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That's exactly what I did in Sep 2021. Based on my Dulles-Madrid mid-morning arrival time, bus from Barajas to Atocha, high-speed train from Atocha to Zaragoza, then slow(er) train from Zaragoza to Pamplona, I didn't arrive in Pamplona until 9:30pm. Since I had been traveling for 24 hours and...
On my first Camino in 2021 I packed my 36L Osprey Exos in one of those blue Ikea duffels from the US to Madrid due to carrying my Swiss Army knife and trekking poles. Everything arrived intact.
On my 10 day Le Puy hike last month I elected to just buy trekking poles and a knife in France, and...
Same here last September (2021). I took the yellow bus mentioned by Henrythedog above. The train from Atocha to Zaragoza was high-speed, but the connection from Zaragoza to Pamplona was not - don't know if that's still the case.
I took the bus on 20 September last year, and it was full. I doubt the route would be canceled 21 September based on seasonal usage. I checked Omio.com (where I booked last year) and also found no bus on that date. It does show a bus scheduled for 4 September but not 5 September. I suspect they...
I took the bus last September. It departed around 1430, and made one stop at Roncesvalles. I arrived in Pamplona at 2130 the previous evening by train from Madrid, so I spent the night at a hotel near the station. I spent the next morning checking out the historic center of Pamplona and...
I took the bus from Pamplona to SJPP in September 2021, and there was no requirement for the EU COVID Passport. I flew into Madrid from the US, and my vaccination certificate (uploaded to the Spain Travel Health, aka SpTH app) was all that was required then.
That said, as others have mentioned...
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