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Although Ivar's service is wonderful, I use Express Bourricot when sending my extra luggage to Santiago from St Jean Pied de Port. The cost is €70, and the process is much easier than dragging your luggage to the post office to be shipped. You...
Hola (1) @trecile Thanks for an "original post". Its an often said point that you can't learn the full story by reading the book. You have to get out there and DO.
(2) @J Willhaus now you are talking. When I walked in May/June 2017 from St Jean...
Try not to start on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday and try to avoid the traditional "stages". Look out for holidays and festivals and try to avoid starting on these dates. You also don't have to start in SJPDP but could start in Roncesvalles...
I'm sorry - have you ever been to Penn Station in NYC?!
Everyone on this Forum knows by now that I am a staunch believer in Paris stop-over. That said, i looked that the above and said - ya know? perhaps me should take a lookie.
...and Rome2Rio...
Hi @Wendyk Just a small suggestion. I wouldn't book all the way from Paris to SJPP in one booking. I’d book Paris to Bayonne and Bayonne to SJPP as separate bookings.
The train that runs between Bayonne to SJPP is sometimes cancelled (usually...
Yes.
If one has no interest in seeing Paris, there are trains heading south from CDG. They may go directly to Bayonne or Biarritz or indirectly via Bordeaux.
An RER station is under Terminal 1, a TGV station is under Terminal 2. I prefer TGV as...
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