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- Francés, Norte, Salvador, Primitivo, Portuguese
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Hi trecileI'm looking at buying tickets with frequent flyer miles, and I'm wondering how much time I should allow to:
1. Walk the entire Camino Frances with possibly going on to Finesterre
2. Spend two nights in Madrid upon arrival in Spain (recover from jet lag, see the city, etc.)
3. Travel from Madrid to St. Jean
4. Travel back to Madrid and spend another night or two there, or somewhere else along the way
I'm not working, so I don't have to take a work schedule into account
I think that I would spend the first night at Orisson, and think that about 15 miles (25km) a day sounds like a good pace
I'm looking at buying tickets with frequent flyer miles, and I'm wondering how much time I should allow to:
1. Walk the entire Camino Frances with possibly going on to Finesterre
2. Spend two nights in Madrid upon arrival in Spain (recover from jet lag, see the city, etc.)
3. Travel from Madrid to St. Jean
4. Travel back to Madrid and spend another night or two there, or somewhere else along the way
I'm not working, so I don't have to take a work schedule into account
I think that I would spend the first night at Orisson, and think that about 15 miles (25km) a day sounds like a good pace
Hi trecile
today I have completed 25 version of my plan
Seriously, I started working my plan to meet Camino, to meet a Way. I used four links:
http://www.gronze.com/
http://www.urcamino.com/
http://caminodesantiago.consumer.es/los-caminos-de-santiago/frances/
http://www.mundicamino.com/en/index.cfm
By working plan, I introduced almost every place on Camino, upgrade on the Pyrenees, Manjarin and Alto do Polo. Also I met and albergues, church and monument. All of that gave me a picture of my Way. This is affluence of plan, not plan as such. I know that the plan will endure first few days and that there will be changes but it does not worry me because while I working plan I acquaint Camino. If you want I'll send you my plan to PM.
From Madrid I think the best option is train to Pamplona and then bus to SJPP. You have time to find what suits to you.
I'll stay two days in Santiago and in Finisterra what I recommend to you.
Return from Santiago is better because they have airport so it can be used to return to Madrid.
Bota
Thanks, but as I'm using frequent flyer miles I didn't have that many options.Before you buy you're plane tickets, check out the "multi-city" or "open jaw" alternative. For the last five or six years I have been flying into Madrid and then on to a closer city for the start of my camino (Valencia, Bilbao, and Barcelona are the most recent) and then home from Santiago (transfer in Madrid). It usually doesn't add much at all to the cost of the basic round trip ticket to Madrid and it saves a lot of time. Of course you may want to spend time in Madrid before flying home but if not you can leave Santiago early in the morning, transfer to the international flight in Madrid and be home that night. And if you miss a connection, if it's all on one ticket, the airline will take care of rebooking you.
Muchas gracias!
I absolutely loved my stay at pension corazon puro. I even stayed there again after leaving Roncesvalles. reserve early...they fill up fast.I like the idea of booking a room at Pensión Corazón Puro near Pamplona.
The owners pick you up in Pamplona, take you to their pensión, feed you dinner and breakfast in the morning, then drive you to Saint Jean Pied de Port.
http://www.corazonpuro.es/Enghome.html
Good to hear! I have already emailed them and received a response.I ab
I absolutely loved my stay at pension corazon puro. I even stayed there again after leaving Roncesvalles. reserve early...they fill up fast.
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