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Hello fellow pilgrims!
I thought I had posted and received several replies to the following question, but I cannot find it under my threads, so I'd like to ask it again:
I fly into Barcelona on May 31. I will probably stay a day, but my main goal is to get to St. Jean de Pied as quickly and cheaply as possible. Should I take a train, bus Bla Bla car or what? I would walk if I had time (I only have one month to complete the CF) Where are the bus and train stations located? I am also asking if there is any cheap lodging in Barcelona that members PERSONALLY know about. The prices in my Rough Guide to Spain are terrible. I do have a HI hostel card and can search on the HI hostel and Hostel World sites, but I am looking for a personal recommendation. Thanks in advance!
Barry
@Tincatinker Could you please have a moderatorial word with Ivar and ask if we can be allowed to post multiple likes (up to 10 perhaps) or absolutely huge ones like you get on facebook messenger when we come across posts like yours above?
Dear SYates,MEGA LIKE FOR BOTH OF YOU!!! SY
@Tincatinker Could you please have a moderatorial word with Ivar and ask if we can be allowed to post multiple likes (up to 10 perhaps) or absolutely huge ones like you get on facebook messenger when we come across posts like yours above?
Why start in Spain, travel to France, and then walk back in to Spain again? Just get the train to Pamplona and start walking. I also remember you posing this question previously but presumably under a different log-in. That little town in southern France is not the 'trail head', it's just a little town in southern France where pilgrims on foot from all over Europe began the final stage of their journey to Santiago. Note, the final stage. It was a convenient crossing place into Spain, via Valcarlos, avoiding the higher mountain crossing at Somport and the dubious pleasures of the Barbary pirates of the coastal routes, the malarial swamps of the Landes and worse.
If you only have 30 days to walk ( and travel) why spend days messing about with public transport: start walking in Pamplona. Or walk from Barcelona for 30 days and come back another time to finish your pilgrimage.
Yes, @barryg There is a way that goes via Barcelona. There is even here on the forum a section dedicated to it https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/forums/cami-catalan-cami-st-jaume.105/
And here some more sites (you will need Google Translate for them, sorry):
http://www.camisantjaume.com/
http://amicsdelspelegrins.org/
http://caminodesantiago.consumer.es/los-caminos-de-santiago/catalan-por-san-juan-de-la-pena/ Description starting in Montserrat
Happy planning and Buen Camino, SY
Yes, @barryg There is a way that goes via Barcelona. There is even here on the forum a section dedicated to it https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/forums/cami-catalan-cami-st-jaume.105/
And here some more sites (you will need Google Translate for them, sorry):
http://www.camisantjaume.com/
http://amicsdelspelegrins.org/
http://caminodesantiago.consumer.es/los-caminos-de-santiago/catalan-por-san-juan-de-la-pena/ Description starting in Montserrat
Happy planning and Buen Camino, SY
Sometimes an old post is still relevant and helpful for an old Pilgrim. I’m returning to the Camino after an absence of 8 years and with only three weeks availability I’m planning on walking my favourite sections. Yes why do I need to miss an entire day travelling and starting in SJDP. Australia to Madrid then train to Pamploma. Oh researching for my journeys is always time consuming but it’s part of the fun.Why start in Spain, travel to France, and then walk back in to Spain again? Just get the train to Pamplona and start walking. I also remember you posing this question previously but presumably under a different log-in. That little town in southern France is not the 'trail head', it's just a little town in southern France where pilgrims on foot from all over Europe began the final stage of their journey to Santiago. Note, the final stage. It was a convenient crossing place into Spain, via Valcarlos, avoiding the higher mountain crossing at Somport and the dubious pleasures of the Barbary pirates of the coastal routes, the malarial swamps of the Landes and worse.
If you only have 30 days to walk ( and travel) why spend days messing about with public transport: start walking in Pamplona. Or walk from Barcelona for 30 days and come back another time to finish your pilgrimage.
Hello, We are two seniors and one college student. Your plans are similar ours. Texas to Barcelona, end of May, 2023. What transportation did you take to St Jean Pied de Port? Did you stay over in Barcelona? Any advice is welcome.Thank you for your help. I am taking a night flight and hope to just hop on a train and get to the trail head in St Jean Pied de Port. That way I avoid having to stay in a hostel in Barcelona. Does that sound like a good plan? I'd love to see a little of Barcelona, but I only have 30 days, so I'd like to start as soon as possible walking.
My flight gets in about 9:00 in the morning. I see that there are several trains to Pamplona during the day. How is public transportation from the airport to Barcelona Sants?
Thanks for any further advice.
Barry
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