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Excellent - thank youPamplona is a fairly popular starting point after the Pyrenees. Good access into it and plenty of accommodation options. Buen Camino, @Tracey a
fantastic thank you - Pamplona it isAfter Roncesvalles coming into Zuburi is downhill diabolical. Then going up to those wonderful steel sculptures & down the other side of that hill is tough too. So I agree Pamplona it is. You can also ask for the distance certificate from Pamplona if you walk the whole way from there. Good luck, rest & heal.
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After Roncesvalles coming into Zuburi is downhill diabolical. Then going up to those wonderful steel sculptures & down the other side of that hill is tough too. So I agree Pamplona it is. You can also ask for the distance certificate from Pamplona if you walk the whole way from there. Good luck, rest & heal.
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You can ask for the distance certificate no matter where you start. According to the Pilgrim Office website, "the Pilgrim’s Reception Office offers pilgrims the Certificate of Distance, a document issued by the Chapter of the Cathedral of Santiago certifying the number of kilometres they have travelled, whatever the starting point of their pilgrimage... It indicates the day and the starting point of the pilgrimage, the kilometres covered, as well as the day of arrival and the route of the pilgrimage."You can also ask for the distance certificate from Pamplona if you walk the whole way from there.
Another advantage of Puente la Reina, from a historical perspective, is that it is where the main routes from France join. A lot of people start at St. Jean Pied de Port, as most of us know. That town wasn't picked at random. It is the nearest town to where three of the four French routes join. (Technically, they join by the village of Ostabat, about 20 km earlier, but that is much smaller.) So starting at the joining of the routes is a thing. Puente la Reina is the grand confluence of the routes from all of Europe across the Pyrenees.If one wishes to avoid the Alto de Pardon, with its uphill slog and steep down slope, then wouldn't you avoid starting from Pamplona and make the starting point at Puente La Reina?
This is good advice!If one wishes to avoid the Alto de Pardon, with its uphill slog and steep down slope, then wouldn't you avoid starting from Pamplona and make the starting point at Puente La Reina?
After Roncesvalles coming into Zuburi is downhill diabolical. Then going up to those wonderful steel sculptures & down the other side of that hill is tough too. So I agree Pamplona it is. You can also ask for the distance certificate from Pamplona if you walk the whole way from there. Good luck, rest & heal.
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thank you. I have reassessed after your advice and looking at the guide books at it looks like Alto de Pardon isn’t something I would like to do in my first couple of days as my leg is now.If one wishes to avoid the Alto de Pardon, with its uphill slog and steep down slope, then wouldn't you avoid starting from Pamplona and make the starting point at Puente La Reina?
thank you. This has been something I have wanted to do for so long. Everything was exactly the right moment and then I split my calf muscle in December and it won’t heal properly. But I’m at the point where if I don’t do it now I may never get another chance. I’m fortunate enough to not have a finish deadline so can take it a bit slower and easier.Welcome to the forum, @Tracey a. I won’t add to the good advice you’ve been getting, but I do wish you continued healing with your physio and every success in your camino wherever you decide to start.
thank you. I have reassessed after your advice and looking at the guide books at it looks like Alto de Pardon isn’t something I would like to do in my first couple of days as my leg is now.
thank you all for your advice. I appreciate everyone taking time to respond. - I now have a guide book and am looking at the places suggested. I know it wont all be flat easy walking but I want to give myself the best chance by planning my first week not being too strenuous. I also don't want to skip large sections. I still have 3 weeks to go with the physio so hoping to see an improvement and will revaluate then.
thank you. This has been something I have wanted to do for so long. Everything was exactly the right moment and then I split my calf muscle in December and it won’t heal properly. But I’m at the point where if I don’t do it now I may never get another chance. I’m fortunate enough to not have a finish deadline so can take it a bit slower and easier.
Is the Alto de Pardon on the way in or out of Pamplona?If one wishes to avoid the Alto de Pardon, with its uphill slog and steep down slope, then wouldn't you avoid starting from Pamplona and make the starting point at Puente La Reina?
If one wishes to avoid the Alto de Pardon, with its uphill slog and steep down slope, then wouldn't you avoid starting from Pamplona and make the starting point at Puente La Reina?
Thank youThe Alto del Perdon is 13km after Pamplona. I have stayed in Pamplona and explored the city the next morning, then walked 11km to Zariquiegui and stayed overnight there. The rest of the hike up the mountain is not so difficult the next morning.
f you decide to leave from Pamplona there is a bus you can take to Puente La Reina
Based on what you say look carefully the stages
- from Rabanal to Molinseca - climb up to Cruz de Ferro. I would definitely stop in Molinseca and the decent is a little tricky
- the stage to O Cebrerio. The climb to La Faba in particular is hard. I'd recommend stopping before it starts and tackling it in the morning. The section from La Faba to O Cebrerio is also hard. If you're really wanting to take it slow you could stop there also - there's a few ups and downs from there until you reach Tricastela.
Most importantly any recommendations on stages are just guidelines. There are many many ways to do it and places to stop.
For me I found it easier to keep revising my plan on route.
You'll have a great time.
If it were me I'd consider starting in Zubiri if you want to do most of the CF without SJPdP and Ronconvalles. but that depends on what time you have to split the longer days. I don't think the Alto del Perdon is so bad given what you'll have to tackle later, and it's one of the highlights of my Camino. Look at a way of splitting up the stage perhaps.
You'll even find the descent to El Acebo (part way) tough if your legs are not too good. And it gets steeper after that.
The last few times have commenced at either Rabanal and or Foncebadon and stayed the night in El Acebo .
Gret accommodation and if hot a pool.
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