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Hi Bill
From SJPDP you can take a train to bayonne. Change in bayonne to the train to Hendaye, which is only a bridge away from irun (you can walk to irun or take another little train to irun centre and then walk to the albergue :-). Costs are about 15 euro.
Or you could walk from SJPDP to irun...
Hi Ria,
In 2010 I started in Lezama, not too far from Zamudio, because I arrived late at the airport. So I booked a place to stay in Lezama in advance, took a taxi from the airport & started the next morning. Not too exciting the 1st... I walked up to Portugalete, which appeared a bit too much...
Hi Katia,
I walked the primitivo last year and i think it's absolutely beautiful. From what I heard it is less asphalt than the norte, and in kms shorter, but a little heavier to walk. I started in Bilbao, and it took me 25 days to get to Santiago (and i had some 'lazy days' of 14 km), so I...
Hi,
I walked from Bilbao to Santiago last year, started on July 9 and arrived on August 3. But I took the primitivo (following the norte till just before Gijon and then going down on the primitivo that passes oviedo and lugo, which is an absolutely beautiful way...). Although I am a big dutch...
Hi Abigail,
I can confirm everything that was said before :-):
- don't bring a tent
- don't be worried about not being fit enough. i'm a jogger too, but not too fanatic, 45 years old and i didn't have any problems at all. after two weeks you will get really strong and doing much more kilometers...
Hi Jane,
Answers to your questions:
1. Am I being realistic that Del Norte and Primitivo can be completed by 27/28 July
I started in Lezama (just before Bilbao) on July 9 (it was not June, sorry: mistake) & that was 7 or 8 days walking from Irun, so I don't exactly, but from Lezama it took me...
Hi Jane,
I walked the norte till oviedo and then primitivo on my own in july this year, and felt very safe all the time, although i walked most of it alone all the time. Maybe I'm just naive, but I liked being on my own during the day (in the evenings i like to meet people). There quite some...
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