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Every business has a stamp. No need to go to albergues if you are not staying there - your hotel, bars, cafes, grocery stores will stamp for you if you're there. Albergues won't refuse to stamp your credential if you're not staying there and you can't find a stamp somewhere else, but it is more...
Arrived in SJPDP without booking end of March 22 to start CF. Went to the refuge, found a bed. No problem. Did not book a bed from SJPDP all the way to Santiago (except Leon where I rang up a day ahead because of Easter). I love the freedom and flexibility of taking it day by day. Mind you, this...
Super simple (as others said on this thread): by train from Gare Montparnasse in Paris to Bayonne and then from Bayonne Station take the train to Saint-Jean Pied de Port. If for whatever reason (maintenance, landslide, strike) the train to SJPDP is not going, there will be a bus replacement...
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