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    Travel to Irún

    Have you checked on flights from your home airport directly to Bilbao? Flights to smaller cities are not always more expensive. Last year I started the Norte in Irún, flying to Bilbao. Those flights (from Boston, USA) were cheaper than those to Madrid! And, it's an easy bus from the Bilbao...
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    Low Cost Camino Norte Please Help

    I walked the first half of the Norte last April with a friend I met on the Frances the year before that. We stayed in some albergues, but often in pensions as the cost of sharing a room was about the same or only a bit more than two bunks in an albergue. Therefore, I can't really comment...
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    Eroski Consumer for the Norte

    Thanks for your response. I'm jotting down items of interest to me into my Guía where they are not already noted. I will check out the other resources you cited. Also, I'll be traveling with a German pilgrim and she has her own guidebook. I've heard the German guide is Seher gut, so we...
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    Eroski Consumer for the Norte

    Hello All: Can anyone tell me if the information for the Camino del Norte on the Eroski Consumer website is fairly recent? It has some information that is not included in my guide, and I'd like to add it. (I'm studying the Editorial Buen Camino Guía practica del Camino del Norte at the...
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    Walking the whole Norte or combine with the Primitivo?

    Hope so too. Buen Camino.
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    Walking the whole Norte or combine with the Primitivo?

    I won't be arriving in Bilbao until the evening and just plan to rest the next day. I probably will walk around a bit, but don't expect to tourist much. I am just thinking that 2 nights in the same place will be more restful and helpful for jet lag than packing up and relocating the morning...
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    Walking the whole Norte or combine with the Primitivo?

    Mspath, thanks for the info. However, like MichaelSG, I would like to start from France. MichaelSG, thank you also, for the bus information. I'm thinking of 2 nights in Bilbao, then bus to either Irun or Hendaye, and start walking straight away. Hope we meet somewhere on the road. Cheers!
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    Walking the whole Norte or combine with the Primitivo?

    I will be coming to the start of the Norte by bus from Bilbao. From what I could tell from Google maps, it looks like taking the bus right to Hendaye might yield a shorter walk to the bridge than a stop in Irun itself - that is if the bus station is near the Gare SNCF. Can anyone advise if...
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    Walking the whole Norte or combine with the Primitivo?

    Thanks for the suggestion. I started last year in Pamplona and though my Camino was extraordinary and I don't like to nurture regrets, I do wish I had started at the border of St. Jean, especially since I was short on time then too and knew I wouldn't walk the whole way (I skipped a middle...
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    Walking the whole Norte or combine with the Primitivo?

    I'm leaving the states on the 19th and expect to start from Irun on the 21st. I'm a really slow walker, but who knows - I'll keep an eye out. You shouldn't be too hard to spot if you're sporting the same hairdo as in your avatar:) As you can probably tell from MY avatar, I'll be the one with...
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    Walking the whole Norte or combine with the Primitivo?

    I've never hiked Colorado (tiny day hike sfrom Estes Park excepted), but I live in NH and our modestly elevated mountains have never heard of a switchback! Lots of backpacking in the Sierra also. I'm sure I would LOVE the Primitivo. And my plans (God willing/Inshallah) involved returning to a...
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    Walking the whole Norte or combine with the Primitivo?

    I am not planning to walk all the way into Santiago. First of all, it would be a mad dash all the way, actually probably impossible as I have only 30 days in country. God willing, I will return again for another go at another path, and the Primitivo sounds like a likely candidate. Last year...
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    Walking the whole Norte or combine with the Primitivo?

    I'm so glad I came across this post - no opinion to offer, but because I will be walking for the first time on the Norte starting the week after Easter. Just bought my tickets today. I was wondering about the Norte/Primitivo decision. You've all made it easier for me (Norte all the way - I...

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