Trishkerry
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Done....Frances, Norte ,Primitivo, Finisterre
Future ...via de la plata
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That's exactly what I did in April this year, same train, same time. I also hadn't slept for 2 nights (not recommended) so you should be fine. Great tapas later that night....!Hi fellow pilgrims. I plan on commencing my second camino in june. I shall travel by overnight train from paris and should arrive in Irun at about 9am . Do you think I will have enough time to walk to san sebastion the same day and still arrive at a reasonable hour?
If you are running late or the train gets in later than expected, you have an option 16-17km after Irun. At Pasajes de San Juan
From the fews things I have read about this Pasajes de San Juan I would highly consider this if I was getting in a tad earlier....
In April this year, I took that train but mine was the red-eye, departed about 11 pm. It arrived in Irun at 9 am which was perfect for me as I started my camino as soon as I stepped off the train, walking to San Sebastion the first day.Apparently there is a train that leaves from paris twice a day that takes 6hrs to get to irun. Has anyone used this service and knows roughly what time it arrives in Irun.There is currently no timetable to look at.
If you are running late or the train gets in later than expected, you have an option 16-17km after Irun. At Pasajes de San Juan you have a local association Albergue de Peregrinos, it is only a small one, holds about 16 but most people bypass it and go on to San Sebastian. It opens at 4pm and overlooks the nearby inlet. About 2-3km before San Sebastian you have an option at the 12 tribes Christian Community, they take in pilgrims and the conrad stein german guidebook lists it as an option. Someone expessed concerns about them on the Vezelay topics, but i have not seen or heard anything that alarmed me while i was there and i know of a couple of members of this forum who posted positive messages about this place.
Mike
The albergue in San Juan is an ex chapel overlooking the water inlet, I dont think you can really miss it. If you have made it as far as the ferry without seeing it then you have gone too far, but it is no more than 200 metres away from there. Sorry for not giving you specifics but I know that I kinda ended up outside of it without looking for it or wanting to stay there.
- It is doable in 4 hours if you do not look around Irun and you know the way out, a little map would help you. I found the arrows were not straight forward In Irun, they took me around the historic centre then disappeared, but I think you may have found this out for yourself when you walked the Vasco. Once you get up to the Ermita Guadelope about 6-8 km, you have 2 choices the camino which is along soft unsurfaced track or the Alpinsta way, it is a little tough at the begining but up on the top it is mostly soft surface again, they will both allow you to walk at a fair rate of Knotts until you hit San Juan, the route to the albergue is marked if I remember, the way I took on the camino went right by it. I left the albergue de peregrinos in Irun at 6.15am and hit San Juan at about 10-10.30 ish with a half hour stop at the Ermita. I dont normally get up that early or walk that quick but Bruce Springstein was playing in San Sebastian that weekend and we had been told to get into or through the place very early.
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