Joe,
1. The AVE doesn't travel from Madrid to Segovia, only a regional train. You
can catch it at 4 of Madrid's stations: Atocha, Recloteos, Nuevos
Ministerios or Chamartin.
2. For general tipping info, I recommend you read the info on this page:
http://www.gomadrid.com/practic/currency.html
<http://www.gomadrid.com/practic/currency.html>Roger.
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 4:28 PM, joe mollo <joemoll
...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks, I have a couple of quick questions that you can hopefully answer:
> 1) If I want to travel from Madrid to Segovia high speed via the AVE, it is
> my understanding I would pick it up in Chamartin. Is this correct? Also,
> are walk up purchases for the AVE readily available without the need for
> reservations?
> 2) What is the general tipping and gratuity policy in Madrid?
> Thanks very much.
> Joe
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