Eight days of bays, old towns and local tables
San Sebastián to Santiago de Compostela, Spain — Luxury sleeper train.
El Transcantábrico Gran Lujo travels the green coast of northern Spain. The Basque Country, Cantabria, Asturias and Galicia arrive first as landscape outside the window, then turn into streets, buildings and restaurant tables. Four regions pass in eight days, and the carriage you sleep in stays the same.
Seven nights on the route leave room for several city stops, with transport and visits organised as one continuous programme. It suits people who are happy to follow a fixed schedule and would rather learn the north of Spain gradually than drive it themselves. You unpack once and the itinerary moves around you.
This is for travellers who care about railways, food, the northern coast, historic towns and slow travel. Suites are few and expensive, the days off the train are busy, and the amount of walking changes with each departure, so check the itinerary you are actually booking.
