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Another option to those above may be to store it at a Campsite somewhere near Bayonne or Cambo les Bains (both a short hop by train to SJPdP). If you end up walking during the camping season, many caravans and motorhomes will have vacated their seasonal storage, so there ought to be a deal to be...
...link shows) options of buses or RER (commuter train)/ Metro. There will be a change involved.
I know it's not what you asked, but if you're travelling through Paris, perhaps consider a night *in* Paris, to help see off your jetlag and sample a little of one of the world's great capital cities.
You might find it easier to navigate the Spanish rail system through trainline.com, in English. That won't help if the tickets haven't been released yet, but it is less confusing!
My suggestion is EasyHotel, adjacent to Metro Station Front Populair. It is not *near* Gare St Lazare, but it is on the same Metro Line, Line 12, direction Marie d'Aubervilliers (green on the standard Paris Metro Map).
It is a modern budget hotel (opened early 2023). It is branded the same as...
...guard!) retains its own autonomy for most purposes, and has its own interpretation of how rare exceptions to the Schengen limits might apply.
You *would* be able to fulfil your ambition/commitment by walking from (say) Canterbury to Rome in one hit of fewer than 90 days, taking a three month...
Have you tried inputting your travel challenge into the Rome2Rio website? It's free to use and gives you all the options for travelling between two points.
I think you will end up with trains for most of the journey, but bus for the last segment, since there aren't many trains crossing the...
The train ride from Lyon to Le Puy via St Etienne is slow but offers engaging views over the upper reaches of the Loire river and may be useful in slowing down to Camino pace.
No need to prebook, though from Bilbao to Logrono, my wife went to the bus station the day before to buy her ticket, so that she could be advised as to the time and exact location of the bus stop/bay within the terminus. On the return journey, she bought a ticket from Belarado to Logrono on the...
Bayonne is a very atmospheric French Basque city, worth a good exploration. There's an albergue run by the local confraternity. The Cathedral has a pilgrim stamp. There is a history of chocolate making. Good homely restaurants and my favourite lunch stop in France at the Bar du Marche! From...
Biarritz is a lively and wonderful city with magnificent beaches and faded 19th century glamour. In the early 2000s it was a favourite destination for us as part of family camping tours of the Atlantic coast of France and Spain.
In the last couple of decades it has become a favourite second...
Logrono is a hub for the buses which serve Rioja and the Basque country. There is a bus several times a day to Bilbao, from where you can fly back to the UK (including, I believe, Stansted).
You can buy your ticket at Logrono bus station before you alight - no need to book earlier.
I know this...
If your ultimate destination is London, you can also take the cruise ferry from Santander or Bilbao to Portsmouth, and train from there. Book a cabin to travel in style!
Buen Camino!
I understand your two requests, but I don't really understand your rationale. If you are travelling via Madrid, could you take time-out there to overcome jetlag, then travel by train to Sarria?
I know that intercity train journeys in the USA are uncommon but trains in most of Europe, and Spain...
Have you thought about the train? Madrid to SdC takes about the same time as the flight plus the journey time to and from airport, check in etc. And you get to see some of real Spain on the way!
As some posters have observed, it is difficult to travel at all with a zero carbon impact. But it is perfectly possible to be conscious of our carbon impact, and make practical decisions to reduce it, or offset parts of it.
I don't like flying - that's partly due to claustrophobia, which for me...
In 2019 I flew into Bordeaux and caught a train to Dax, where I stayed in a little volunteer-managed Gite d'Etape (albergue). Three days to walk from there to SJPdP via Sorde l'Abbaye and St Palais, along the Tours route. It meant my legs were fully tuned up before the Pyrenees.
Hi Nikkie,
Unless you need your car for a holiday before or after your camino, I would leave it at home:
Your ferry crossing will be cheaper (so leaving you spare for a deluxe cabin, turning your ferry journey into a mini-cruise!);
If you want to explore Santander or Bilbao (both recommended)...
We have been frequent travellers on Brittany Ferries' UK/Spain routes for 20 years. During 2022 we have travelled: Santander to Portsmouth (foot passengers in early May, booked at short notice after our walking Caminos);
Portsmouth to Santander (tandem bicycle in mid June, booked over a year...
...de Compostela and save all the sweat and blisters of walking.😉
Seriously though, the Camino is a strong demonstration of the philosophy that *the journey is at least as important as the destination*.
I know you can't walk or even take a train across the Atlantic but, if your plane lands in...
Hi Lucas, welcome to the forum and (once you arrive), welcome to Europe!
You don't mention how you are with reading/speaking a bit of French, but after 8 or 9 hours of air travel, you may have temporarily forgotten everything you did know! I think you might be putting yourself under a lot of...
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