Stephanie Martin
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino in Sept/Oct/Nov 2022 (via the French route)
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Generally when I travel to the Camino or to Europe for others reasons I get the cheapest return flight from Australia and then do the rest as side trips with local couriers.Hi everyone,
Do you know the most economical/easiest way to get to St. Jean Pied de Port. Should I fly to Paris, Madrid or Barcelona? The other thing is I'll be flying out from the airport closest to Santiago de Compostela once I've finished the Camino, so in terms of return airfares, I'm wondering if it's better to fly into Spain (either Madrid/Barcelona) to begin with, then find my way to Pamplona. I'm travelling from New Zealand before I start the Camino. Once I'm done with the Camino in Santiago, I'll be going to Israel for a Holy Land pilgrimage.
Thanks,
Stephanie
Skyscanner is best here I think! I’m less familiar with kayak! Maybe start with a. NZ to everywhere search and see what Euro gateways pop up! Flight to Israel maybe cheaper from MAD /BCN than Santiago but play about! Same Israel to NZ. Not sure if round the world fares are still a thing but used to be some great fares with stopovers included !Hi everyone,
Do you know the most economical/easiest way to get to St. Jean Pied de Port. Should I fly to Paris, Madrid or Barcelona? The other thing is I'll be flying out from the airport closest to Santiago de Compostela once I've finished the Camino, so in terms of return airfares, I'm wondering if it's better to fly into Spain (either Madrid/Barcelona) to begin with, then find my way to Pamplona. I'm travelling from New Zealand before I start the Camino. Once I'm done with the Camino in Santiago, I'll be going to Israel for a Holy Land pilgrimage.
Thanks,
Stephanie
My approach (from Australia) is to fly to Paris (CDG), train to Montparnasse, and stay the night in an AirBnB or hotel, get the BFT (bloody fast train) to Bayonne which connects with the (quite slow but still very comfortable) hill train Bayonne to SJPP and stay the night (or two) before commencing walking...Hi everyone,
Do you know the most economical/easiest way to get to St. Jean Pied de Port. Should I fly to Paris, Madrid or Barcelona? The other thing is I'll be flying out from the airport closest to Santiago de Compostela once I've finished the Camino, so in terms of return airfares, I'm wondering if it's better to fly into Spain (either Madrid/Barcelona) to begin with, then find my way to Pamplona. I'm travelling from New Zealand before I start the Camino. Once I'm done with the Camino in Santiago, I'll be going to Israel for a Holy Land pilgrimage.
Thanks,
Stephanie
Thank you for this informationMy approach (from Australia) is to fly to Paris (CDG), train to Montparnasse, and stay the night in an AirBnB or hotel, get the BFT (bloody fast train) to Bayonne which connects with the (quite slow but still very comfortable) train Bayonne to SJPP and stay the night or two) in before commencing walking...
Simplest return route to Austraial is a bus/train from Santiago to Lisbon and fly home from there..
The trip from CDG Airport to Montparnasse took two suburban trains - a couple of very helpful marshalls on the train platform at the airport gave me the advice that I needed. There are train ticket vending machines as you exit the airport to the train station - all in french, from memory, but i muddled through - cannot recall if I used cash or credit/travel card (but helpful to have some small denomination euro notes with you at the time). I found Google maps very useful in navigating the Parisian suburban train network - enter starting adn end points, and select 'travel by train' and Google comes up with trains and station information required for the trip...Thank you for this informationDo you know where I can book tickets to Montparnasse and Bayonne, do they operate on the same network?
Also out of curiousity, are they strict on the trains with vaccine certs/masks etc. Most of the world is opening up but not sure about the situation in France. Thank yoUT
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