St Jean to Camino Norte

[Daniel During]

Hi All,
I just signed in to this forum.
I am planning to bike the Camino starting September 18th or 19th 2017.
I would like to start from St Jean as well, and cross the Pyrenees but i want to join the Northern Way and bike along the coast.
Is there any recommended route to do that?
Do I head to the coast after Roncesvallles or do I reach Pamplona and head north?
Any help would be appreciated!
Zillion thanks in advance!

 

[Jan_D]

Hi All,
I just signed in to this forum.
I am planning to bike the Camino starting September 18th or 19th 2017.
I would like to start from St Jean as well, and cross the Pyrenees but i want to join the Northern Way and bike along the coast.
Is there any recommended route to do that?
Do I head to the coast after Roncesvallles or do I reach Pamplona and head north?
Any help would be appreciated!
Zillion thanks in advance!

Hi Daniel,
A quick search revealed that the GR11 (trans-pyrenees route or "Senda Transpirenaica") goes from Roncesvalles to the Basque coast; it seems possible to do it by bike (here's just some random website I came across with pictures! They reach Roncesvalles on day 14, and there's a pdf link to a more detailed description of what to expect as a cyclist on the final two stages):
http://www.komandokroketa.org/transpirenaica/BTT-Transpirenaica.html

Otherwise there's a camino path between Trinidad de Arre (just before Pamplona) and Bayonne called the "Baztanes"; you should be able to turn off at some point if you don't want to go all the way back into France, although I have no idea of bike accessibility: http://caminodesantiago.consumer.es/los-caminos-de-santiago/baztanes/

Not a cyclist myself, so others are bound to have better suggestions!

 

[Felipe]

No personal experience, but this place gives detailed info (from your perspective, it is in reverse way). It connects with Burguete, close to Roncesvalles, and starts/ends in Irún.
http://travesiapirenaica.com/gr11/gr11.php
In Spanish, but that was to be expected, since this is not an usual Camino.
Good ride!

 

[VNwalking]

A quick search revealed that the GR11 (trans-pyrenees route or "Senda Transpirenaica") goes from Roncesvalles to the Basque coast; it seems possible to do it by bike (here's just some random website I came across with pictures! They reach Roncesvalles on day 14, and there's a pdf link to a more detailed description of what to expect as a cyclist on the final two stages):
http://www.komandokroketa.org/transpirenaica/BTT-Transpirenaica.html
Otherwise there's a camino path between Trinidad de Arre (just before Pamplona) and Bayonne called the "Baztanes"; you should be able to turn off at some point if you don't want to go all the way back into France, although I have no idea of bike accessibility: http://caminodesantiago.consumer.es/los-caminos-de-santiago/baztanes/

Hi, Daniel, and welcome.
The Baztanes and the GR11 are walking paths; I don't know about the GR11, but I've walked the Baztanes and I definitely wouldn't do it on a bike.
I did a wikiloc search -here's what it came up with:
https://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=13204355
Buen Camino, however you get there!

 

[mspath]

No personal experience, but this place gives detailed info (from your perspective, it is in reverse way). It connects with Burguete, close to Roncesvalles, and starts/ends in Irún.
http://travesiapirenaica.com/gr11/gr11.php
In Spanish, but that was to be expected, since this is not an usual Camino.
Good ride!

For personal/non commercial use I have abstracted and translated into English sections from the French site Liason Roncesvalles-Irun which describes walking in Spain from near Roncesvalles to Irun using both local trails and in part the east-west Spanish GR11 trail.

If you wish a copy of this abstract please send me your email via a Conversation.