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Madrid When you land in Madrid, you've got 2 choices: you can take the bus to the city centre (€2.50) or you can take the metro. The bus is very quick and you'll arrive to Plaza de Colón in 20 min. The fastest way to travel into town is by Metro, which is one of the oldest in Europe with about 175 km. length and it's very clean and safe. It opens from 6.00 a.m. till 1.30 a.m. It can be taken from the Airport to go to any point of interest. You can also travel by bus, there's service at any hour. After midnight, the nigt buses called Buhos start leaving from Plaza de Cibeles in all directions. Bus and metro tickets are the same. The cheapest and eaysiest way to move around is buying a Metrobus card with 10 tickets. It costs €5.20 and it can be used by more than 1 person. A single ticket costs €1.10. You can also travel by the local trains Cercanias (check out http://www.renfe.es/empresa/cercanias/index.html) which has 4 main stations in town: Chamartin, Nuevos Ministerios, Recoletos and Atocha. These trains are very useful to travel to the near historical cities and villages like El Escorial, Toledo, or to the mountains around Madrid (Sierra de Guadarrama) with directions to Cercedilla, Navacerrada, Cotos (the ski-centers), etc. The ticket from the center of Madrid to El Escorial is about €3.20 one way, it is about €6.40 one way to Toledo and it is about €3.20 to the mountain. There exist also a 10 travels card, which are about 30% cheaper. All these tickets are valid for more than one person.
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