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You do realize that by asking this question on a forum you will get lots of answers and choices. You can use the Rome2Rio website to find options https://www.rome2rio.com/map/Paris/Saint-Jean-Pied-de-PortHappy New Year All! Can someone please tell this 70 year old woman how to get to SJPP from Paris? Please be very specific with not alot of choices! I am very directionally challenged!
With all due respect, you cannot say you are directionally challenged if you are even thinking of getting from your home to SJPP, via Paris. A few days ago in my local grocery store a woman asked me how to get outside to the street. I gave her directions; quite simply: go down the stairs and out the door. As it happened, I followed her down the stairs, and had to call out to her as she was heading in the wrong direction. All this, while daylight was streaming in through the glass windows and doors. That woman is directionally challenged.Happy New Year All! Can someone please tell this 70 year old woman how to get to SJPP from Paris? Please be very specific with not alot of choices! I am very directionally challenged!
As stated, Rome2rio will do but ,Happy New Year All! Can someone please tell this 70 year old woman how to get to SJPP from Paris? Please be very specific with not alot of choices! I am very directionally challenged!
Happy New Year All! Can someone please tell this 70 year old woman how to get to SJPP from Paris? Please be very specific with not alot of choices! I am very directionally challenged!
Ditto. Perfect instructions. The train from Bayonne was simple. We had a layover of about an hour and got lunch at a burger place accross the street from the station. This is not hard. Another good area to stay in Paris is near Rue Cler near Ecole Militarie metro. There are buses that go right by and go directly to Montparnasse. Consider spending a day or two in Paris first if you are travelling far. It is a great place to recover from jet lag.Go to Paris, and in your position I'd advise you to stay there overnight. Somewhere in the Latin Quarter would probably be best for you, it's not too far from Montparnasse.
Get to Paris Montparnasse train station in the morning by taxi. Buy a ticket to SJPP.
1) Take an EARLY TGV train to Bayonne -- in order to avoid confusion, make sure it's a direct train with no need to switch trains at Bordeaux.
2) From Bayonne train station, take either the train or the replacement SNCF bus service to SJPP.
That is THE simplest route.
What date in April are you leaving Paris? I am leaving Paris on the 16th and am heading to SJPP.Happy New Year All! Can someone please tell this 70 year old woman how to get to SJPP from Paris? Please be very specific with not alot of choices! I am very directionally challenged!
We are travelling from Paris CDG to Bayonne, but I thought we'd have to get across Paris to Montparnasse (and are planning to do this by bus). Is it possible then, as you say, to get a train from the airport, to Bayonne?If you are arriving Paris via CDG airport there is a train station there, lower floor. You can go from Paris CDG to Bayonne changing trains in Bordeaux (very straight forward). Depending on the arrival time in Bayonne you may need to overnight there and take the morning train / bus to SJPdP. Consider it all as part of your Camino, very exciting.
Absolutely, here is one website to purchase tickets or at least researchWe are travelling from Paris CDG to Bayonne, but I thought we'd have to get across Paris to Montparnasse (and are planning to do this by bus). Is it possible then, as you say, to get a train from the airport, to Bayonne?
Thanks efdoucette. I've had a look on Rome2rio and there don't seem to be many trains running on that route. I'll keep researching. We fly to Paris on 26 April and have a hotel booked in Bayonne for that night.Absolutely, here is one website to purchase tickets or at least research
https://www.raileurope.ca/
You can only purchase less than 90 days in advance and please note the origin station is Paris CDG Airport.
So, Origin = Paris CDG Airport and Destination = Bayonne
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The station is not hard to find, it is between terminal 2C and 2E.
There is one connection in Bordeaux, same station just look for the departure board for platform.
I took this route in 2011 after an overnight flight from Canada and found it pretty straight forward and easy on the head after being sleep deprived.
So depending on your timing you may find this a better option than moving over to Montparnasse although from Montparnasse it may be faster and cheaper to get to Bayonne.
Good luck with your research and decisions and have a great Camino.
We are flying into Paris early morning too, arriving at 08.50. Have you costed a taxi to Montparnasse? I did briefly entertain the idea of a taxi, but assumed the cost would be prohibitive. The airport buses leave every 30 mins, but take between 60 and 80 minutes to get to Montparnasse. It's difficult to know what time train to book because of the chance of the flight being delayed, and the length of transfer time. Any thoughts/ advice?This is a helpful thread. We will be arriving early into CDG and have planned to taxi over to Montparnasse to take the train to Bayonne. (The flight leaves in the afternoon which makes for an awful day hanging around the airport). Has anybody taken both the train from CDG and the train from Montparnasse? Is one preferable over the other? Is it illogical to think we can be in SJPDP that night? Thanks
I think you have to book a seat on the TGV train in advance, otherwise you may not get one. Also, booking in advance means a lower ticket price (of course, if you miss the train, you've lost your money! Ah, what to do?I figure it is worth it to take the taxi & not try and figure out the bus system after the international flight. The train station isn’t that far ftom
CDG. You make good point about not booking the train in advance. I figure i’ll arrive with train schedules from both locations - and if arrival is very delayed, there’s the flight in the afternoon.
