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I think that flying to Pamplona would be just as easy, or easier.If you want to start in Pamplona, a better option might be SF to UK, probably Heathrow, then to Bilbao (probably from Heathrow), then bus/train to Pamplona, or even SJPdP.
You're right. There are Iberia flights to Pamplona, and they go from Heathrow which is ideal if you are coming from the States.I think that flying to Pamplona would be just as easy, or easier.
Dublin is also a great town in which to take an extra day and just enjoy the city. Downtown Dublin in the spring is a delight.For your consideration. SFO to Dublin on Aer Lingus is a direct that arrives at 11:45 AM. Ryan Air to Biarritz departs 1:00 PM - I have done this transfer although you may have to run a bit (assuming you do not have checked bags). Then your return, depart SCQ to Dublin on Ryan Air - that would require a stayover in Dublin as that flight arrives 7:05 PM. Aer Lingus flight the following day at 12:05 PM with a direct back to SFO. The Express Bourricot shuttle from Biarritz to SJPP is very convenient and can be very inexpensive. I actually arrived last March 29 and took this Dublin-Biarritz-shuttle to SJPP option and worked out well.
Does saving money on fares equate to being paid the same amount of money? [rhetorical question]Hmm - you would have to pay me lots of money to fly on Level Airlines - awful reviews and worst customer service in the industry.
Good morning fellow pilgrims,
I am planing to do my very first Camino (Frances) in April, and would kindly ask for an advice.
Coming from California ( San Francisco ), it is bit of a logistics puzzle I am trying to solve regarding where to fly to/from. So far, I am thinking of having Madrid (via Frankfurt) as the main hub. I did lots of investigation via Google Flights, plus additional resources such as this forum, etc...
Below is the tentative itinerary, please feel free to comment / advice:
Day 1 ( March 29 )
2:40 PM San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
10:25 AM+1 Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
(6 hr 45 min layover FRA)
5:10 PM+1 Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
7:40 PM+1 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)
Day 2 ( March 30 )
Overnight at MAD airport.
Day 3 ( March 31 )
Early flight to PNA + bus / taxi to St.Jean Pied de Port
Day 4 ( April 1 )
Start Camino
Day 30 ( April 30 )
Finish Camino
Day 32 ( May 2 )
From Santiago, return to Madrid either by:
(a) Fast train ( Santiago to Madrid by Renfa train )
(b) Flight SCQ to MAD
+
Overnight at MAD airport,
Day 33 ( May 3 )
6:10 AM Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)
8:40 Aéroport de Francfort (FRA)
(1 h 45 min d’escaleFrancfort FRA)
10:25 Aéroport de Francfort (FRA)
12:40 PM Aéroport international de San Francisco (SFO)
Aussi, j’ai essayé directement via la recherche multi-villes du site Lufthansa:
De San Francisco à Pampelune
Santiago à San Francisco ( SCQ à FRA apparemment disponible le jeudi, samedi, dimanche )
mais il semble qu’il n’y ait pas de vol direct FRA vers PNA car je reçois un message d’erreur:
« Nous n’offrons pas cette correspondance pour la période de voyage demandée. Veuillez sélectionner un autre itinéraire ou visiter notre page avec des destinations de voyage dans le monde entier. (66002 - 931)"
Dans l’attente de votre avis / conseil,
Meilleur
Better looking for on : Rome2rio.comGood morning fellow pilgrims,
I am planing to do my very first Camino (Frances) in April, and would kindly ask for an advice.
Coming from California ( San Francisco ), it is bit of a logistics puzzle I am trying to solve regarding where to fly to/from. So far, I am thinking of having Madrid (via Frankfurt) as the main hub. I did lots of investigation via Google Flights, plus additional resources such as this forum, etc...
Below is the tentative itinerary, please feel free to comment / advice:
Day 1 ( March 29 )
2:40 PM San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
10:25 AM+1 Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
(6 hr 45 min layover FRA)
5:10 PM+1 Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
7:40 PM+1 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)
Day 2 ( March 30 )
Overnight at MAD airport.
Day 3 ( March 31 )
Early flight to PNA + bus / taxi to St.Jean Pied de Port
Day 4 ( April 1 )
Start Camino
Day 30 ( April 30 )
Finish Camino
Day 32 ( May 2 )
From Santiago, return to Madrid either by:
(a) Fast train ( Santiago to Madrid by Renfa train )
(b) Flight SCQ to MAD
+
Overnight at MAD airport,
Day 33 ( May 3 )
6:10 AM Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)
8:40 AM Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
(1 hr 45 min layoverFrankfurt FRA)
10:25 AM Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
12:40 PM San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
Also, I tried directly via Lufthansa site multi-city search:
San Francisco to Pamplona
Santiago to San Francisco ( SCQ to FRA apparently available on Thursday, Saturday, Sunday )
but it seems there is no direct flight FRA to PNA as I am getting error message:
"We do not offer this connection for the requested travel period. Please select another routing or visit our page with worldwide travel destinations. (66002 - 931)"
Looking forward to your opinion / advice,
Best,
Magarac
In French we say : "Pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire compliqué"Good morning fellow pilgrims,
I am planing to do my very first Camino (Frances) in April, and would kindly ask for an advice.
