Biarritz to St Jean or Pamplona on saturday the 23rd

[scubajunky]

HI all ,
I arrive in Biarritz on saturday the 23rd of March at 4pm.
I will hopefully walk from St Jean but should the weather be bad I will change and go from Pamplona.
I'd be most grateful if anyone in the know could help me with the details of getting to both places.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Deleted member 3000]

Rain Saturday and Sunday, but the snow line is 1500 to 2100 meters, so mud will be your biggest problem.

Buen camino!

 

[scubajunky]

Doable though ? Anyone else setting off on sunday ?

 

[hyalinejim]

Hi Scubajunky,

Myself, my girlfriend (Irish) and forum member Fanguellos (Danish) will be arriving to Biarritz next Saturday at 4pm on the London Stansted flight.

We are interested in getting a taxi to St Jean as we would arrive there before 17:30, with time to get some provisions in for the following day, relax, etc. Our albergue has a curfew of 22:00, so that doesn't leave so much time for chilling out. My girlfriend and I are interested in exploring the town a little, and maybe having a fancy meal before we set off on our Camino.

Fanguellos's post is here:

el-camino-frances/topic17294.html

Otherwise you get a bus to Bayonne and then a train to St Jean, arriving at 19:30. The train costs €19.20 per person. We got a quote of €110 for a taxi - around €8 extra compared to the train, to arrive 2 hours earlier. If you're interested in joining us, please let me know.

I think the weather is warming up and hopefully the snow on the route Napoleon from St Jean will have melted by Sunday. Otherwise the Valcarlos route is open.

 

[zammy]

call the pilgrims office in SJPDP to make sure the pass is open and not dangerous