Yes. I've been looking on the 'seat61' website and alsoIs TGV ftom Montparnasse ?
Yes. I've been looking on 'seat61' website and also www.thetrainline.eu. very helpful. Good luck!Is TGV ftom Montparnasse ?
Thanks Rick MYou guys are hard at it!
You can take a TGV from either CDG OR Montparnasse. There are many fewer trains from CDG, since Montparnasse is the main TGV station......in all of France. If you take the train from CDG, you will have to change trains in Bordeaux. No big deal, but thats what happens. From Montparnasse, there is a train to Bayonne every couple of hours with no stops.
Buy train tickets from Trainline.eu. Raileurope.ca works, but its more of an old fashioned travel agency, and you will pay more for exactly the same seat.
As others have pointed out, I STRONGLY suggest staying overnight in Paris. You don't need to figure out the bus system or take a taxi to do this. LeBus Direct offers services into Paris from the curb to Montparnasse. I personally use the RER-B commuter train, but thats a bit more complicated than the bus, which is dead simple.
Book a hotel near Montparnasse. Buy a ticket from the LeBus Direct machine for Montparnasse when you get your bags at CDG. You will find your credit card doesn't work, so pay for it in cash. The service is every half hour. I think its Line 4 to Montparnasse. Stand at the curb at the LeBus Direct sign, and wait! The Bus is a little more than an hour. Find your hotel. Its probably too early to check you in, but they will let you drop your pack. Have a wander around Paris for a few hours. Crash hard at the hotel. Get up early, and walk back to Montparnasse. to catch your 7:30 train to Hendaye. Yeah, you are going to Bayonne, but the train is going two stops further than that, its final destination is Hendaye. Relax for four hours. Get off the train at Bayonne. Look bewildered, like everyone else who got off the train looking like a pilgrim. Find the platform for the trip to SJPP, its a very small station, and the staff will direct you since this is what happens all day long at Bayonne. Now is a good time to start saying hi to your fellow pilgrims.
Buen Camino!
Thanks, I'll look into that. Could work out better.From CDG, flying to Biarritz is easier and much quicker than the train. Rome2Rio says Air France has several flights daily, nonstop at 50-300 euros depending on the usual factors. From Biarritz airport to Bayonne train station, the taxi ride is short and inexpensive.
I don't think that spending the 6 hours getting to and waiting for a train is much better!The next flight is in the afternoon & I can’t imagine anything worse than roaming around CDG jet lagged waiting for a flight.
I don't think that spending the 6 hours getting to and waiting for a train is much better!
There's a flight out at 11 a.m. our flight lands at 08.50. It may be doable, but we are checking our bags because we're bringing walking poles.Thank you. The first flight out is at 8:30 am. That might be too tight even with our early arrival. The next flight is in the afternoon & I can’t imagine anything worse than roaming around CDG jet lagged waiting for a flight.
Have you done this & made the early AF connection?
There's a flight out at 11 a.m. our flight lands at 08.50. It may be doable, but we are checking our bags because we're bringing walking poles.
Download the French railway app Oui.sncf brilliant for trai travel you can select English. Has timetables tickets etc.Happy New Year All! Can someone please tell this 70 year old woman how to get to SJPP from Paris? Please be very specific with not alot of choices! I am very directionally challenged!
I don't think that spending the 6 hours getting to and waiting for a train is much better!
In theory, yes. In practice, not always when you are exhausted. It depends on whether or not it seems overwhelming to figure out the train arrangements. Sometimes simple is good. Sometimes a wander through Paris is good! The OP didn't ask for the most scenic/quaint/romantic route.Except that you get to do that, pleasantly one would hope, in Paris.
Should have said - the flight's with Easyjet. HaveThere's a flight out at 11 a.m. our flight lands at 08.50. It may be doable, but we are checking our bags because we're bringing walking poles.
There's a flight out at 11 a.m. our flight lands at 08.50. It may be doable, but we are checking our bags because we're bringing walking poles.
No, we fly out on 26 April.11 am would be great. I didn’t see it offered on my arrival date. Have you booked this for May?