Pamplona in July 2022

[Yaya]

To my surprise I’m arriving in Pamplona July 5th. How can I reroute myself around Pamplona in order to stay away from the crowds ? My flight arrives in Barcelona...Help !

 

[Sue127]

To my surprise I’m arriving in Pamplona July 5th. How can I reroute myself around Pamplona in order to stay away from the crowds ? My flight arrives in Barcelona...Help !

I'll be there a couple of days after, walking from Zubiri. After my initial panic and advice from @mspath , I'm now stopping at auberge Trinidad Arre the night before and we'll detour through Pamplona the following day. Although a nice place to stay, I don't want (nor can afford) to stay there with the festival going on. Good luck in finding your solution

 

[C clearly]

Here is a recent thread that should give you some tips.

 

[mspath]

To my surprise I’m arriving in Pamplona July 5th. How can I reroute myself around Pamplona in order to stay away from the crowds ? My flight arrives in Barcelona...Help !

Yaya,
If your flight arrives in Barcelona how are you getting to Pamplona?

 

[J Willhaus]

You can take the train from Barcelona to Logono and start there?

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

You can take the train from Barcelona to Logono and start there?

To Pamplona but get to nearby Tiebas by bus or train? Possibly stay at its albergue. Walk on the Camino Aragonese from there to visit the church at Eunate and then onto the Camino Francés at Obanos.

 

[J Willhaus]

To Pamplona but get to nearby Tiebas by bus or train? Possibly stay at its albergue. Walk on the Camino Aragonese from there to visit the church at Eunate and then onto the Camino Francés at Obanos.

Barcelona-Sants line runs through Logrono, but not Pamplona so you can miss the crowd by starting there.

 

[Yaya]

Yaya,
If your flight arrives in Barcelona how are you getting to Pamplona?

Train

 

[mspath]

Please do read what C clearly wrote in post #3 above and perhaps follow the suggestions in it such as going to/through Tiebas .

 

[Yaya]

To Pamplona but get to nearby Tiebas by bus or train? Possibly stay at its albergue. Walk on the Camino Aragonese from there to visit the church at Eunate and then onto the Camino Francés at Obanos.

Thank you

 

[lt56ny]

Thank you

If you have the time you can do the Aragones. I will later in the year. it looks really pretty and you can join the CF in Puente La Reina.

 

[Yaya]

If you have the time you can do the Aragones. I will later in the year. it looks really pretty and you can join the CF in Puente La Reina.

I have plenty of time. Please send me details I’m a newbie at this.

 

[mspath]

YaYa,
Here is the Gronze Guide to the Camino Argoneses from Somport, France to Puente La Reina as mentioned above by It56y in post #6.
Thus you might consider taking a train from Barcelona to Somport, France to begin the CA or to Zaragoza, Spain to join the CA in Spain. Try Rome2Rio for various transport possibities

 

[Scott Sweeney]

To Pamplona but get to nearby Tiebas by bus or train? Possibly stay at its albergue. Walk on the Camino Aragonese from there to visit the church at Eunate and then onto the Camino Francés at Obanos.

One of our favorite routes.

 

[lt56ny]

I have plenty of time. Please send me details I’m a newbie at this.

Here is the subforum here in Ivar that will give you lots of infomation:

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/forums/camino-aragon%C3%A9s.33/

YaYa,
Here is the Gronze Guide to the Camino Argoneses from Somport, France to Puente La Reina as mentioned above by It56y in post #6.
Thus you might consider taking a train from Barcelona to Somport, France to begin the CA or to Zaragoza, Spain to join the CA in Spain. Try Rome2Rio for various transport possibities

Gronze is a great resource as mspath recommends. It gives you lots of information. If you can't speak Spanish open it in Chrome. Chrome does a pretty good job of translating.
The Buen Camino app has many caminos on it including the Aragones. Wise Pilgrim also has an app but it is in need of updating. @wisepilgrim told me that the upgrade will be completed soon. Both have gps that you can download and have places to sleep. The more resources you have the better especially on a far less traveled camino.
There are a surprising number of videos on Youtube that will give you a good idea of the scenery on the Aragones.
I am not sure where I will start as I will begin in mid November. I am hoping in Canfranc or Canfranc Estacion but I may have to start a little closer to Puente La Reina.
I know that @peregrina2000 has walked it and you can see the others here who have walked. They are all very helpful and nice pilgrims who can help you more than I can. Hope this is a good start for you.
One final note. It may be really a good experience to do the Aragones as well as the Camino Frances as they will be so different in some regards. You will be walking in July so I am sure you will meet some pilgrims but not that many. I would also recommend checking distances each day to know how much water and food you should have given the distances between towns and the heat of July. Gronze will show you the distances between towns and the services in each town and village. Remember to know if there are any holidays as well as be aware of Sundays as in many of these villages nothing may be open on Sundays and holidays so take food and water with you. It will be a much more solitary and possibly introspective camino.
The Frances has its own beauty and grace. But it will have far more pilgrims, far more albergues and far more towns to walk thru and far better infrastructure. It will be hot all the way so I would recommend buying one of those UV reflective umbrellas. Also I would wear some of those quick dry long sleeve shirts that also have UV protection and a hat. Pack really lightly and you probably will need nothing more than a sleep sack of the lightest of sleeping bags.
I think you will have a wonderful camino and there will be more than enough pilgrims early on to help if you may need it.
Buen Camino