- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances & Finisterre 05-07/22 Fran 26? d Nort 27?
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Because of free rail travel for Spanish citizens Trains have been fuller than normal due to this. So book early!For those Pilgrims who have been looking at the option of taking trains to SJPdP (or other places in France ) - I have received an email from Rail Europe re: Rail Europe France Travel Tickets have just been released for travel in France from 27 March to 31 May 2023. More to be released in February for travel until 7 July 2023.
Hope someone can take advantage
Buen Camino!
As far as I can see, this offer is not available for long-distance trains (only on Cercanías trains, Rodalies trains and Media Distancia de Renfe).Quick note, rail travel is free in Spain until end of 2023 is there a qualification for those tickets or do you have to be Spanish or EU resident.
Ivar was saying its only for Spanish citizens bit confused now.PS: I cannot see anything that says that you must be a resident in Spain. The Renfe website lets me pay for the season ticket and lets me enter a non-Spanish mobile phone number: in addition to the Spanish identification documents, one can use a passport or an ID card issued by an EU country (this is what doc. comunitario stands for). They advice to pay by credit card because this will make it easy to reimburse the initial €20.
Rail Europe allows you to set up an alert so that you know when the tickets go on sale - you don't need to buy from them though.Question, why use Rail Europe? The French rail website (SCNF or OUI) offers more trains and better prices?
I usually book directly with the train company, but this time I did book via Rail Europe. The SNCF site was not returning the same results as Rail Europe, and the Rail Europe site was easier to navigate than the last time that I booked tickets on the SNCF site. I didn't pay a lot more - just an $8.95 booking fee for the entire group of 7 that I booked for.My perception of Rail Europe, going back 7-10 years, is that it is (a lot?) more expensive than a direct booking.
That's not been my experience. Last weekend I checked both SNCF and Rail Europe for train tickets for my date in May. Neither had availability. But after reading @CWBuff's post here I immediately checked both sites and train tickets for May are now on sale.Rail Europe allows purchase of train tickets far, far in advance of the actual schedule, based on historical schedules
Simply put? NO.Is there a simple way to go from Santiago to SJPdP by train?
Why would you want to travel from Santiago to SJPdP?Is there a simple way to go from Santiago to SJPdP by train?
I may be wrong on this..Ivar was saying its only for Spanish citizens bit confused now.
Most assuredly I appreciate your input. I am truely on a Pilgrimge. A time of discernment. I am starting at Lisbon to Fatima to Porto to Santiago to Lourdes then to Chartes some how. Thank you so much. God Bless asp always.Simply put? NO.
Okay, I guess it’s how you define ”simple” and if you want to travel the entire way by train versus taking a bus at some point. By train ONLY, you could do Santiago to Bayonne and then onto SJPdP for a 12+ hour journey. If you don’t mind a bus part of it, then Santiago to Pamplona via Madrid with a bus over the Pyrenees to your destination.
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