Overnight bus from Madrid to Lisbon
 

Hi,

Can anyone give me some information where do i find the information on the overnight bus from Madrid to Lisbon? the schedule? how many? how often the bus runs btw Madrid and Lisbon? How ong is the ride? 7 hours?? or longer?

also, just another alternative, any cheap airline that i can find to fly btw Lisbon and Madrid? i i checked it was $120 one way, is this consider expensive??

thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Why on earth would you want to use an overnight bus when there is a hotel train? See www.renfe.es.
Cheapest seat seems to be 54 euros, and cheapest bunk is 76 euros.

There is also the train...
Lusitania overnight train is only direct Madrid-Lisbon train - no through daytime service.
Overnight train fares each way:
$67 for a reserved seat
$93 for a berth in a 4-person compartment
$117 p.p. for a private double
$167 for a single compartment
$162 p.p. for a Gran Class Double (shower, toilet, wash basin, dinner and breakfast included!)
$225 single gran class
(These are fares thru RailEurope in US - compare with www.renfe.es - Spanish rail web site - at times RailEurope's may be less than in Spain. RailEurope charges $15 booking fee and a mailing fee i believe - I always recommend booking thru BETS (800-441-9413), a RE agent who doesn't charge some of their fees and for their expertise.
So considering you save a night's hotel and sleeping in a berth on train is preferable to in a bus seat - the train may be the most economical way - and takes you right into the heart of Lisbon or Madrid.

thanks for the suggestion. is there any site for English? i don't have the option to change to language to english from the site below.

www.renfe.es.

thanks again.

thanks for all of the input.

If RailEurope's prices are cheaper, and they are for several overnight trains i've checked recently in Spain you can reserve up to 60 days in advance.

i checked on the raileurope, it gave me no reservation are avail or train are sold out. but i have try few diff. dates, still same response. there is no route btw Madrid and lisbon?

It's weird, RailEurope it seems can book these trains only in one direction - other direction won't load -seems you're going in the 'wrong' direction - i don't think it's because they're sold out.