Lyndie Lou
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- Feb 22, 2014
- 15
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- First Camino hopefully starting the walk from SJPDP on the 18th of May 2014
We had hoped to stay at L'Esprit du Chemin on the 18th of May but they're already full! Any suggestions or recommendations for another refuge in St Jean please.
Thanks Dutch, I'll look at their website and the tourist website that Falcon 269 recommended and then decide. I appreciate your advice.I planned on staying in L'esprit too last year, but cancelled 'cause i did not feel like doing the diner ritual there. I then stayed in Gite Ultreïa and this was nice too.
http://www.ultreia64.fr/en/
Hope it helps you.
Thanks Margaret also great advice, all of which is helping to get me more and more excited about our up-coming trip!Lyndie Lou,
If by chance you arrive in SJPdP without any reservation go to the pilgrim office of the Amis du Chemin de Saint Jacques at 39 rue de la Citadelle . They can provide you with a pilgrim Credential and on site lodging assistance. They keep up to the minute lists of ALL available space throughout the SJPdP area. Their volunteers also help run the municipal albergue at 55 rue de la Citadelle which is a fine place to stay, but it does not accept reservations.
Buen Camino,
Margaret Meredith
Thanks I've just had a quick glance at the site, there's certainly plenty to choose from. Would you recommend that we book in advance as we had planned or risk leaving it until we arrive in St Jean and then follow Margaret's advice?Click dormez here:
http://www.saintjeanpieddeport-paysbasque-tourisme.com/#
Lots of options from gites, hotels, and chambres.
We had hoped to stay at L'Esprit du Chemin on the 18th of May but they're already full! Any suggestions or recommendations for another refuge in St Jean please.
I stayed there a couple of years ago. It was excellent.Auberge du Pèlerin 25 rue de la Citadelle 64220 Saint Jean Pied de Port - France Tél : +33(0)5.59.49.10.86
I also tried L'Esprit but arrive too late for dinner so using the list from this site booked on line www.aubergedupelarin.com
It looks good on their site but I have never stayed there,
Thanks Gerard that is good to know.I stayed there a couple of years ago. It was excellent.
It was recommended to me by L'Esprit du Chemin who were full when I enquired there.
Regds
Gerard
Sadly Dutch Gite Ultreia is also full for the nights we need so I'll have to keep looking!!!!!I planned on staying in L'esprit too last year, but cancelled 'cause i did not feel like doing the diner ritual there. I then stayed in Gite Ultreïa and this was nice too.
http://www.ultreia64.fr/en/
Hope it helps you.
Thanks Houlet that's my next option then, I'll give them a try now, third time lucky they say so we'll see if that's true...............Auberge du Pèlerin 25 rue de la Citadelle 64220 Saint Jean Pied de Port - France Tél : +33(0)5.59.49.10.86
I also tried L'Esprit but arrive too late for dinner so using the list from this site booked on line www.aubergedupelarin.com
It looks good on their site but I have never stayed there,
Sadly they're full but thanks so much for the input ..........Hey Lyndie Lou,
I arrive in SJPDP May 15 and a couple of weeks ago I booked and paid online for a bed at the Gite Ultreia.
I later on emailed them to ask if they had received my reservation and payment, they responded confirming this but to contact them a few days before arrival just to confirm.
So far, my dealings with them have been good
Buen Camino!
You're welcome, and don't worry, it'll be alright on the day. Buen camino.Hi Domigee,
I've sent an e-mail to Auberge du Pelarin so we'll see if they have any room otherwise I'll try Kaserna, thanks for the post.............
I stayed at L'Esprit, and although the accommodations were wonderful, I wished that I had booked a private room in order to get some rest following an all night flight and bus ride. A world champion snorer kept me from getting any sleep, so it was a tough start to have to get up and cross the pyranees.We had hoped to stay at L'Esprit du Chemin on the 18th of May but they're already full! Any suggestions or recommendations for another refuge in St Jean please.
