I am arriving in Biarritz by air at 5:45 pm, May 2 and am trying to figure out if it is practical to travel to SJPP in the evening and start my Camino early the next morning or if it makes more sense to overnight in Biarritz/Bayonne and travel to SJPP first thing in the morning and start a little later. Any advice would be appreciated.
Me? I would be heading to SJPdP and have time to enjoy the evening, get rested after seeing the town, and be set to go the next morning.
The first option for travel to SJPdP starts before you board your flight to Biarritz.
Look for fellow pilgrims -- packs, shells, patches, anxious expressions
. Ask if anyone would like to share a taxi, or if anyone has space to share a ride. I'm sure you'll have no problem getting a few takers. After arriving in Biarritz, do the same as you walk through the terminal to the front entrance, and look around the front entrance as well.
Email or contact Express Bouricott to see if they are running shuttle vans at your arrival time. Again, the ride is shared so the total cost is pretty low per person.
Transporting people around the Way of Saint James. Trips from Biarritz to St Jean Pied De Port to Roncesvalles, and the whole pilgrimage region
www.expressbourricot.com
https://www.expressbourricot.com/contact-and-booking/
On my first Camino from SJPdP in 2017 and again in 2018, I arrived from Paris to Biarritz at about the same time as your scheduled time, and took Express Bouricott both times.