Does anyone know if there's an advantage to taking either the bus or the train from Madrid to Granada? Scenery, time frame, etc.?

Kindly advise!

Intending to be there in about 2 weeks.
We will take the AVE from Madrid to Cordoba, explore a bit, and then bus to Granada. AVE is very fast, but trains to Granada appear to be fairly slow, and a friend from there says "take the bus".

I say drive. Driving through the mountains via Jaén makes it all worthwhile!

Main advantage of the bus is that there are lots of them, so you can choose when to go. There trains are (or at least used to be) very infrequent, maybe only about 3 per day.

Thanks for the feedback. I may be in a time crunch, so I may need to fly! Iberia's fares are expensive, and I haven't been able to get through to Air Europa online--something's wrong with their system. Are there any other airlines that fly the Madrid to Granada route?

In August 2000, I flew from Madrid to Granada on Iberia. I think Iberia was the only carrier. I do not recall that my ticket was that expensive. I bought the ticket in Madrid just a couple days in advance. You might be able to get a better deal there. Good luck!

I'm in the same predicament as Xacara. The Iberia tickets are pricier than I anticipated about 137-154 euros or $125-140 each. Is there any way to get a cheaper rate?

Since I am pressed for time an overnight train would be great, but I don't think they're available anymore having checked renfe's site several times. Am I right about this?

Thanks for all of your help! 3 weeks and counting!!!!

Hi, Marvilyn,

I'm going in about 3 weeks, too! Where will you be?

Xacara

I'm heading to Spain in a little over two weeks. We are going straight to Granada by bus.

Caminante, I'm going to Granada on May 26, possibly by bus. Are you traveling that day?