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  1. dougfitz

    Phoenix - Paris new route

    To give balance, my wife and I transited through CDG last year on our way to Lisbon. It clearly suffers from aging security infrastructure at the gates, but otherwise, we had no problems at the time we passed through and our luggage arrived at our destination. There was a short delay because the...
  2. dougfitz

    Phoenix - Paris new route

    I forget that there are so many wonderful place names in the US. Your headline had me pondering what old route had been discovered and been resurrected from Paris to Santiago!!
  3. dougfitz

    Flights home after Camino

    @jennma369, the person you are asking is no longer a forum member, and is unlikely to see your question.
  4. dougfitz

    Strategy on staying more than one night in a town

    I would be interested to hear how this works for you.
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    Is there a shuttle bus from CDG Paris airport to Montparnasse train station?

    This appears to be so. I will amend my earlier post.
  6. dougfitz

    Is there a shuttle bus from CDG Paris airport to Montparnasse train station?

    le bus direct (https://transfer.airport-paris.com/bus-direct.htm) offer a CDG to Montparnasse shuttle. This appears to be what was called the Air France shuttle. I cannot remember the cost, and it is sufficiently long ago that it might be very relevant today. This service is no longer operating...
  7. dougfitz

    backpacks in Monbus (Santiago to Sarria)

    To be clear, I don't see how delivery of one's bag to the front door of an albergue makes the albergue (or hotel) responsible for the safety and security of that bag. It might have entered a twilight zone where the luggage transfer service is no longer responsible, and you have not yet arrived...
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    backpacks in Monbus (Santiago to Sarria)

    I would expect that a pack that size will fit in the overhead luggage rack, if there is one, with no difficulty. Otherwise, I think it would also fit under the seat if you cannot sit next to a vacant seat, as might happen if the bus is full. If it has to go underneath the bus, follow...
  9. dougfitz

    How to get from Lisbon airport to Porto?

    I'm sorry, but this might confuse you more. There is an urban train from Campanha to Sao Bento that wouldn't require you to make a change after Campanha coming from Lisbon. I had overlooked that option when I posted earlier. Its not an option that I have used visiting Porto because I generally...
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    How to get from Lisbon airport to Porto?

    Here is a diagram of the Porto metro: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/36/a5/46/36a5460d1a11e1f0756c9fbe4736cfd8.png. You might be better served by finding a metro station closer to where you have booked accommodation if it is closer to a station on the Blue or Red lines. Sao Bento is on the...
  11. dougfitz

    Planning?

    It appears you have already done at least the first level of planning, and are now interested in what you might do over the next few days. At this stage, I would have a general stage plan, including an idea where I will take rest days. I will also have made a provision in my overall plan for a...
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    visiting from australia. where should we fly into

    Don't discount doing some of the travel within Spain by train or even bus, particularly if your parents want to see some of the Spanish countryside. I have arrived in Spain through both Barcelona (from Dubai) and Madrid (from Paris) travelling from Australia. I think you will find all the major...
  13. dougfitz

    Connecting Flight Madrid to Santiago

    We never arrange tight connexions when this happens! In this instance, the Air France flight was delayed, and was about an hour late arriving in Madrid. I have also been caught out transferring between airlines in different alliances when baggage hasn't been clearly tagged with a 'TRANSHIP' tag...
  14. dougfitz

    Connecting Flight Madrid to Santiago

    It will pay to confirm with your airline whether they will require you to collect your bags at Madrid. My wife and I flew to Lisbon last year via Madrid, and had to collect our bags at Madrid (off an Air France flight) and re-check them onto Iberia. If I recall, these airlines aren't in the same...
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    Proof of accomodations

    Thanks for explaining that, @Lindsay53. That is a bit of the history that I would have never known.
  16. dougfitz

    Proof of accomodations

    Not quite. The agency that is responsible is the Australian Border Force. It is in Home Affairs, which amalgamated the previous customs and immigration functions as well as some other critical national services.
  17. dougfitz

    Buying bus / train tickets in Spain

    It is where there is a ticket office at a train station or bus station. For services at stations where there isn't a ticket office in Portugal, there are ticket inspectors who also sell tickets on regional and inter-city express trains. I presume there will be similar arrangements on Spanish...
  18. dougfitz

    Resupply on Shoes

    This web address will work: https://www.deporvillage.net/. It opens up in English. Neither the .com nor the .net site raise any flags when I open them. I checked Scamadviser. Both deporvillage sites (.com and .net) came up with a high trust rating. Is there any information from another scam...
  19. dougfitz

    Resupply on Shoes

    Thank you, @Stephan the Painter, for raising this. It is a real risk that the parcel will end up in a customs warehouse. @ivar is quite clear on this when advising members not to post things to his baggage store from outside the EU. The reason is that your personal items are only customs duty...
  20. dougfitz

    Clarification of new entry rules in Oct 24.

    Are you expecting these arrangements to be similar to those that once applied to UK citizens before the UK left the EU? My experience then was that there separate entry paths for EU (incl UK) citizens and travellers from other countries. More recently arriving in the UK and with smart gates in...

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