HOW TO GET THERE
Free bus service
If you have registered for the Complutense University Summer Courses as an occasional student, you are entitled to use the free bus service offered by the Complutense.
Buses run from Central Madrid, starting at Fernández de los Ríos Street, on the corner with Isaac Peral (Moncloa subway station), from Monday to Friday at 8.30, and outside the Euroforum Infantes entrance from Monday to Thursday at 19.15, and on Friday at 14.30.
If you have registered in our Madrid offices in advance you will have been given a bus card. In the case you register when you arrive to San Lorenzo de El Escorial, you will only need to show the bank receipt of your registration for the course if you want to use the bus on Monday morning. In the Students' Secretary Office you will be given the card for the rest of the week.
If you hold a scholarship or if you are a resident you are likely to arrive on Sunday evening, but you can also use the bus service if you arrive on Monday. Just show the driver the bank receipt of your registration for the course.
Besides, there is also a free bus service for all students and speakers to move between the three venues where the Summer Course takes place. Check the timetable in the Students' Secretary office.
On your own
By Road
From Madrid via the N-6, take the exit at 18.5 kilometres marked Las Rozas - Galapagar - El Escorial (Road M-505), or the exit at 47 kilometres marked San Lorenzo del Escorial (Road M-600).
On local trains
From Madrid: Railway stations of Atocha, Chamartín, Nuevos Ministerios and Príncipe Pío.
From El Escorial: Railway station of El Escorial, RENFE information, telephone n.: 902 240 202.
Line C-8 A
Trains between 15 minutes and one hour.
Trains per day: approximately 35 each way.
Journey length: 51-65 minutes, depending on the station.
Draft of local trains around Madrid
By bus
From Madrid: Moncloa Interchange, Princesa Street. Moncloa underground station.
From San Lorenzo de El Escorial: Bus station, Juan de Toledo Street.
Information: 918969028.
Lines: 661 y 664.
Buses per day: approx. 77 outward journeys and 64 return.
Journey length: between 40 y 50 minutes, depending on half-way stops.