Sacred Heart
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- I am walking part of the Camino from 2nd September to 18th, Leon to Santiago.
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Hi Sacred Heart,
I very recently booked Ryanair - Stanstead to Biarritz for 24/05/14 so the summer flights are available. I got my tickets after a site search and booking there and then. Go to Ryanair.com.
I have booked with Easyjet for the return from SDC to Gatwick.
Those two choices were the best for me from Somerset.
There are also options of flying in and out using Ryanair from and then back to Dublin. Flight out goes to Biarritz. Not sure where the return flight leaves from though.
Good luck and Buen Camino.
Hi, could anyone help me? I want to know where I fly from in England to which airport to start the Camino? I am an absolute beginner so I have no idea.
Thank you for replying. If I fly to Bilbao where would I travel to for the start of the Camino? I can only walk for 2.5 weeks. Do you have any idea where that would get me to if I walked roughly 30 km a day? I just need to get an idea of where I would fly back from? I wish I could walk the whole Camino in one go but money won't allow. Angie
Thank you for replying. If I fly to Bilbao where would I travel to for the start of the Camino? I can only walk for 2.5 weeks. Do you have any idea where that would get me to if I walked roughly 30 km a day? I just need to get an idea of where I would fly back from? I wish I could walk the whole Camino in one go but money won't allow. Angie
You should probably look at flying from Stansted to Biarritz / bus from Biarritz to Bayonne / train from Bayonne to SJPDPHi, could anyone help me? I want to know where I fly from in England to which airport to start the Camino? I am an absolute beginner so I have no idea.
ALSO - did you see thread re pilgrims in North possibly meeting up? (Manchester?)Hi, could anyone help me? I want to know where I fly from in England to which airport to start the Camino? I am an absolute beginner so I have no idea.
Hi, could anyone help me? I want to know where I fly from in England to which airport to start the Camino? I am an absolute beginner so I have no idea.
Thank you, yes I think I think I will fly to Biarritz and start my walk from St Jean Pied de Port. Will this be the first time you have walked the Camino? Thank you for your time. Angie
Check this link to a Saint Jean Pied de Port taxi company. I used them this summer. I booked a taxi (I think it was 70/80 euros). They then filled it with others wanting to travel the same day. I travelled on May 9th and there were I think 6 of us so it only cost me I think 12 euros. The driver was waiting where we exited customs and asked people carrying backpacks if they had booked with them. It was pouring of rain so couldn't really see the scenery but it looked nice when we could. It took a little over an hour so was a lot quicker than busing to the train and on from there. You might be as lucky as me, I found I had started a camino family before I got to SJPdP! Your Camino is YOUR Camino, start and end where you like, it is all a good experience. However I have encountered some who have having arrived at Santiago wish they had commenced their multi-trip in SJPdP or Roncesvalles. Hope this is useful, all the best with your caminos.
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Hello sacred heart,
At this point i think imho the best for you is the following:
Make your way to london stansted airport. Timetable for flights to biarritz! sunday flight departs at 12:15 and arrive at 15:05, flight time 1hr 50 min. Spain and france are one hour ahead of uk. Monday to saturday - 12:15 to 15:05 . Timetable will change to an earlier flight at the beginning of april. Price is quite good now if you have firm plan to go ahead and book your ticket. But not to worry, ryanair is always having special promotion.
Take the ryanair flight to biarritz. Make sure your rucksack is a 35l capacity. Other peregrinos have larger rucksack up to 40l as carry-0n. Also make sure your rucksack weight is under 10 kg. don't c
Take a chance with ryanair. Absolutely no walking poles. If you need them, buy it in sjpp. You might be lucky from here on to meet your future camino family.
Once you arrive in biarritz airport, you can link up with some other peregrinos to either share a taxi or a mini-van to sjpp. Or you will need to take a bus to the station and take a train to sjpp. Do not linger on at biarritz airport, go out the front door. There is a bus at the front to go to the station. Don't worry about getting lost at biarritz airport, it is a very small airport. Try to get to bayonne station as quick as possible.
Try to take the 15:03 train from bayonne, you will arrive at sjpp at 16:23, early enough to go to the pilgrim office to pick up a pilgrim passport and get an albergue to stay overnight. The last train from bayonne to sjpp is at 18:10 and will arrive at 19:36. The pilgrim office will remain open until the last train has arrived.
Once settled in, this will also be a good time to meet your fellow walkers. If you have to stay in a private hostel in sjpp, it is a good idea to partake in the enough meal as this the best time to get to know your fellow peregrinos.
As you are planning to split the camino frances in two parts. I would suggest you take your time and enjoy the camino and come back for the second part to enjoy it even more.
I am sure there are more exprience and veteran peregrinos to offer you better advice. So feel free to ask. My last cf was done in may/june 2012 from sjpp to sdc. And my recent one is the vdlp in february/march from sevilla to santiago. My next camino, hopefully, will be the caminho portugues in march 2014 with some short caminos like camino ingles, ginisterre/muxia.
Sorry the thread is so long.
I wish you good luck in your planning for the cf. buen camino and god bless. Have a happy christmas.
ALSO - did you see thread re pilgrims in North possibly meeting up? (Manchester?)
Hi, Sacred Heart. I too live in the North of England & have to travel to Stanstead to get to Biarittz. It is easy to get the bus from the airport into Bayonne where you will get the train to SJPDP. I'm going this way in April or May, depending on my work.
Because you only have 2 & a half weeks, starting in SJPDP will enable you to enjoy the lovely Pyrenees, but you could consider starting in Leon or Astorga. Believe me, that too is a wonderful part of the Camino Frances. That would enable you to have a couple of extra days to travel & see Santiago once you arrive. That's the joy of the Frances route. You can dip in & out wherever you choose. I think your starting point will be determined by the ease of travel to get there. As you will have seen on this forum, help & advice is in abundance. Whatever you choose, good luck & buen camino.
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