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When I did it in 2019, I walked to the International Bridge (top of photo) to get pictures of the actual French and Spanish border signage.
 
3rd Edition. More content, training & pack guides avoid common mistakes, bed bugs etc
Before you leave watch this BBC video published 14/11/2022 re the island in the Bidosa river between Hendaye, France and Irun, Spain which changes nationality every six months. You can see it from the international bridge but it is rarely visited.

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The island that switches nationality every six months

Pheasant Island is Spanish for six months and French for the rest of the year. How did this happen?
www.bbc.com
 
The focus is on reducing the risk of failure through being well prepared. 2nd ed.
I walked to the bridge on the French border the day before, asked a passerby to take a photo with the markeer in back ground.
Carried on walking in to France discovered a chocolate factory 10 minutes up the road on the left, made it worthwhile.
Bakery Philippe Roy. Boulanger...patissier...chocolatier
Boulangerie-pâtisserie Philippe Roy
 
Start at the Cathedral. The office is around the left side and is open 9 am -3pm to get your credential stamped. Take food, water and euro coins . Buen Camino
 
...and ship it to Santiago for storage. You pick it up once in Santiago. Service offered by Casa Ivar (we use DHL for transportation).

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