Arriving at Biarritz,bayonne and st jean

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rach333

New Member

• Apr 27, 2009

• #1

Hi all,

Im flying into Biarritz on 8 may at 315pm & hope to start walking from st jean on 9may.... i note on other topics on this forum i can easily get a bus from biarritz to bayonne and then the train to st jean.

Where can i find out exactly where i catch these from when i arrive? any websites anyone can point me to with timetables etc? I do not know any french or spanish so am nervous i wont be able to ask anyone for help if i get lost!

Thank you!

Rachel

 

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jeff001

Active Member

• Apr 27, 2009

• #2

The Biarritz airport is relatively small. Right outside the front door you catch the #6 STAB bus, which goes to the Bayonne train station.
The map and timetable are here:
http://www.bus-stab.com/Public/PDF/Ligne_06.pdf

 

lanval

Member

• Apr 27, 2009

• #3

I took a taxi from the Biarritz airport to the Bayonne train station as my train was leaving about 20 minutes after I obtained my pack from the luggage carousel. I told the taxi driver that my train left in 20 minutes and he got me to the station in under ten minutes.

 

WolverineDG

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• Apr 27, 2009

• #4

The airport at Biarritz is very small, but there is a tourist information desk where they will give you the bus schedule & information. If you are pressed for time, you should take the taxi to the train station in Bayonne because the bus takes almost an hour & stops at every street corner just about. (joking, but that's what it seemed like to me).

Kelly

 

Sagalouts

RIP 2015

• Apr 27, 2009

• #5

rach333 said:

Hi all,

Im flying into Biarritz on 8 may at 315pm & hope to start walking from st jean on 9may.... i note on other topics on this forum i can easily get a bus from biarritz to bayonne and then the train to st jean.

Where can i find out exactly where i catch these from when i arrive? any websites anyone can point me to with timetables etc? I do not know any french or spanish so am nervous i wont be able to ask anyone for help if i get lost!

Thank you!

Rachel

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Chill rachel
just search all the topics on this subject over the last 2 3 4 years on this site, relax and enjoy its only the beginning,you've a long way to go.
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rach333

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• Apr 28, 2009

• #6

thanks for the advice all

I am a nervous traveler at the best of times, and walking the camino on my own is going to have me completely out of my element! But I am excited

 

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jeff001

Active Member

• Apr 28, 2009

• #7

One important piece of advice I would give you is to avoid, if at all possible, checking any luggage on your flight to Biarritz. Your pack should be small enough to carry on and you don't want to have to waste even half a day waiting for it to arrive.

 

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rach333

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• May 2, 2009

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jeff001 said:

One important piece of advice I would give you is to avoid, if at all possible, checking any luggage on your flight to Biarritz. Your pack should be small enough to carry on and you don't want to have to waste even half a day waiting for it to arrive.

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oh no! something else to worry about I have to check in my bag as i have walking sticks... if i have to wait around half a day, just means i start half a day late i guess.

 

WolverineDG

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• May 2, 2009

• #9

I checked my bag & didn't have to wait too long for it to show up. (Although I flew Air France from CDG).

Kelly

 

Deirdre

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Time of past OR future Camino

Camino Francés (2007), Camino Francés (2008), Camino Portugués (2010), Camino Aragonés - from Lourdes (2012)

• May 3, 2009

• #10

I don't know what airline you're flying, but I've checked my pack on every flight I've taken and it comes right up with the other luggage - no unusual wait... It might be different with smaller or budget airlines.
Buen Camino,

 

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jeff001

Active Member

• May 3, 2009

• #11

The problem occurs when the luggage does not make the flight you were on and you have to wait for the next one to arrive. Could be the same time tomorrow.

 

Nicki2009

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• May 4, 2009

• #12

rach333 said:

...& hope to start walking from st jean on 9may....

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I arrive in SJPP on 9 May afternoon and starting walking on Sunday, 10 May. Perhaps it will happen that we will meet up with each other.

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