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From Lourdes to SJPDP you follow the Piemonte route. See Gronze here.Hi
I would like to ask about if someone has experience how to walk Camino del Norte from Lourdes.
How to go from Lourdes to SJDPD and from there to Irun? I really don`t know what would be best option.
I can not find anything on the google and I`m starting 2th of may 2023.
Thank you very much.
Hello and welcome here.Hi
I would like to ask about if someone has experience how to walk Camino del Norte from Lourdes.
How to go from Lourdes to SJDPD and from there to Irun? I really don`t know what would be best option.
I can not find anything on the google and I`m starting 2th of may 2023.
Thank you very much.
Yes, the centre was open last year. We walked the Chemin du Piémont in 2022 and arrived at Lourdes on 13 April, which was their first day open for the season. Luc, from Belgium, was the volunteer and he was delightful. He first walked thé camino in 1986, starting from his home. Luc let us leave our backpacks at the centre while we visited Lourdes.There is a "Camino information centre" now in Lourdes though it is closed until April.
Their Facebook and webpages do not seem to be very active. Maybe someone can tell us if they were functioning post-Covid last year?
Thank you very much!From Lourdes to SJPDP you follow the Piemonte route. See Gronze here.
I did that, but about fourteen years ago. A very nice route.
There is a "Camino information centre" now in Lourdes though it is closed until April.
Their Facebook and webpages do not seem to be very active. Maybe someone can tell us if they were functioning post-Covid last year?
Thank youHello and welcome here.
Lourdes to Saint Jean is the Via Piemont.
See from Etapa 19 on.Camino del Piamonte | Camino de Santiago | Gronze.com
El Camino del Piamonte es el camino jacobeo que discurre a lo largo del Prepirineo francés, pasando por Narbonne, Carcassonne, Lourdes y Oloron hasta Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, y que comparte trazado con el GR-78. Considerado hasta hace pocos años una variante del Camino de Arles, estamos ante un...www.gronze.com
This thread might give you more info for the stages from Saint-Jean to Irun.
Can I ask how I can use that centre?Yes, the centre was open last year. We walked the Chemin du Piémont in 2022 and arrived at Lourdes on 13 April, which was their first day open for the season. Luc, from Belgium, was the volunteer and he was delightful. He first walked thé camino in 1986, starting from his home. Luc let us leave our backpacks at the centre while we visited Lourdes.
After Lourdes, it was a further 7 days for us to SJPP.
Thank you. If you can share some link about that place on the hill it would great.The centre is simply a drop-in storefront where you can get information, use the bathroom, leave your bag for a short time, etc. There is an excellent pilgrim albergue in Lourdes with a communal dinner on a hill overlooking the main plaza. I highly recommend it.
37 days is really pushing it to go from Lourdes to SdC! At a reasonable pace, its 7 days to SJPdP, then another 4-5 days to the coast to reach the Norte. That leaves you about 25 days for a route that is more difficult than the Camino Frances which generally takes longer than that. While it’s certainly possible with increased speed and longer days, it would be beyond the capability of most pilgrims as well as being more of a race than a contemplative walk. You may want to reconsider.
Impossible to save exactly since it’s all determined on how far you will walk each day. I took the Nive route to Bayonne (relatively flat and easy) and then walked to Irun to start that Norte - that took me 7 days. You can take a more direct through the mountains to shave off a few kms, but no matter what, you’ll have a number of very long days on the Norte to finish in your time frame.so frome Lourdes to Irun it takes 11 days?
Thank youImpossible to save exactly since it’s all determined on how far you will walk each day. I took the Nive route to Bayonne (relatively flat and easy) and then walked to Irun to start that Norte - that took me 7 days. You can take a more direct through the mountains to shave off a few kms, but no matter what, you’ll have a number of very long days on the Norte to finish in your time frame.
You may want to walk from Lourdes to SdC on the Frances or Aragon, both of which would be shorter. Or save Lourdes for next time and just walk the Norte.
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