Paul Wilson
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2019
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Currently passport control is in St. Pancras station but next year your guess is as good as mine.Planning on travelling by Eurostar in May and I was wondering how long it takes to disembark and pass through passport control because I’m looking to catch the Bayonne train at Montparnasse and I’ve got about an hour and a half between trains, will this be long enough? I’m trying to decide whether to stop over in London or Paris on day one
In the past it was a doddle - there's even information on line as to which way you need to walk through the stations. IIRC passports were checked at St Pancras or Ashford before boarding the train and you just streamed off in Paris but let's see what happens after dinner for two this evening!Planning on travelling by Eurostar in May and I was wondering how long it takes to disembark and pass through passport control because I’m looking to catch the Bayonne train at Montparnasse and I’ve got about an hour and a half between trains, will this be long enough? I’m trying to decide whether to stop over in London or Paris on day one
I travel down to London by National Express overnight (no trains in this part of Scotland) spend the day sightseeing and then spend the night at the St.Pancras YHA which is just across the road from the station.Thanks for the replies, I won’t be booking my trains until March/April and will keep an eye on the situation, as I say I’m weighing up between Glasgow to Paris or London on the first day and then SJPdP on the second day so no great rush or panic I have both options covered, looking forward to the journey though I think you get to see so much more on the train and it gives me a few days to relax before the first hill
Thanks that very helpful I think I’ll probably play it safe and have my stop over in Paris instead of London and travel to SJPdP the following morning@Paul Wilson, I don't know how much longer it may take to change from the Eurostar to the train for Bayonne in Paris but the big news is that your UK passport will be stamped at the Gare du Nord. They are prepared and ready for it in Paris, see https://www.thelocal.fr/20201210/fr...-on-people-and-goods-from-uk-from-january-1st.
how long it takes to disembark and pass through passport control
At the uttermost ends of my world I suggest nothing will change
A stop-over in Paris is always a good ideaThanks that very helpful I think I’ll probably play it safe and have my stop over in Paris instead of London and travel to SJPdP the following morning
I do love Paris but I would arrive early evening so sadly wouldn’t get much time to enjoy it as I’m planning an extra day in SJPdP before I start to get a chance to see the townA stop-over in Paris is always a good idea. However, I think I need to clarify what I said about UK passports being stamped in the Gare du Nord in Paris as of January 2021. I think this applies only when you leave Paris for London.
Travelling in the other direction, your UK passport will be stamped by French border control in London, I guess. From what I can tell, Eurostar are keeping the current arrangement, where you go through both French and British border control before departure, both in Paris and in London.
Apparently, there may also be French Douane staff in future who travel on the Eurostar trains to perform random checks.
Did you see this: https://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/travel-info/your-trip/your-onward-connection/connecting-in-parisI’ve got about an hour and a half between trains, will this be long enough
Really? Post Brexit?
I have to agree with Paul who said earlier that he thinks you get to see so much more on the train and it gives you a few days to relax before the first hill. I've done the long journey to Bordeaux which is nearly as far as Bayonne both on high speed long distance trains and on planes and the train journey feels a lot more like a real journey. And it does give you a different view of the landscape and the people and the towns.There are cheap flights from Gatwick to Bayonne.
I have to agree with Paul who said earlier that he thinks you get to see so much more on the train and it gives you a few days to relax before the first hill. I've done the long journey to Bordeaux which is nearly as far as Bayonne both on high speed long distance trains and on planes and the train journey feels a lot more like a real journey. And it does give you a different view of the landscape and the people and the towns.
Yes I flew to Porto to walk the Portuguese last spring but this Camino is different it represents the end of 30yrs in the fire brigade and new beginnings I have always enjoyed train journeys I find them more relaxing and less blue light so I plan to take my time to reach the start and enjoy each step like savouring a nice wineThere are cheap flights from Gatwick to Bayonne. About AUD$114 (about 80 pounds) last time I looked.
From Bayonne you catch the train directly to St Jean.
I didn’t know about this trail but I had looked at a path from Gare du Nord to Montparnasse after your advice on Paris. I do love walking through a city in the evening I find it reveals more of itself when the commuters and shoppers have gone I think I know my decision now thanks@Paul Wilson, I just mention this because I remembered it, I don't say that you should do it.
There is a marked camino trail in Paris, a "chemin de Saint Jacques de Compostelle" that goes straight through Paris, from north to south. It passes just outside of the Gare du Nord, then later past a beautiful Gothic church tower - all that is left over from a medieval church dedicated to Saint James -, crosses the river Seine and passes the famous Notre Dame Cathedral. One can follow this trail for about 5 km from the Gare du Nord and then one would have to leave it and turn left for about 1,5 km to reach Gare Montparnasse. Somewhere along this trail one can also see a sundial that the artist Dalí put on the wall of a house.
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