Champions League Final in Madrid - travel arrangements

[deka-]

Lots of cheaper options for accommodation at the moment.. just cancelled and re booked right in the center..

AirBnB or hotel?

 

[jimmybob]

AirBnB or hotel?

Hotel we got a room for £160 bang in the center.. I think today or tomorrow is the last day you can cancel for free so rooms keep popping up..

 

[spursfan77]

Just had an email from the club. Got to carry our passports with us, surely a driving licence will be enough for ID, I don't want to carry my passport around.

Also sounds like there will be loads of security checks.

UEFA Champions League Final
Travel Guide

We encourage fans travelling to Madrid for the UEFA Champions League Final on Saturday 1 June to please take note of the information detailed below.


Passports and visas

• British nationals do not need a visa to travel to Spain, but your passport needs to be valid for the proposed duration of your stay. No additional period of validity beyond this is require
• Your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) is valid for Spain, but fans are advised to take out travel insurance even if you’re only going for one night
• You must provide ID (your passport) if requested by a police officer. The police have the right to hold you at a police station until your identity is confirmed
• Always take care of your passport. Remember to keep a photocopy or scanned copy of your passport somewhere safe. It is advisable to have a photo of your passport on your mobile phone and a photocopy of your passport
• If you lose your passport, you’ll need to apply for an Emergency Travel Document online

Getting to the stadium

Address: Metropolitano Stadium Av. de Luis Aragonés, 4 28022 Madrid
The recommended way for supporters to reach the Metropolitano Stadium is via the Madrid Metro.

All supporters that have purchased a ticket for the Final directly through the Club will have received a travel pass entitling them to free public transport in Madrid. Click here for a downloadable map of the Metro.

Please note: The free travel pass is only valid for the day on which it is used until 5am the following day. For example, if you start using the pass on Friday, it will expire at 5am on Saturday and you will then need to purchase additional travel at your own expense.

The Spurs section is at the north end of the stadium and fans are advised to arrive at Canillejas station on Line 5 (green line) and walk to the stadium from there.

There will be no public parking facilities available at or near the stadium for private cars, coaches, motorbikes, mopeds, bicycles or scooters.

Accessibility

Supporters on our Access Scheme that have been successful in their ticket application have been issued a car parking pass which should be printed and displayed in your car.

The car park is Parking P Sur B and is accessed via Avenida de Arcentales as shown on the map on your pass.

Access to the accessible car parking area is available from 8am on the day of the final.

*Road closures will start to come into effect around the stadium from 3pm and UEFA are advising that you should arrive at the car park before 5.30pm to ensure easy access.*

The stadium itself is accessible with low-shelved refreshment kiosks and accessible toilets.
Audio commentary will be provided in English and Spanish. Information on how to access this will be emailed to Supporters on our Access Scheme directly.

Wheelchair users and their personal assistants have been allocated 31 spaces across the rear of the second tier within the Tottenham Hotspur section.

Specific accessible platforms have recently been built with ramped access. These platforms raise the view above anyone in the seating tier in front who may stand. The rear row of seats in front of the platforms has also remained unsold to ensure an unobstructed view of the game.

Ambulant disabled supporters and their personal assistants will be situated in 25 seats at the rear of the lower tier where access is flat.

Fan Meeting Point

The Club will be operating a Fan Meeting Point in Colon Square in Madrid between 9am – 6pm on the day of the match.

The area will include a stage and big screen that will host DJ sets and Spurs Legend appearances, with food and drink available throughout the day.

The nearest Metro stop to Colon Square is Alonso Martinez Station, where you can get a direct train on Line 5 to Canillejas.

There will also be a UEFA Champions League Festival in the centre of Madrid on the days running up to and on the day of the match. This Festival includes various football-related activities and concerts.

Supporters without tickets

There will be NO live screening of the match in the Fan Zone or Festival areas. Supporters without tickets are therefore advised not to travel to Madrid as the match is a sell-out.

