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hi windeatt
this is the hotel i booked in pamplona
http://www.mesondelbarro.com/
i booked a bed for 29 euro for one night.
the form and the response emails are in spanish but it's easy enough to use babelfish to translate!
their reception closes at midnight.
Hi Sil
Thank you so much for your help. I have booked myself into the hotel and I'm basically all organised. Catching a taxi at about 3pm sounds like a good way to go - I'll be doing that!
I leave from my camino on the 17th of march - so about 2.5 weeks away. I feel drastically...
Oops, I just realised my flight comes in earlier than i thought so getting into a hotel in Pamplona wont be a problem.
Sil: I have booked the hotel you put me on to so thanks so much! Finally, I feel like I'll be able to make it to Roncesvalles!
Hi silly doll
thanks for your advice and the PM!
I'm a little unsure what you mean by this:
"Rather get a taxi to a hotel. Get a bus or a taxi to Roncesvalles the next day where you can get a credential before starting your walk."
Basically my flight to Madrid gets in too late for me...
thanks dawn. i wont be getting in until midnight so can i just get my credential from the hostel in pamplona that night? will it matter if i then go to roncesvalles, start the walk and go through pamplona again?
I just read an online diary of a womans walk where she talks about losing enough weight so that her trousers became uncomfortable (too loose) would people recommend bringing a belt of some sort?
Just one more thing - would people recommend booking before i go? Or should I just get a taxi driver to take me to one of the places above and hope for the best?
I would book right now but my Spanish is non-existant at the moment and even with the lessons I'm having over the next few weeks...
Hi everyone - thanks so much for all your suggestions. I'll go through them one by one until i find what i'm looking for.
Dawn of a new Day: I had thought of that but I wasn't sure if I was able to stay at a pilgrim's hostel if I hadn't actually started walking yet. Is that true...
Can i stay in his hostel even if I haven't started the walk yet? I need to do an overnight stopover in Pamplona before i head to Roncesvalles to start the walk. If so, how do I go about booking a bed? I might not get there til midnight either, will that be an issue??
Hi Trudy: That would be ideal but i'm flying into Pamplona at night hence being stuck there until the next day!
Dawn of a new Day: I thought the title of this thread would be enough to indicate i was overnighting in Pamplona! - sorry if it wasn't :)
thanks for the advice anyway, I will do...
I did a search here and on hostel world and they don't seem to exist. I have a stop over before I head to Roncesvalles for the walk. Where would be the best place to stay for the night?
Thanks
Emma
ok this might be a bit of a silly question but, is there just the one airport in madrid. ie does the iberia flights mentioned above leave from the same airport that ryanair flys into?
thanks in advance
zeke, the whistle is a fantastic tip. i'm walking alone and while i've never ever been robbed or harassed in any way (i've lived in a number of big cities that apparently have high crime rates so im guessing i'm just really lucky or i'm exuding enough confidence for creeps to stay away!). but...
hi ivar, thank you! you really are a godsend. this will save a lot of time and money and means i can start the walk asap rather than spending two days in transit!
much love!
how important is the training? I am walking with my ruck sack to and from work. about 3 hours each day, if no more. but i'm not doing any hiking per se. A friend of mine that did the camino a couple of years ago said she really didn't do anything beforehand. she sort of jumped in without...
ok so the way i've planned my trip (in my head) thus far is:
An overnight stay in Madrid (my plane gets in at 6.30pm and the last bus to Pamplona is at 7.30pm)
Bus to Pamplona first thing in the morning
Taxi from Pamplona to Roncesvalles (UNLESS there is a bus from Pamplona to Roncesvalles...
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