2024-01-30 22:00:00
(30/01/2024)
On the one hand, in Fitur agreements have been signed with the Principality of Asturias and with the town councils of Oviedo, Gijn and Avils. All of them to promote travel on Renfe trains between Asturias and national destinations that are easier to reach after the incorporation of high-speed services to this community with the recent opening of the Pajares variant.
Other agreements that have been closed have been those related to trips related to cultural activities. Among them, with the Foundation that promotes the exhibition of the Ages of Man which this year, in its twenty-seventh edition, is based in Santiago de Compostela and Villafranca del Bierzo. In this way, Renfe is granted the status of Official Train and discounts are incorporated on train trips for attendees.
This consideration is also granted to Renfe by the Fundación de la Obra Social de Castilla y León to publicize the content of the Casa Botón Museum located in León; the Marq Foundations, which manages the Alicante Archaeological Museum; the Hortensia Herrero, in charge of the Valencia Art Center or the Trinidad Alonso, which promotes sports in the Valencian Community.
Themed tourist trains
Fitur has been the area to promote the activity of the thematic tourism trains that Renfe launches each year throughout the national territory with the institutions related to tourism in each region. This area includes those that are programmed in Galicia. To this end, the collaboration with Turismo de Galicia and Inorde has been renewed to launch round trips during the day to see the beaches, mansions, and the vegetation of this autonomous community. In this community is the thermal offer in the province of Orense with whose Provincial Council develops a travel offer.
Regarding the proposal for Castilla and León, the Vino, Canal de Castilla and Zorrilla trains in Valladolid, or the Antonio Machado train in Segovia, will return to circulation, after the agreements closed with the respective city councils and provincial councils.
On the other hand, with the Government of Castilla-La Mancha it has been approved to expand the routes that already exist and establish a travel calendar to various destinations in Albacete, Cuenca, Ciudad Real, Toledo or Guadalajara. This year, in addition, the Medieval Train will once again travel between Madrid and Sigenza after the renewal of the agreement with the Seguntino city council, while the Molinos Train will circulate from Madrid to Campo de Criptana also due to an agreement signed with the city council. of the Ciudadrealea town.
Renfe’s activity with this type of trips has been reinforced with the agreement of intentions with the Barcelona Provincial Council to program thematic routes. Both parties will join forces to develop tourism throughout the provincial territory, counting on the train as the best ally to discover its gastronomy, thermalism or modernism, which, in addition to the capital, at the beginning of the 20th century was developed in multiple locations. Barcelonans. Along these same lines, Barcelona Tourism is betting on the train to take fans attending the Copa America to Barcelona, at reduced prices. In Catalonia, more agreements have been signed with the Costa Brava Tourist Board and with the Portbou City Council to promote train travel in its commitment to sustainable tourism.
Luxury tourist trains
At Fitur, the travel proposals on the luxury tourist trains sold by Renfe have been announced: The Transcantbrico Gran Lujo, the Al Andalus, the Expreso de la Robla and the Costa Verde Express. Trips on any of its departures include accommodation, bus travel and guides for excursions and tickets to scheduled visits. Travelers also have a gourmet gastronomic offer, both on board and in the restaurants of the cities where they stop. To facilitate rest, the train stops every night at a station along the route.
New leisure and business proposals
Fitur has also served for other agreements of intent to carry out routes or packages with special conditions to promote leisure or business trips. In this area, the agreements reached with travel agencies, road transport companies or hotel entities, such as Paradores de Turismo, have had greater prominence, the latter agreement being signed by the president of Renfe in his capacity as president of the Foundation. of the Spanish Railways to promote Vas Verdes as a sustainable tourist resource.
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