Good, cheaper places to spend a few days before starting in SJPP?

[skotzko]

I may need to delay my start in order to finish my grad school coursework. My goal was to have it all done and out of the way so I could just be on the Camino and not have to think about it or feel the need to study while on the trip.

Is there a good, inexpensive place near SJPP to spend a few days finishing up before I head to SJPP and begin? (Assuming SJPP itself isn't a fit for this.)

 

[SabsP]

I may need to delay my start in order to finish my grad school coursework. My goal was to have it all done and out of the way so I could just be on the Camino and not have to think about it or feel the need to study while on the trip.

Is there a good, inexpensive place near SJPP to spend a few days finishing up before I head to SJPP and begin? (Assuming SJPP itself isn't a fit for this.)

What is the pricerange you are thinking of? What is inexpensive for you?

 

[skotzko]

What is the pricerange you are thinking of? What is inexpensive for you?

Fair question. I don't have a set amount, but generally thinking lodging under €20-30/night would be ideal.Ideally for a private or small shred room, since I'd like quiet and space to put my head down and finish coursework.

Right now I'm in Paris seeing some friends and finishing up the work, but this is a very expensive (and distracting) place. So my frame of reference is skewed high.

 

[SabsP]

Fair question. I don't have a set amount, but generally thinking lodging under €20-30/night would be ideal.Ideally for a private or small shred room, since I'd like quiet and space to put my head down and finish coursework.

Right now I'm in Paris seeing some friends and finishing up the work, but this is a very expensive (and distracting) place. So my frame of reference is skewed high.

I hope someone comes in to give you advice seeing I never started in France for a Camino.
In general prices for lodgings in France are more expensive than in Spain though.

Or you could walk to Pamplona and take some days off there for studying? More choice in cheaper accomodation there.

Happy planning!

 

[skotzko]

I hope someone comes in to give you advice seeing I never started in France for a Camino.
In general prices for lodgings in France are more expensive than in Spain though.

Or you could walk to Pamplona and take some days off there for studying? More choice in cheaper accomodation there.

Happy planning!

Thanks for that idea. I had been trying to get it done before because it seemed like it would be disruptive to the experience to stop and study a few days, no? Or is that not the case in peoples experience. I've been assuming that other than occasional rest days, that I would want to keep going and that there is a sense of momentum to be maintained.

 

[SabsP]

Thanks for that idea. I had been trying to get it done before because it seemed like it would be disruptive to the experience to stop and study a few days, no? Or is that not the case in peoples experience. I've been assuming that other than occasional rest days, that I would want to keep going and that there is a sense of momentum to be maintained.

That is indeed very personal. I am not someone who needs to keep going for a sense of momentum or a need " to keep up with a Camino family " but that can be different for some of us.

From a practical view : prices are cheaper in Spain.
This pension in Pamplona lies in your pricerange.

Pensión Escaray Lozano – en el centro de Pamplona

www.pensionescaraypamplona.com

 

[trecile]

You could spend a few days in Pamplona then take the bus to sjpdp to start your Camino.

 

[Corned Beef]

Why not try Paris ?

University rooms will be becoming available, if not already. Cheap(er) digs such as Generator, Paris. Or Poitiers or Tours or Bordeaux though the last one may have "distractions".

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[mspath]

What about an Airbnb in Paris or prehaps Bayonne ? Couchsurfing is another alternative. How much time do you need to finish?

 

[Mikel Olivares]

Everywhere in Spain.

 

[TMcA]

Here's how someone else managed. Kind of.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/tips/paris-budget-travel-remote-work/