Coming from California ( San Francisco ), it is bit of a logistics puzzle I am trying to solve regarding where to fly to/from. So far, I am thinking of having Madrid (via Frankfurt) as the main hub. I did lots of investigation via Google Flights, plus additional resources such as this forum, etc...
Below is the tentative itinerary, please feel free to comment / advice:
Day 1 ( March 29 )
2:40 PM San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
10:25 AM+1 Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
(6 hr 45 min layover FRA)
5:10 PM+1 Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
7:40 PM+1 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)
Day 2 ( March 30 )
Overnight at MAD airport.
Day 3 ( March 31 )
Early flight to PNA + bus / taxi to St.Jean Pied de Port
Day 4 ( April 1 )
Start Camino
Day 30 ( April 30 )
Finish Camino
Day 32 ( May 2 )
From Santiago, return to Madrid either by:
(a) Fast train ( Santiago to Madrid by Renfa train )
(b) Flight SCQ to MAD
+
Overnight at MAD airport,
Day 33 ( May 3 )
6:10 AM Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)
8:40 AM Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
(1 hr 45 min layoverFrankfurt FRA)
10:25 AM Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
12:40 PM San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
Also, I tried directly via Lufthansa site multi-city search:
San Francisco to Pamplona
Santiago to San Francisco ( SCQ to FRA apparently available on Thursday, Saturday, Sunday )
but it seems there is no direct flight FRA to PNA as I am getting error message:
"We do not offer this connection for the requested travel period. Please select another routing or visit our page with worldwide travel destinations. (66002 - 931)"
Looking forward to your opinion / advice,
Best,
Magarac
I would disagree about Levels in flight service… you are , however, completely accurate about the customer service aspect. In fact, they don’t provide any.Hmm - you would have to pay me lots of money to fly on Level Airlines - awful reviews and worst customer service in the industry.
I live in Mexico. Before my caminos I go to New York to visit my daughters. I discovered Level last year. The roundtrip flight was the best fare I could find anywhere. Yes I had to carry my own food on the plane but big deal. The plane was new and the seats were comfortable and the flight was no worse than flying any other airline.Consider Barcelona with a flight, bus or train to Pamplona.
Level airlines has a $329 US flight from San Francisco to Barcelona on Sunday, March 26.
Ditto that thought. I would break the trip down into smaller bites, starting with where you want to end your trip to start your Camino; then work backwards bit by bit, planning the connections so you don't end up with an overnight or a 6-12 hour layover. It is like doing a flow chart for a construction project and some of the major hubs for flights to and from SF and to and from the cities most pilgrims use to get to the Camino are the key for your planning. For example, I haven't heard anyone mention Miami, there are lots of flights from there to Spain, n'est pas.In French we say : "Pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire compliqué"
I'm sure the OP will, it seems they haven't been online since posting the question.I certainly hope you respond and thank the Forum Members who have offered you some great advice,
For Madrid/Pamplona on to SJPdP there is more at this thread:For my part I have found this thread very useful specifically with the travel from Madrid/Pamplona and Paris/Bayonne/ Biarritz so thank you from me.
You only need to carry about half that weight or less on the Camino! Personally, I would start in Pamplona and save myself the time and hassle of getting to St Jean Pied de Port, and also have less pressure to walk long days.For Camino, I would be carrying similar load ( ~ 15 kg)
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Hi @magarac - I usually check the multi-city to see if I can return from an airport closer to where I end up (SdC in this case), but my response didn't take that into account. Just tried Multi-City and it seems Iberia has an SCQ to SFO via MAD; coupled with the SFO to MAD nonstop, the price is pretty good. But you could just take train to MAD if you got an RT ticket in and out of MAD, time allowing.@goebel.travels: thanks. I just reviewed MAD option in previous note, indeed seems reasonable, on par with SFO-to-CDG-BIQ. Also, same question as to Sparrow: did you get separate one-way ticket(s) to EU and back assuming different arrival and departure airports ? Or Kayak would let you combine as you say “...up to 3 cities outbound and inbound” and you get all flights booked at once ( buy “return” with multi-city option ) ?
@David: thanks. Hm, have not considered going via England, not sure if I recall any mention of direct flight from England to BIQ.
I have a taxi lined up for March 29th. If interested send me a message and we can contact the transport company to make sure they haven’t filled the other spots.Quick update: I got my tickets:
Mar 28: SFO ( San Francisco ) to DFW ( Dep. 10:00am Arr. 3.24pm )
DFW ( Dallas ) to MAD ( Dep. 05:05pm Arr. 9:05am )
Mar 29 MAD ( T4 ) to PNA ( Dep. 12:25pm Arr. 13:25pm )
May 4: MAD to SFO ( Dep. 12:20pm Arr. 4:15pm )
Hope I will have enough time from arrival at MAD ( 9:05am ) to reach T4 to catch 12:25pm to Pamplona ? Then from Pamplona, hope to share a taxi with fellow pilgrims to SJPdP. Couple of days rest, and start on April 1 ( not a joke ).
Many thanks to all feedbacks - indeed, so many options to try next time !
Best,
Magarac
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