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Hi there,
My journey from Bilbao to St Jean on Sept 12th 2017 was as follows :
Bus from Bilbao Central Bus Station (TERMIBUS : www.termibus.es ) to Bayonne (Baiona)
Departed Bilbao at 7am : arrived in Bayonne (Place des Basques) at 10am (bus company TRANSPORTES PESA)
www.pesa.net
From...
Hi again,
apologies but I gave you the wrong Bus company earlier ! The correct link is :
http://www.autobuseslaunion.com/PDF/Bilbao-StoDomingo-Belorado.pdf
I've attached the bus times so hopefully you can open it. You will have a great Camino as this first section is particularly lovely. You...
Hi Laura,
12 days walking is perfect. Just as an exams I've attached an outline of what I'll be walking in September and what I've walked before. The flight home is 5.05pm and Aer Lingus do fly in Saturday .
Hope you can read this.
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Hi there,
Easiest way back to Dublin is to fly home from Bilbao ( Aer Lingus fly to Dublin on Tuesdays and Thursday's @5.05pm). There is a direct bus from Belorado to Bilbao each morning at 8.45am (PLM Autocares) http://plmautocares.com/
I've done this exact journey home back in May 2015 and...
Hello Denis,
Fly direct from Dublin to Bilbao and you can catch a direct bus from Bilbao to Pamplona.
There is a bus at 6pm which should dove tail nicely with the flight from Dublin.Last time I flew to Bilbao from Dublin with Aer Lingus the flight arrived at about 3.30pm in the afternoon...
Hi Linda,
I went from Astorga to SdC in Sept 2011 . I flew from Dublin to Madrid.
If you fly to Madrid you can get a bus directly from Madrid Airport to Astorga.No need to travel into Madrid City Centre.
At journeys end you can fly back from SdC to Mardid on Iberia Airlines...
Hi Marge,
I went from Astorga to SDC in Sept 2011 and also flew from Dublin.Journey details were as follows :
Flight from Dublin to Madrid - Departed Dublin 6.20am and arrived Madrid Barajas Airport 9.55am (Terminal 2)
I then went to Terminal 4 (via the Airport courtesy shuttle bus) where...
Burgos to Madrid by bus (ALSA.es) is only about a 2.5 to 3hours journey depending on what time of the day you travel ,costs about €18 and the ALSA coachs are very comfortable !
As far as I can remember Aer Lingus have two flights to Dublin (approx 10am and 8pm) but you should check those times...
Hi there,
The first step is to travel from Bilbao to Bayonne by bus (bus company PESA : www.pesa.net )
then once you get to Bayonne you can simply get the train to St Jean (Line 62)
Another option from Bayonne to St Jean is to get a taxi using the company Express Bourricot (...
Hi David,
Just to let you know that there is a diect bus from Belorado to Bilbao.I walked from St.Jean to Belorado last May and then got a direct bus from Belorado to Bilbao (I travelled on the 8.45am bus on a Monday morning)
The bus company is La Union Alavesa
La Unión Alavesa (Bilbao)...
Hello Folks,
I travelled by bus from Bilbao to Bayonne in May (2013).The bus company is PESA (www.pesa.net) and there are two buses per day (7.30am and 1pm in the afternoon).
Takes about 3 hours and I think it cost approx € 17.You get the bus from the central bus station ,TERMIBUS,near San...
Hi there,
You will comfortably make the ALSA platform at T4 in 1 hour 20 mins.There is a free shuttle bus linking all the terminals and each bus has a large T1/T2/T3 or T4 sign indicating what terminal it is going to. I recall that the journey from T1 to T4 took about 10 minutes and if memory...
Many thanks Folks for all your comments and observations.
Simple advice imparted with reason and experience....greatly appreciated !! It's almost 18 months since my last Camino adventure and I guess I'm a little bit rusty !!
An important and powerful motto for any Camino from Falcon ..'give up...
Hello fellow travellers !!
Just looking for any advice / comments on the following :
Bus from Bilbao arrives in Bayonne (place des Basques) at 10.30am
Train from Gare de Bayonne to St JPdP departs at 10.48am.
I've checked google maps and its only a distance of a little over 1km but if the bus...
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