Getting into the stadium

• There will be exhaustive ticket checks at various checkpoints before getting to the stadium, including body searches before and after getting through the turnstiles. Please arrive at the stadium early to leave enough time to clear security. The outer perimeter of the stadium opens at 4pm and entry to the stadium itself will be from 6pm
• Only supporters with a valid match ticket will be admitted. Those with damaged or forged tickets, or those who have lost or had their ticket stolen, will not be allowed access. Tickets are not transferable and cannot be used by any other supporter
• Duplicate tickets will not be issued – please take care of your match ticket
• Spurs fans with general admission tickets will access the Metropolitano Stadium through gate 17, located at the North end of the stadium (FONDO NORTE)

Bag Policy and Prohibited Items

• Small backpacks up to a maximum size of 25x25x25cm will be allowed. Larger bags will have to be stored outside the venue in designated depots
• Anyone who is obviously drunk or bearing abusive or discriminatory materials will be denied access to the stadium. Banners bearing political slogans will not be permitted inside the stadium
• Flares, fireworks, alcohol, cans, glass, bottle tops or containers over 1/2 litre are not allowed in the stadium. Soft drinks and food are available inside the stadium
• Flags are limited to 3m x 2m in size and only those with plastic poles are allowed. Flags larger than this must be flame retardant and a fire certificate must be provided. Flags with twin-poles are not allowed

Spurs Respects

The Club is rightly proud of the good behaviour of our fans during previous European travels and we would ask that you uphold this by respecting local amenities and cultures. Please do not place flags or banners on local statues or historic monuments or architecture as this may offend local inhabitants.

In Madrid, drinking alcohol in the street and on the metro is illegal and you can be fined or arrested for doing so. Letting off flares around the city (including Fan Zones) is illegal. The Spanish Police have the right to intervene and confiscate flares. The Spanish police can deny access to the match if any of these laws are violated.

Our fans are ambassadors for the Club and we would respectfully request that you behave accordingly throughout the entirety of your visit.

Please note

One set of supporters may be kept behind for around 20-30 minutes after the match to allow the other set of fans to disperse. This will be decided by the Spanish Police on the day.

Tips

• As in any other city, please be wary of pickpockets and bag snatchers at airports, railway stations, around the town centre and when using public transport such as the metro. Only carry what you need and leave spare cash and valuables in hotel safety deposits
• Madrid’s weather in June can be very hot with temperatures often over 30ºC (86ºF). It is advisable to avoid being directly in the sun at midday and late afternoon unless you use sun cream and head protection
• Please keep tickets to the match securely in your possession. It has been known for thieves to target ticket holders to steal and then sell tickets on the black market. If tickets are lost or stolen, they will not be re-printed and you will not gain access to the stadium
• Spanish Police, in collaboration with Spurs and Liverpool, will be launching a service called FIT (Fan Information Team) the day before the match on twitter (FIT@policia). This will be an information channel in English providing fans with real time news about the event, general information, security messages, etc. Please note that this will not be an emergency channel. See below for contact details for the emergency services

Useful contacts
British Consulate-General Madrid
Torre Espacio
Paseo de la Castellana 259D
28046, Madrid
Spain

Telephone: +34 91 714 6300 (also for out of hours emergencies)
Email: [email protected]
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 1.30pm.
For more information please visit the British Consulate-General Madrid website

Emergency services
The local emergency services contact number in Spain is 112.

 

[ralphs bald spot]

Carry a copy of your passport on your phone or a paper one

 

[Nately22]

James Joyce was literally the most tedious author ever. After having to read Ulysses and a portrait of the artist as a young man at school I’d never set foot in a pub named after him. Fuck me I hated studying his “work”.

Haha! Ok, but its just a pub! ? You're not expected to read a paragraph of his works when you walk in !

 

[JCRD]

Countdown is on ONE DAY bitches

 

[neilp]

I’m considering booking a hotel in Getafe for the Saturday night, does anyone know how easy or difficult getting back there is likely to be?

 

[Nately22]

Facebook group with a pub for Yids. Downstairs booked for 200 spurs only first come first served, the upstairs open to all. Its about 20 min from Plaza Colon. Closest I've seen to a Spurs pub so far....

https://www.facebook.com/events/423647378415453/?active_tab=discussion

 

[Finchyid]

Facebook group with a pub for Yids. Downstairs booked for 200 spurs only first come first served, the upstairs open to all. Its about 20 min from Plaza Colon. Closest I've seen to a Spurs pub so far....

https://www.facebook.com/events/423647378415453/?active_tab=discussion

Is this instead of James Joyce ?

