- Time of past OR future Camino
- cycled from Pamplona Sep 2015;Frances, walked from St Jean May/June 2017. Plans to walk Porto 2020
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I have done the walk from Toulouse (Via Tolosana) to Puente la Reina twice. It is a great walk. I diverted down to Lourdes on one walk and rejoined the Tolosana/Aragones at Oloron-Ste. Marie. I highly recommend it.Included was one about the Camino Aragon
I have done the walk from Toulouse (Via Tolosana) to Puente la Reina twice. It is a great walk. I diverted down to Lourdes on one walk and rejoined the Tolosana/Aragones at Oloron-Ste. Marie. I highly recommend it.
It brings you into Eunate's backyard, actually!!brings you on to the Frances very near Eunate
@falcon269It brings you into Eunate's backyard, actually!!
There is also an excellent video ' Six Ways To The Camino'.A week or so back (I can't find it) there was a discussion about whether St Jean was the only starting point for the Camino Frances. Yesterday I received the bi-monthly update from Cierone - detailing a number of walking trails across the UK and Continental Europe. Included was one about the Camino Aragon - yes the one that includes crossing the Somport Pass. Here is a link if anyone is interested, or wants some background information.
http://www.cicerone-extra.com/trekking-the-camino-aragon
Cheers
@nidarosaNot the same mountain vistas
It is higher, and the climb is continuous. Somport is 1,632 m and Loepedor is 1,441 m elevation. The road N-33A is kept open by snowplows in the winter, but that does not leave much of a shoulder. In the winter you can take the bus to Estacion Canfranc and walk the road to Somport once it is plowed. Again, the shoulder is not great, but it is wider than on the French side. I agree; it is not worth the risk in winter.I believe that that Somport Pass is higher than the Route Napoleon. In the winter, it is a popular ski area, reached by a lengthy road tunnel. I do not know whether the GR653 route over the Pyrenees for walkers is open or usable in winter.
... Then at Obanos we will probably get a taxi to Pamplona, stay there a day and then carry on along the CF.
@Saint Mike II - thanks for sharing. My husband and I are planning a March camino starting on the French border but as the Napoleon route will be closed/not recommended until April 1st we were looking for alternatives. I forgot about the Somport pass but luckily I have the info in my Rother guide so we are now looking at that. Not the same mountain vistas but the river walk looks lovely! Then at Obanos we will probably get a taxi to Pamplona, stay there a day and then carry on along the CF.
Hola - Given that this route is around 200 metres higher than the Napoleon Route - I suggest that it is quite likely to be snow bound even in late May. Maybe do some weather research (snow depth etc) before making firm plans. Cheers@Saint Mike II - thanks for sharing. My husband and I are planning a March camino starting on the French border but as the Napoleon route will be closed/not recommended until April 1st we were looking for alternatives. I forgot about the Somport pass but luckily I have the info in my Rother guide so we are now looking at that. Not the same mountain vistas but the river walk looks lovely! Then at Obanos we will probably get a taxi to Pamplona, stay there a day and then carry on along the CF.
@falcon269
I am looking forward to walking the route from Oloron Ste Marie through the Aragones to Puenta la Reina and on to Santiago de Compostella, starting on September 15.
Thinking for next year...and doing a search to check out the Aragones--particularly the time when it becomes possible in the spring/early summer. And here is a recent thread! Thanks all. I am assuming March is too early. But May?I walked from Oloron to Santiago via the Somport Pass but in Sept 2011. I doubt that the pass will be open/wise to walk in March, but you could email the tourist bureau in Jaca who are very helpful and speak English. There are buses from Jaca that go all the way up to Somport in clear road conditions. The Aragonnes is a beautiful route, quiet but with enough facilities, and the route is well marked although not with the number of arrows as the Frances.
But May?
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