St. Jean Pied de Port startpoint

[Britt Haavaldsen]

Hello,
I will bring my mother who is 74 years old to walk with me from St. Jean Pied de Port for a five days walk.
How fare is it to the nearest place where we can get a room for the night. Before Roncesvalles.
we are planning to arrive bilbao 13th september and will take a taxi to st jean pied de port and arriving about 16:00.
Best regards
Britt

 

[wayfarer]

Orrison on the Napoleon route, about 8km, or Valcarlos on the Lower route, about 8km as well,
Have a great Camino.
Buen Camino.

 

[scruffy1]

Orrison is not a gentle slope to climb but should you decide to go that way book now in order to avoid disappointments there.
Email now http://www.refuge-orisson.com/auberge_compostelle_pays_basque_contact.php then just before you go call Jean-Jacques here Telephone: 05.59.49.13.03 Portable : 06.81.49.79.56 to confirm he is a very very busy man and does not always have time to write all reservations into his book .

 

[mspath]

Another place on the way up to Roncesvalles on the Napoleon route is the Ferme Ithurburia in the Hunto area of Saint Michael.

A nice place to stop on the Valcarlos alternate route is the pilgrim albergue in Valcarlos .
They take reservations. There are also regular tourist accommodations in Valcarlos/Luzaide. See this list for more info.

MM

 

[Britt Haavaldsen]

Hello,
I will bring my mother who is 74 years old to walk with me from St. Jean Pied de Port for a five days walk.
How fare is it to the nearest place where we can get a room for the night. Before Roncesvalles.
we are planning to arrive bilbao 13th september and will take a taxi to st jean pied de port and arriving about 16:00.
Best regards
Britt

 

[Britt Haavaldsen]

Orrison is not a gentle slope to climb but should you decide to go that way book now in order to avoid disappointments there.
Email now http://www.refuge-orisson.com/auberge_compostelle_pays_basque_contact.php then just before you go call Jean-Jacques here Telephone: 05.59.49.13.03 Portable : 06.81.49.79.56 to confirm he is a very very busy man and does not always have time to write all reservations into his book .

Orrison is not a gentle slope to climb but should you decide to go that way book now in order to avoid disappointments there.
Email now http://www.refuge-orisson.com/auberge_compostelle_pays_basque_contact.php then just before you go call Jean-Jacques here Telephone: 05.59.49.13.03 Portable : 06.81.49.79.56 to confirm he is a very very busy man and does not always have time to write all reservations into his book .

Hello,
Thank you for your recomodation. What route would you recomend for me and my mother who is 74? She is very fit for her age.

 

[mspath]

I would suggest the Valcarlos alternate route. On this you walk through the mountain pass and not over the mountain. It is also the original route through the Pyrenees. By the way I too am in my 70's and have always followed this route up to Ibaneta and Roncesvalles.

Good luck and Buen camino to you both,

Margaret Meredith

 

[scruffy1]

Margaret, as usual, is absolutely correct-they take the high road and you take the low road...