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Benicassim Trains for Festival 2024

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Train Tickets to Benicassim on Sale from May 2024

Getting to Benicassim from Barcelona is easy by train. We have spoken the  Trainline.com who sell official spanish train tickets for RENFE who run Benicassim Trains from all over Spain and Europe. They have advised that Trains tickets for travelling on July 20 2024 are on sale soon. If you are looking to buy a Return ticket you can book return tickets for July 2024 they will go on sale from May 2024 .

Trains Tickets to Benicassim FromDistance From Benicassim (Km)Journey TimeBuy Now
Barcelona2612hr 52 min
Valencia921hr 2 mn
Madrid4393hr 40min
Alicante 2752hr 44nin

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Rail tickets go onsale in May 2024 for travel in July – although with everything rail related this is subject to change.

We recommend The Trainline.com

The trainline is Europe’s largest independent Train and Coach Ticket company,  selling tickets for 144 train and coach companies,   They sell official Spanish train tickets and the website is in English!

We have just spotted that 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 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.

The Trainline 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 / Benicassim Journey 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.

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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

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Trains Tickets to Benicassim FromDistance From Benicassim (Km)Journey TimeBuy Now
Barcelona2612hr 52 min
Valencia921hr 2 mn
Madrid4393hr 40min
Alicante 2752hr 44nin

Benicassim Festival Flights 2024

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FLIGHTS TO BENICASSIM

We have details on Benicassim Festival Flights. There is no airport in Benicassim the nearest airports to the Benicassim site are Barcelona and Valencia. Therefore if you want to fly to benicassim we recommend you book flight to Valencia or Barcelona.
We recommend for cheap flights to use either Lastminute.com , they both search for flights from all the budget airlines who serve Barcelona and Valencia.

When booking flights keep in mind that the camp site opens on Monday 15th July 2024 at 9am and closes on Monday 21 July 2024 at midday

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The advent of the budget airlines getting to the Benicassim festival from the UK is cheaper than some train tickets to UK festivals. Nearest Airports are Valencia, or Barcelona. Budget Airlines flying to the area include Easyjet, Ryan Air Alitalia, and British Airways. Find Cheap Flights to Barcelona or the cheapest flights to Valencia using our tables below. We suggest you book your flights as soon as possible as there is only a limited number of airline seats available. The festival starts on Thursday July 20 2024 the The campsites will open on Monday July 15th 2024 at 09.00am The campsites will close on Monday July 21 2024 at midday (12.00). So decide when you want to get to the festival, and then pick the airport nearest to your home and book tickets now.
We Recommend LASTMINUTE.COM for flights. The nearest airport to benicassim festival is Valencia once you arrive their make your way to the taxi / bus area.
The organisers have run special buses direct to the site for the last few years. The fare is around 5 euros, or our preferred option is Hiring a Car.

UK AIRPORTS WHICH FLY TO BARCELONA



BELFAST INTERNATIONAL BFS / BIRMINGHAM BHX / BRISTOL BRS / CARDIFF CWL / CORK ORK / DUBLIN DUB / EAST MIDLANDS EMA / EDINBURGH EDI / GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL GLA / GLASGOW PRESTWICK PIK / LEEDS BRADFORD LBA / LIVERPOOL LPL / LONDON CITY LCY / LONDON GATWICK LGW / LONDON HEATHROW LHR / LONDON LUTON LTN / LONDON SOUTHEND SEN / LONDON STANSTED STN / MANCHESTER MAN / MANCHESTER MAN / NEWCASTLE NCL / SOUTHAMPTON SOU

AIRLINES WHICH FLY TO BARCELONA

AER LINGUS / BA (BRITISH AIRWAYS) / EASYJET / JET2 / MONARCH / RYANAIR / VUELING

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UK AIRPORTS WHICH FLY TO VALENCIA



BRISTOL / DUBLIN / EAST MIDLANDS / LONDON GATWICK / LONDON STANSTED / MANCHESTER

AIRLINES WHICH FLY TO VALENCIA

EASYJET /RYANAIR

CHEAP FLIGHTS TO VALENCIA TRY LASTMINUTE.COM

Fly to Barcelona with Jet2 Leeds / Bradford

Also consider booking cheap flights to Alicante

Fly to Alicante with Jet2

CAR HIRE

Pick up a hire car from either Valencia or Barcelona BOOK HIRE CAR FROM LASTMINUTE.COM

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Car Hire at Valencia Airport – Hiring a Car for Benicassim Festival

Hiring a Car at Valencia or Barcelona Airports is recommended especially one with Air Conditioning, also during the festival it will come in handy as a place to cool down. You can hire a car for a week from around £70

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Bus to Benicassim from Barcelona Airport also Valencia Reus Alicante, Gerona and Madrid

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We get lots of people writing to ask how they can get to Benicassim from the Airport. The most common question we get is how to get to benicassim from Barcelona airport. Well the Benicassim organisers have arranged official bus services from these airports Barcelona Airport , Valencia Airport , Reus Airport, Alicante Airport, Gerona Airport and finally Madrid Airport.

The official Airport Transfers to Benicassim run from 9th July 2012 to 12th July 2012, and the return transfer back to the airport run on the Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th July 2012 after the festival.
The Transfers cost From Valencia €21.00 / From Alicante €42.00 € / From Reus: €31.50 € / From Girona: €52.50 € / From Barcelona €42.00 €
To book Transfer goto the official Fibshop website

If you are getting to benicassim by train, the benicassim organisers are running shuttle buses from Castellon Train Station to the venue and the Benicamp site on the Monday to Wednesday before the festival, and the shuttle will run again on the Monday and Tuesday after the festival.

If you have booked a villa in nearby towns there will be a regular offical bus services run from Castellon and Oropesa. Check our Benicassim Hotel page for details of Villas in nearby towns

Also during the festival a shuttle bus will run between the beach, benicassim and the venue.

Hope this information helps but if you have any questions just leave a comment below

How to Get to Benicassim from Barcelona

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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.

Have you done the journey from Benicassim to Barcelona? Can you add to the details above. Lets make this the best guide to getting to benicassim from Barcelona, add your comments below

How To Get To Benicassim by air rail or road trip

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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

How to get to the festival of dreams aka benicassim travel top tips

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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

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