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In past years, there has not been any bus service to SJPdP in January and February. You can get a bus to Roncesvalles six days a week, but you may need to arrange a taxi in advance. It is pretty quiet that time of year!There’s an afternoon bus from Pamplona at 14:30 to SJPdP arriving 16:15
Hi Jeff - I loved Tapas Crawling in Logrono and would love to have an extra night or two there for that alone. There is a whole area of Logrono close to the Cathedral that is elbow-to-elbow restaurants serving incredible tapas and wine. You could quickly get there from Pamplona by bus and have a great night there and catch a bus back to Pamplona or on to SJPDP after that. As just an option in Pamplona, I had the best meal of my Camino at Cafe Irun. The Cordero was incredible and the history of the place was awe inspiring.
As far as a departure time from SJPDP to Valcarlos, the walk takes less than 3 hours but you'd want to keep an eye on the weather that time of the year for sure.
Have fun planning!
You are absolutely correct but I think it should be OK for their dates. They are arriving in Pamplona on last day of Feb so would be travelling in March. The Alsa bus runsIn past years, there has not been any bus service to SJPdP in January and February. You can get a bus to Roncesvalles six days a week, but you may need to arrange a taxi in advance. It is pretty quiet that time of year!
Are you sure it was between SJPdP and Valcarlos?It's wonderful to hear from hearty walkers that the route to Valcarlos is an easy walk...
It's lovely - but there are a lot of hills that can seem daunting on Day One of your Camino. Also, it's fairly remote...you're in the woods on a path.
Sadly, there was one point my first day that I simply lay down. My poor husband feared he'd have to leave me behind like they do when climbing Mt. Everest!
Luckily I rallied and did the rest of the Camino with nary a hitch nor injury. Not even a blister.
You'll do great! Ning
Hey, all,
We just booked our tickets for our late winter/early spring Camino and are more excited every day! We're flying into Pamplona from Texas and land around noon on Wednesday, February 28th. We'd like to take a little bit to recover from jet lag and are debating where and how long to stay. We'll spend the first night in Pamplona and explore the city some the next day, but are trying to decide what to do from there. My wife would like to stay another night in Pamplona and the following night in SJPP, but I'm thinking this might be a little too much rest time, especially since we're planning on only going as far as Valcarlos on our first day walking. What do you all think: Two nights in Pamplona and one in St Jean? One night Pamplona and one night in St Jean? Or two nights in Pamplona and half a day in St Jean before heading on to Valcarlos?
Thanks,
Jeff
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