Spending Time in the Pyrenees Mountains

[Arniece2022]

This is only post-Camino related, so please let me know if I am out of scope. After my Camino ends, I would like to travel back to SJPP and then move around in the Pyrenees Mountains for a couple of weeks. My thoughts were to move between towns by bus/train/taxi and do day hikes from the town, spending a few days in the chosen town. Where I live is very flat so I would like to soak up the mountains and hopefully some waterfalls, before returning home. Has anyone done this? I'm reading websites, etc. but was hoping to connect with someone who has done this. It will be during the month of June.

 

[J Willhaus]

You also might look at the area around Canfranc. Looks like a lot of non-Camino hiking and tourism in that area. We got a Airbnb in Villanua. There is a train in this area, too.

 

[Arniece2022]

You also might look at the area around Canfranc. Looks like a lot of non-Camino hiking and tourism in that area. We got a Airbnb in Villanua. There is a train in this area, too.

I'll do that, thank you.

 

[mspath]

Two long distance hiking routes cross the Pyrenees; the GR11 in Spain and the GR10 in France

For a good account of GR10 which crosses France from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean see--

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GR_10_(France)

For a good account of the GR11 which crosses Spain from the Bay of Biscay to the Med
see --

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GR_11_(Spain)

You can test how it feels to walk on section of the Spanish GR 11 by picking it up near the Ibaneta Chapel on the Camino Frances. For more on this see this earlier post.

 

[naplesdon]

There is the GR-10 beginning in Hendaye which basically follow the crest of the Pyrenees southeast to the Mediterranean Sea. It passes through or is nearby many mountain towns but it is a challenge. There is the Batzan route from Bayonne which passes through several Basque towns and you can either joins up with CF in Zubiri or go directly to Pamplona. If it is Basque culture you are looking for, then just wander the roads from town to town on the French side of the mountains. There are some amazing little towns with high quality restuarant and small hotel to rent for several days but I doubt your hope of finding a public transportation network will not be answered..