Leaving Gear in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port

jirit

Veteran Member

Donating Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Camino Frances 2007,
Via Francigena Italy, 2008,
Jakobsweg Austria 2010,
Camino Frances 2011,
Le Puy to Lourdes 2012,
Via de la Plata 2013,
Future:
Ökumenischer (Via Regia), Germany,
Lycian Way, Turkey

• Jan 5, 2013

• #1

My wife and I are planning to walk the Camino again (third time for myself). We will be traveling with extra gear that we do not want to obviously carry on the Camino nor do we want to ship it forward to Santiago or back home.

However we do plan to pass back through this area on our way back to Paris.

Any thoughts on where we could leave our extra gear in SJPdP? Or elsewhere?

Thanks

 

zammy

Active Member

• Jan 5, 2013

• #2

I think it's better to send your liggage to santiago, pick it there when you finish and return to PAris by plane
To drive back to SJPDP is too much and expansive
check with this site:

[edited by ivar]Updated link since one service stopped working, and a new is up and running:
http://www.caminodesantiago.me/luggage- ... ompostela/
[end edit]

 

scruffy1

Veteran Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Holy Year from Pamplona 2010, SJPP 2011, Lisbon 2012, Le Puy 2013, Vezelay (partial watch this space!) 2014; 2015 Toulouse-Puenta la Reina (Arles)

• Jan 5, 2013

• #3

Since you are a veteran pilgrim you know that SJPP is not always the easiest place to get into or to return. Don't know from which direction you will be coming but it seems to me that your chances for finding a safe storage place will be far greater in Pamplona or Bayonne/Biarritz both of which are better situated on the high road back to what passes for reality.
S

 

D

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• Jan 5, 2013

• #4

Nothing seems to be offered in SJPdP, but perhaps another pilgrim has found baggage storage there. In Santiago:

[edited by ivar]Updated link since one service stopped working, and a new is up and running:
http://www.caminodesantiago.me/luggage- ... ompostela/
[end edit]

I think that Ivar will be operating this service this year.

 

jirit

Veteran Member

Donating Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Camino Frances 2007,
Via Francigena Italy, 2008,
Jakobsweg Austria 2010,
Camino Frances 2011,
Le Puy to Lourdes 2012,
Via de la Plata 2013,
Future:
Ökumenischer (Via Regia), Germany,
Lycian Way, Turkey

• Jan 6, 2013

• #5

Thanks All

I am thinking of about a plan B with respect to the extra gear

Regards

 

Kitsambler

Jakobsweg Junkie

Time of past OR future Camino

SJPP 2023

• Jan 6, 2013

• #6

If you are still firm about returning through SJPP, and you are planning an overnight stop there as you begin your trip, I assume you have a lodging reservation. Why not contact your host and ask if they will store a few things for you?

There is always Blue Marble in Paris, for luggage storage, as well.

 

billmclaughlin

Active Member

Time of past OR future Camino

SJPP/Burgos 2012; Le Puy/SJPP 2013; Aumont Aubrac/Aire sur l'Adour 2014; Burgos/Santiago 2016.

• Jan 12, 2013

• #7

I traveled through Bayonne and left my city luggage (with the clothes I wore in London and Paris). When I asked if I could leave my bag there for a few weeks, they were not in the least surprised. Perhaps it helped that I was staying a night at that Bayonne hotel each time I passed through Bayonne.

It's change hands and been rehabed since I stayed there, but it's the Hotel Ibis Gare, 2 minutes from the train station.

http://www.ibis.com/gb/hotel-8716-ibis-styles-bayonne-gare-centre/index.shtml