Once you arrive to Madrid, Barajas Airport, get a taxi at the airport to go either the bus or train terminal. 

• Bus: Bus Station, C/ Méndez Álvaro 83, 28045 Madrid, Spain, 914 684 200‎.
  Buses from Madrid to Salamanca leave every hour, from 07.00 am through 10.00 Pm.  The bus ticket costs approximately 15.00 euros per person each way.  The Nonstop trip takes 2.30 hours.  Link to ESTACION DE BUSES EN MADRID - www.estacionautobusesmadrid.com/frameset.html

• Train: You could also go by train.  From the airport take a taxi to: Estación de Chamartin Train Station, next to Plaza de Castilla.  Trains leave every few hours and the cost of the ticket is approximately 18 euros. Visit http://www.renfe.es

Once you arrive to Salamanca, take a taxi to your home-stay address.

 

Salamanca

This ancient university town north-west of Madrid was first conquered by the Carthaginians in the 3rd century B.C. It then became a Roman settlement before being ruled by the Moors until the 11th century. The University, one of the most ancient in Europe, reached its height during Salamanca's Golden Age. The city's historic centre has important Romanesque, Gothic, Moorish, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. The Plaza Mayor, with its galleries and arcades, is particularly impressive.  For more information about the city, click Salamanca