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We get a lot of people asking how to get to benicassim from Barcelona. Barcelona Airport is an ideal entry point to spain. Barcelona Airport has frequent flights from the following UK Airports:
Belfast International (BFS) / Birmingham (BHX) / Bristol (BRS) / Cork (ORK) / Dublin (DUB) / East Midlands Nottingham (EMA) / Edinburgh (EDI) / Leeds Bradford (LBA) / Liverpool (LPL) / London City (LCY) London Gatwick (LGW) / London Heathrow (LHR) / London Luton (LTN) / London Stansted (STN) / Manchester (MAN).

However how do you get to benicassim festival from Barcelona Airport?

Barcelona to Benicassim by Bus

Benicassim organisers run a bus service from Barcelona Airport direct to Benicassim Festival. Barcelona is 280km away and should take about 2 1/2 hours by bus. Ticket prices for Barcelona to Benicasssim Coach Prices will be confirmed nearer Benicassim 2012.

Barcelona to Benicassim by Train

You can get a Train from Barcelona to Benicassim. A regular service runs direct to the Benicassim Train Station. Tickets go on sale 3 months before the festival. Trains are run by Renfe is the spanish national railway company. The train from Barcelona Airport to Benicassim takes about 3 hours. Train Tickets are about 40 euros return.

Barcelona to Benicassim by Road

Why not get a hire car and drive to benicassim, which is a 280 Km drive from Barcelona which should take 2h 30 m. Just take the Motorway AP-7 to Castellon then the Highway N-340 to benicassim.

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Getting to Benicassim from Barcelona is easy by train. We have spoke to Rail Europe who run Benicassim Trains from all over Europe. They have advised that Trains tickets for travelling on July 14 2011 are on sale from May 14 2011. If you are looking to buy a Return ticket you can book return tickets for 18th July 2011 from 18th May 2011. Rail Europe though suggest to get the cheapest train tickets to benicassim that you buy single journey tickets when they go on sale and then the return journey tickets when they go on sale.

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I’ve just heard from our product team that the rail tickets are opening for sale on May 14th for travel on July 14th – although with everything rail related this is subject to change.

We have just spotted that Rail Europe now have Train Tickets available for the week of Benicassim Festival. Rail Europe is a English Language website. They have train tickets available from Barcelona to Benicassim ( spelt Benicasim with one s I assume same place) or Castellon De La Plana ( Castellon ).
Castellon is the nearest town to Benicassim, and you can get regular local trains to benicassim from here, there is also a good local bus service which links Castellon to Benicassim.
UPDATE TICKETS FOR 2011 WILL NOT BE ON SALE TILL 14 MAY 2011
Rail Europe also offer train tickets from Valencia to Castellon , and trains from Madrid to Castellon. Also look out for trains from alicante to benicassim, reus to benicassim girona to benicassim castellon to benicassim If you are looking for a benicassim festival train from barcelona to benicassim ior from valencia airport to benicassim we recommend Rail Europe.

Trains to Castellon / Benicasim Jourmey Times

From Valencia: 1 h.(approx.)
From Barcelona: 3 h. (approx.)
From Alicante: 3 h. (approx.)
From Gerona: 3 h. 50 min (approx.)
From Madrid: 4 h. 24min. (approx.)

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If you are flying to Barcelona, you are about 290km from Castellon. The Barcelona Airport links to the main train station “Sants” the train station.

It is now also easy to make plane train connections in Madrid. The metro connects Barajas Airport (Madrid’s international airport) with the Atocha train station. Cost is about $1.50. Then it is a 5 hr. train ride to Castellon or Benicassim (that is on normal trains — the “super” high speed train does it in 3 hrs.).

One-way train fare from Barcelona on regular trains runs about $25 or so — and from Madrid this would jump to about $40 again on regular trains. Costs on the high-speed luxury trains will likely be about 50% higher.

In Benicassim, the local bus line runs every 1/2 hr. in the summer season and connects the Hotel Voramar and Villa Elisa conference site to downtown Benicassim (pueblo viejo) (it can also be walked in 15-20 minutes walk from the hotel and Villa Elisa). The buses also continue to Castellon which is 40-45 min. by bus.

Train Questions

Any questions please comment below and hopefully some benicassim veterans can answer any queries

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As some of you are regular festival go-ers, you will find it no problem to make it across Europe to a massive music event.

However, to us newbies i think i can personally say it is pretty intimidating but definitly exciting. We have all been to the usual festivals back in our home land… but Europe, that’s a different story.

Now, to the main point, how to get there. I have researched and researched and spoken to friends who went previous years. It seems the best way to get there is to fly to Valencia and get a train that goes straight to Benicassim which takes about an hour, perfect timing to get a few drinks down you i’d say. Other possible routes are flying to Reus (1hr 40mins away), Barcelona (2hrs 30mins away), Alicante (2hrs 50mins away) or Madrid (4hrs 40mins away).

If you are like my friends, they have decided to either create the event into some massive road trip across Europe or to go by train. We have found an InterRail Global Pass which allows us to travel where ever we want for either 22 days (€309) or 1 month (€399), these prices are based on the Youth Pass from the ages of 12- 26. There are other passes aswel, for a one country pass to Spain for 8 days it’s €149, also based on the Youth Pass of ages 12-26.

So there we go, when i find out anymore i’ll let ya’ll know!

x x

Hello Beni Fans!

If like myself, you are wistfully counting down the months to the greatest festival of all time and you have bought your ticket and are now wondering how to get there then please read on! Look out for the ‘Beni Bites’ for tips and hints!

The preferred method of travel is by plane. Although you can’t fly directly to Benicassim, the 3 most preffered destinations are Alicante, Valencia and Barcelona. Valencia is the closest. You can also fly to Madrid. Last year, me and some mates flew to Barcelona from Gatwick and stayed there for a few days as a pre-Beni warm up then got a train to Benicassim.

Beni Bite – book your flight as soon as you can. We just booked ours from Gatwick to Valencia and with all taxes etc it was just over £100. I know some mates who booked theirs from Bristol to Alicante for around the same price.

You can get a train to Beni from Valencia, Barcelona or Madrid quite easily or hire a car when you get there. If you haven’t been to Beni before then there is parking around the town and I have seen many people having a cheeky sleep with the air con on when it gets a bit warm!

Beni Bite – book your train ticket from one of the Spanish train sites in advance otherwise I can guarantee you won’t get a seat on the train. The train sites have tickets about 3 months in advance so when they come up, I shall update you all!

Beni Bite – we are having a few days holiday either side of Beni to prepare and recover. If you are planning on the whole Beni experience (camping from the Monday) then I would strongly suggest staying in a local Beni hotel on the Sunday night so you are ready to get to the campsite early. We got to the campsite about 11am and were all set up by 1pm. When we trotted down to the beach, people were in a 2 hour queue waiting to be pitched (you get shown where to pitch your tent) so the earlier the better! And it means one final decent night’s sleep before the carnage!

So that’s the flying and trains covered.

There is also the option of having a little roadtrip! I know a couple of people who have done this over the time frame of a couple of days and if you are brave enough then give it a go! Personally, I’d rather be in the confines of a comfy plane chatting up the stewards!

So there you go! I shall update you with where to book train tickets from the various airports as and when they are released!

Charlie (Beni Legendette) x

If you are going to Benicassim from Madrid, Barcelona or Valencia consider catching the cheap buses provided by Heineken.
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