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  1. Pelgrimpaul

    How flat is the northen route

    I read somewhere... CF about 12km up and down. CdelN about 18km up and down.
  2. Pelgrimpaul

    Bayonne to Irun

    From the airport I walked a few hundred meters to the south to the railwaystation. There I took a train to Hendaye, bought a real french croissant, crossed the bridge between France and Spain and the start of the Camino del Norte, walked on a little to Irun. Started wondering what I was doing...
  3. Pelgrimpaul

    Why Norte over traditional France

    Nice words, 'horizon widening experience'!
  4. Pelgrimpaul

    Why Norte over traditional France

    I looked up an answer I gave earlier ;-) Del Norte compared to CF: Longer route Much more up and down, endless up and down More asphalt Not as crowded, but sometimes even there too many people! Sometimes walking on the beach, not often, and many times with view on sea but on the cliffs Several...
  5. Pelgrimpaul

    Caves of Altimira

    It's no problem visiting the replica cave of Altamira. It'll cost you a walk up (or find bus). I remember from school the caves of Lascaux and Altamira. So, as I walked the CdelN, why ot visit? After visiting I wrote in my blog: Nice, not super, just nice. Small disappointment ;-) They do...
  6. Pelgrimpaul

    First time doing the Camino... need help

    Del Norte compared to CF (an earlier answer to similar question on another forum ;-) Longer route Much more up and down, endless up and down More asphalt Not as crowded, but sometimes even there too many people! Sometimes walking on the beach, not often, and many times with view on sea but on...
  7. Pelgrimpaul

    Waymarking on El Norte ???

    The first hospitalero in Irun told me the Del Norte is a more demanding camino compared to the Frances. More demanding in a physical way: up and down, up and down. More demanding in a social way: You more likely have to ask the 'locals' where to walk. In my memory the markings were OK. Only a...
  8. Pelgrimpaul

    Camino del Norte in April/May 2015?

    On the CF (if starting at SJPdP) you have a 'mountain' start, flat parts in the middle, 'mountainish' ending. On the somewhat longer C del Norte I found that it keeps going up and down, up and down, neverending. And sometimes, take of your shoes and walk through the water! At some point (near...
  9. Pelgrimpaul

    Crowding on the Camino del Norte

    Walked del norte from Irun (Iwalked) last year sep/okt. There were enough beds on the path, however, you're not alone. Sometimes there were signs of a run on albergues, like I read on fora from people now walking the CF. If you're thinking about continuing on the primitivo, I was surprised by...
  10. Pelgrimpaul

    Albergue in Bilbao?

    I stayed in pension roquefer, about 35€ last year, very near to the cathedral.

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