuities and personal expenses
- Additional hotel accommodation on arrival and departure
- Cancellation costs and travel insurance
More info
Your "Grand Class Suite" train compartment has a double bed (1.20 m x 1.85 m), desk, closet, minibar and safe. It is air-conditioned with an independent regulator and has a complete private bathroom, equipped with hydro-massage shower/steam bath, hairdryer and WC. The elegant wood paneling creates a warm and inviting atmosphere.
In the elegant lounges of the Costa Verde Express you can enjoy your breakfast, lunch or dinner, a drink and conversation with fellow travelers.
