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Day Three: Helette to St. Jean:
Leave Helette on the small road near the traffic circle. It is the narrowest road and it starts uphill then flattens out. after 500 meters you will come to an iron cross. take the right fork towards the southwest . you will pass beneath a water tank then soon...
Day Two: Cambo to Helette:
Retrace your steps down the alley and across the bridge over the Nive. Take the 1st road to the right D410 (sign to sanitarium) follow this road 1 KM then turn left onto rte D10. Travel D10 for 100 meters then turn right onto a small road C2. This road goes down...
I am placing this in the Camino Frances forum because I do not know where else to put it.
Perhaps an administrator can find a better place for it.
Some background.
When I decided to walk the Camino Frances I thought why not just walk from the airport in Biarritz to St. Jean.
I made...
Hello again Kiwi family. Thanks for your reply to my earlier thread. The information you gave me will be very helpful .
I was hoping to connect with someone that had walked (or cycled) the trail this year.
I intend to take many photos and document my time on the Voie de la Nive to make things a...
Hello all,
I am just checking back to see if anyone has done the Voie de la Nive this year from Bayonne to SJPP.
I am planning on walking it in september and would like to ask some questions.
Thanks
I should be leaving from SJPP on or about the 24th of september . I arrive in Biaritz on the 20th and will walk the Voie de la Nive to SJPP. Buen Camino
Kiwi-family. Thank you for the info. I too am using google to translate the website you referenced. Some of the translations leave me scratching my head in wonder.
I like to plan as much as possible, but once the trip begins then 'The journey IS the destination' . I will try not to get lost...
Hello Kiwi family, Thanks for responding.
How well is the Route marked and where did you get lost ? How many days did it take you to get from SJPP to Bayonne ? Were did you stay enroute ? and do you have any recommendations or tips? Thanks
Gerry, If you would post a report that would be wonderful. Let me know if you encounter any confusing trail markings.
I have found some information on the Voie but most of it is in French (which I do not speak ) or Spanish ( which I speak poorly) Have you found an English language guide ?
I...
Hello all,
I am hoping to communicate with someone that walked the Voie de la Nive from Bayonne to SJPP in 2014 or someone that is doing it in 2015.
I am planning on walking it beginning September 20th and would like to ask some questions
Buen Camino
Thorny
Hello all,
I have booked my flight so I guess I'm committed (or need to be)(take that any way you like) . I arrive in Biarritz on 19 september and plan on walking the Voie de la Nive to SJPP. Will probably leave SJPP the 23rd or 24th then all the way to Finisterra on the Camino Frances . I am...
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