quote...Tell you friends, not to go mad with the cheap cigs. and the Guardia will have them crossing back into Spain....
Currently Spanish regs limit each visitor to one carton of 200 per month.
For information...It is possible to do it by train with one change at Madrid but the destination station is Algeciras so you would have to get a bus back to La linea for the Gib border. Journey time including a two hour layover in Madrid is around 10 hours.
It is also possible to get a direct coach from Alicante to Algeciras which calls at La Linea. see the alsa.es website. The timetable is as follows;
Alicante dep 0320, La Linea arrive 1300;
La linea dep 0920 alicante arr 2020.
The fare is 102€ return.
As Mr Kevin says its a long way and the only redeeming factor is that your visitors will see a lot of Spain en route. The coach routes via Guadix, Granada, Loja, Malaga, Marbella and Estepona. The route by train from Madrid is via Cordoba and Ronda and one of the most scenic routes in the world from Ronda to Algeciras.
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