That's just what we're hoping for, my husband and I are 66 and 67 respectively and I think we'll need all the sleep we can get before setting out!!! (especially have flown from South Africa)......... Here's hoping we find what we need otherwise it's a hotel for us, I think we simply wanted to start the experience in the company of other pilgrims!I stayed at L'Esprit, and although the accommodations were wonderful, I wished that I had booked a private room in order to get some rest following an all night flight and bus ride. A world champion snorer kept me from getting any sleep, so it was a tough start to have to get up and cross the pyranees.
You're so right Larry it certainly seems better to book beforehand as May is really busy, we're needing accommodation for the 17th and 18th and I've not had any luck this far, but will keep plodding along................I tried booking in SJPDP and found many places fully booked for 15th May so best to book a place if you wish to
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Any recommendations for a place to stay in Bayonne for the night??
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Hi again Larry,Have a look at below for SJPDP
> On 16 Feb 2014, at 9:10 pm, gitecompostella@sfr.fr wrote:
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> We have received your mail but unfortunately we can' welcome you at the Gite Compostella because it is full. Yet, we have some disponibilities in our guest house ( 24 rue de la citadelle, in the town center, in the old town at 80 metres of the office of the pilgrims) and you can have a room for you and your wife for the price of 30€uros for the night for both. If you want, you can have the breakfast for 4€uros per/person.
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> If you are interested in our proposition, thank you to confirm it.
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> Kind regards
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> Message: We would like to book a room for 2 persons (husband and wife) on the 15th May 2014 as we arrive by train at 19.31 from Paris.
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Lyndie Lou,
If by chance you arrive in SJPdP without any reservation go to the pilgrim office of the Amis du Chemin de Saint Jacques at 39 rue de la Citadelle . They can provide you with a pilgrim Credential and on site lodging assistance. They keep up to the minute lists of ALL available space throughout the SJPdP area. Their volunteers also help run the municipal albergue at 55 rue de la Citadelle which is a fine place to stay, but it does not accept reservations.
Buen Camino,
Margaret Meredith
Hi Lyndee Lou,
Your questions and concerns are familiar to me, as I had some of the same questions and concerns before I departed the USA for St. Jean on February 7. I tended to plan trips in detail, leaving little to chance -- in hopes I would then be able to relax and enjoy the journey, the experience.
I don't mean this in a sarcastic or dismissive way. Planning every little detail was my way of doing things.
... and then my camino began ... and changed my way of doing things.
My days became simple: clean and prepare my feet, start walking, stop to rest when my body signaled it was time, take every opportunity I found to greet and engage people in conversation ... day after day. My need to plan every detail lessened, then disappeared.
That is not to say that I left all to chance. I carried with me an iPhone, which provided me basic Google Maps (which helped me find my way off cow trails after becoming lost between Portomarin and Palas de Rei), Google Translate (which helped me communicate my questions, needs, and compliments to people who spoke at least six other languages), and Booking.com (linked to this forum, which helped me find lodging when I needed to stop where an albergue as not available or was undesirable on a given night).
The Way is well traveled (has been by millions of pilgrims) and it would be difficult to find oneself in trouble -- as long as one does not ignore the weather or one's physical condition.
I walked in February and early March, when many towns appeared vacant and facilities were few and far between -- and yet I never had trouble finding a safe, clean place to sleep or eat.
The pilgrim office in St. Jean will provide with your credential a list of albergues that are open when you walk. Plot the locations on the topographical profile they also provide, and note the towns where no albergues are open (fewer for you than me). This forum provides a link to hotels along the Camino Frances, through booking.com, which was extremely easy to use with my iPhone.
You should be fine. Try not to worry (too much) about your camino. The Way is well known and populated by many people who look out for pilgrims. Listen to your body (mostly your feet), pay attention to the waymarks (mostly yellow arrows, stacks of stones, or shells), and be aware of distances, and the walk should be relatively easy.
Good luck and Buen Camino.
I have booked here as well, they were the first to respond to my emailsAuberge du Pèlerin 25 rue de la Citadelle 64220 Saint Jean Pied de Port - France Tél : +33(0)5.59.49.10.86
I also tried L'Esprit but arrive too late for dinner so using the list from this site booked on line www.aubergedupelarin.com
It looks good on their site but I have never stayed there,