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If you are over 60 you are eligible for a Gold card which gives you major discounts on your rail ticket 25%-40%. Check https://www.renfe.com/es/es/viajar/prepara-tu-viaje/descuentos/mayores-de-60 It only costs €6 and is valid for a year. Buy it first at a station before buying a ticket online...
PS just found the note the ticket seller gave me. The bus line is Artieda and a google search indicates a Monday to Saturday bus at 13:50 https://www.autocaresartieda.com/pdf/roncesvalles.pdf
I just found my bus ticket stub. The bus line from Pamplona to Roncesvalles is Ativar. Try this website https://moovitapp.com/index/en/public_transit-lines-Pamplona-1582-1710994 which suggests you download an app.
Hi, yes, bus from Pamplona to Ronsevalles and then get a taxi at Ronsevalles to St JPdP. Sorry, I forgot the name of the bus company. I think it is Alsa that sells tickets to St JPdP, but it was the bus company in the booth to the left of Alsa in the main bus terminal, that goes to Roncesvalles.
We tried to buy a bus ticket Pamplona to SJPdP at 9 in the morning for the noon bus but it was sold out. The ticket seller suggested we bus to Ronsevalles €6 and get a taxi there to SJPdP €50 as it was much cheaper. You buy the ticket (leaves at 1:30 or maybe a bit later) from the bus driver...
Last year on arriving in Biarritz my friend and I spotted three other pilgrims. Pilgrims are easily recognized-- backpacks, walking shoes, tarnished halos and looking a little dazed. By the time we cleared customs we were a Camino family. We took the bus and train as explained above and found...
Hi,
I am from Vancouver Island and I just got back. I went via Westjet from Vancouver (direct) to Gatwick, then Easyjet to Biarritz. No overnighting needed. While waiting to get on and off the plane we noticed three other passengers who looked like pilgrims (dressed for walking, backpacks, they...
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