If I get to St Jean Pied de Port at 7:15 pm...

[Mark Lee]

If I arrive at 7:15 (bus from Pamplona) is it too late to check in municipal albergue? Stayed there before, but had checked in during the day.

 

[mspath]

When you arrive in SJPdP go to the Pilgrim Office at 39 rue de La Citadelle which is on the camino. In season they stay open until 23:00. From there you gain access to the municipal albergue which does not accept reservations. If it is full the helpful volunteers at the office will try to find you another bunk.

Buen camino!

 

[Julie H]

This is good news as I am arriving very late in St. Jean on Sept 15. (taxi from Pamplona) Thanks for that info mspath.

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

If I arrive at 7:15 (bus from Pamplona) is it too late to check in municipal albergue? Stayed there before, but had checked in during the day.

Hi Mark, as mspath already stated is that no problem.
Wish you a Buen Camino, Peter.

 

[whariwharangi]

Four options:

Take your chances on finding a bed at an albergue or Gite.

Make a reservation for a single room(is more expensive).

Sleep on a park bench.

Stop travel not later 1800 at Bayonne or Pamplona and go to SJPdP in the morning. This option makes a lot of sense if you've already been traveling for more than 8 hours.

 

[Bajaracer]

During the summer, I would bet on the municipal albergue being full by 1700, anything after that is private accommodations.

 

[Mark Lee]

When you arrive in SJPdP go to the Pilgrim Office at 39 rue de La Citadelle which is on the camino. In season they stay open until 23:00. From there you gain access to the municipal albergue which does not accept reservations. If it is full the helpful volunteers at the office will try to find you another bunk.

Buen camino!

Thanks.
Been there before a couple of times, but just didn't know their hours. I would be flying in to Madrid, and bus from there to Pamplona and then catch the later bus into SJPdP. I liked the municipal albergue. Stayed there last time, but got there earlier. If that's full I got no problem staying at a private one.

 

[Mark Lee]

Four options:

Take your chances on finding a bed at an albergue or Gite.

Make a reservation for a single room(is more expensive).

Sleep on a park bench.

Stop travel not later 1800 at Bayonne or Pamplona and go to SJPdP in the morning. This option makes a lot of sense if you've already been traveling for more than 8 hours.

Sent a message to the private albergue Le Chemin Vers L'Etoile in SJPdP yesterday inquiring about reserving a bed, but no response from them yet.
Any recommendations on hostels (not albergues) in Pamplona?

 

[jamesw3435]

I arrived at 8pm, March 1 , I went to the pilgrim's office, then got me a bed, showered then went to eat