Arriving at Saint Jean at 7pm

PartManPartGoldfish said:

Hi,

I imagine this question has been asked elsewhere, but there's so many conversations on this forum that it's tricky to drill through it all.

Anyway, I'll be arriving at St. Jean later this month, getting in at around 7pm on the train. At this point, what is the arrival process like? Do I just head to Pilgrim's Office, get my passport, and head to one of the albergues? (Which are essentially next door, right?) Will the timing make this difficult? Is there anything else I need to consider?

Thanks for any help.

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Mark Lee said:

Don't know if you have a guidebook with a map on it, so I attached a photo of the map of SJPdP from my guidebook. As you see it's not a very big town and pretty easy to get around. The train station is at the lower right hand portion of the map and marked "Gare SNCF". Maybe a 5-10 minute walk to the center of town from there. The pilgrim's office is marked "Acceuil" on the map and just above the "prison" (don't worry it's not a working one, historic only). The municipal albergue is only about 100 meters from the pilgrim's office and marked "Aubergue de Pelerin 1", lower left hand part of the map below the pilgrim's office. As you can see there is all manner of other accommodations there, and some not on the map.
I also attached a photo of the exterior and entrance to the pilgrim's office. Very gracious and cool people there.
cheers and ultreia
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