 

[Nately22]

Is this instead of James Joyce ?

Yeh I reckon so, at least we know it'll be mostly spurs. According to the discussion on there, the guy who set this up needs 200 spurs fans in order for them to open the downstairs screen....the upstairs is open to all.

 

[C0YS]

I’m considering booking a hotel in Getafe for the Saturday night, does anyone know how easy or difficult getting back there is likely to be?

Generally Getafe is well connected with the overground line. The overground line flinishes working at around midnight.

You might need a night bus. Because Getafe is not in Madrid you don't go to Cibeles but you go to atocha and take the N-801 or the N-805.

 

[neilp]

Generally Getafe is well connected with the overground line. The overground line flinishes working at around midnight.

You might need a night bus. Because Getafe is not in Madrid you don't go to Cibeles but you go to atocha and take the N-801 or the N-805.

Thanks for reply, but that all sounds a bit much for to be able to cope with, I think I will go back to the idea of sleeping in the car, unless a room in the centre comes up and it’s cheap.

 

[Finchyid]

Yeh I reckon so, at least we know it'll be mostly spurs. According to the discussion on there, the guy who set this up needs 200 spurs fans in order for them to open the downstairs screen....the upstairs is open to all.

Cool I will be there

 

[RobYid]

Where is everyone planning on heading after the game? Back to the Plaza Colon?

 

[Coyboy]

I’m considering booking a hotel in Getafe for the Saturday night, does anyone know how easy or difficult getting back there is likely to be?

We are at Hostal Colon, looks decent and well connected to centre.

 

[neilp]

We are at Hostal Colon, looks decent and well connected to centre.

Is that a shared dormitory type room, as most of them seemed to be?

 

[Coyboy]

Is that a shared dormitory type room, as most of them seemed to be?

No twin, I think/hope,. My mate booked it before Ajax.

 

[oohaahedgar]

After a lot of thought I've decided on not going to Madrid, £545 wasted on non transferable flights. A bit pissed off but 7 of my family are going to the screening so I'm going to that instead and I had a bad feeling about tickets in Madrid. The good thing is I am home and now off work until Tuesday, with a few quid to blow. Going out Friday lunchtime, staying over and staying over Saturday night as well when we win. Cab home to St. Albans if the unthinkable happens. COYS make Saturday the greatest day ever. Anyone else changed their mind about going?

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

People, be careful while you're in Madrid.

It wouldn't surprise me if it all kicked off over there. They reckon it's going to have the biggest security/police operation Madrid has ever seen and I can't see it being as free and easy over there as some people think, especially the nearer you get to the stadium. We're playing Liverpool, so any trouble, naturally we'll get the blame, that's how those fuckers roll and the rozzers won't be taking prisoners from either side.

 

[Coyboy]

After a lot of thought I've decided on not going to Madrid, £545 wasted on non transferable flights. A bit pissed off but 7 of my family are going to the screening so I'm going to that instead and I had a bad feeling about tickets in Madrid. The good thing is I am home and now off work until Tuesday, with a few quid to blow. Going out Friday lunchtime, staying over and staying over Saturday night as well when we win. Cab home to St. Albans if the unthinkable happens. COYS make Saturday the greatest day ever. Anyone else changed their mind about going?

I was considering it to be fair but I have a few mates relying on me going and it's about the same amount as you in flights, train and accom. Well accom was pretty cheap.

If we win and I were in N17, I'd have a great weekend watching it and going back for the parade. If I am in Madrid, it will still be awesome hopefully but there is a risk of wishing I was at the stadium or Tottenham and disappointed to not see us with the trophy in the flesh.

But if we win, who really cares?! I bought and arranged the trip on the gamble that I could get a ticket which I missed out on by 50 odd points and was my own 'fault' or decision for giving up a ST a few years ago. I also factored in the possibility that we don't win and I will have a great weekend in Spain.

Part of me is a bit worried there might be trouble (there was in the bar in Amsterdam) and more worried about finding the right place to watch it, but all in all I think win or lose it will be awesome.