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I'm walking my first camino de frances this march... yes it's coming up very soon haha.
What's the QUICKEST way to get to St. Jean from Madrid airport?
If possible, could you also tell me how much each method costs roughly?
Thanks!!!
I'm walking my first camino de frances this march... yes it's coming up very soon haha.
What's the QUICKEST way to get to St. Jean from Madrid airport?
If possible, could you also tell me how much each method costs roughly?
Thanks!!!
Of course! Money is no object for the average pilgrim!!!What an impossible question to answer with insufficient information to even help (such as what day of the week you arrive in Madrid and what time). Without such information, the only correct answer is surely helicopter!
Take the subway at the Madrid terminal 4 to the Atocha Railway Station where you can catch a non stop to Pamplona then share a taxi to SJPDP. You can GOOGLE the route to the station and book the train on line at the RENFE web site. In Pamplona you can stay at the Pension Corazon (see the web site) who will pick you up at the Pamplona station and take you to SJPDP the next day. Buen CaminoI'm walking my first camino de frances this march... yes it's coming up very soon haha.
What's the QUICKEST way to get to St. Jean from Madrid airport?
If possible, could you also tell me how much each method costs roughly?
Thanks!!!
I am renting a car at Madrid airport one way to Pamplona. (About 130 euro), then taxi to St. Jean (100 euro). There will be two of us so the cost is cheaper than flying to Pamplona. I estimate about 6 hours for the trip.Rent a car at Madrid airport and drive yourself.
Rent a car at Madrid airport and drive yourself.
i took the renfe train to pamplona..met other pilgrims on the train and we..the four of us shared a taxi to SJPP...taxi to SJPP 90 euros but divided by 4..cheaper than the bus...bein camino...its awesome.. i went september 1st and arrived in santiago october 7th.I'm walking my first camino de frances this march... yes it's coming up very soon haha.
What's the QUICKEST way to get to St. Jean from Madrid airport?
If possible, could you also tell me how much each method costs roughly?
Thanks!!!
The quickest way is probably by private jet. I'm yet to meet someone who has done it.
Yes, it is coming up soon if you are setting out next month. I am excited for you - it is truly an exciting adventure ahead of you....I'm walking my first camino de frances this march... yes it's coming up very soon haha.
What's the QUICKEST way to get to St. Jean from Madrid airport?
If possible, could you also tell me how much each method costs roughly?
Thanks!!!
It might be helpful if you shared your departure location! Why are you flying to Madrid and from where?
Buen Camino
Thomas
I am loving the serious debate between a helicopter and private jet!!! One of the more intelligent and humorous threads I have shared in.Since there are no nearby airports where a jet can land, a chartered helicopter is the way to go, you'd have to land at the football field.....
The quickest way is probably by private jet. I'm yet to meet someone who has done it.
Heck, it was only recently that Spain and France even agreed on running a train direct from Paris to Barcelona. For example, the train gauge (distance between the wheels) changes at Hendaye / Irun, which is why trains do not run straight through.
Since there are no nearby airports where a jet can land, a chartered helicopter is the way to go, you'd have to land at the football field.....
Why would you have to land? Parachutes were created for a reason...
You are right, there are not even any small private airfields.
Kanga- it's me again. My son and I will begin our walk from St Jean. We will be departing NYC late March early April and was thinking of flying into Paris for a day or two and then make our way to St Jean. Would you, or anyone else, have the best route to from Paris? Sorry, no private jets or long taxi rides desired. Thank you, as always.
Kanga- it's me again. My son and I will begin our walk from St Jean. We will be departing NYC late March early April and was thinking of flying into Paris for a day or two and then make our way to St Jean. Would you, or anyone else, have the best route to from Paris? Sorry, no private jets or long taxi rides desired. Thank you, as always.
Landing in Madrid and making a mad dash to St. Jean Pied de Port to simply turn around and walk back UP the mountain is, IMHO, pretty insane/farcical/bizarre/artificial. There is nothing "traditional" or "standard" about starting your walk in St. Jean, unless you've been walking from someplace in France. If you are landing, or otherwise starting out from Spain, do as the Spaniards do. Either start walking from home (if you're Spanish) or where you land if you are not (Camino de Madrid, anyone?) or start walking in Pamplona, or Roncesvalles. You don't see Spaniards busting their chops to get down to St. Jean, just to cross back over the next day!
On the other hand, no matter where you are coming from, if you feel the call to walk in the clouds over the Napoleon Route and experience St. Jean Pied de Port and the glory of the Pyrenees ... indulge yourself. There is nothing insane/farcical/bizarre/artificial about it.
Buen Camino!
There is nothing "traditional" or "standard" about starting your walk in St. Jean, unless you've been walking from someplace in France
Since you will be stopping in Paris check out these earlier Forum threads for more about pilgrim sites in Paris and the camino in Paris.
Visit the Tour Saint Jacques and perhaps dine nearby at the Auberge de Nicolas Flamel , 51 rue de Monmorency, a restored medieval house in the marais built by and named for a man who donated much of his wealth to help pilgrims.
When on the parvis or place facing the Notre Dame cathedral below you underground lie Roman ruins and visible to your right across the Seine begins the medieval rue Saint Jacques which pilgrims followed to leave the city; walk it a bit and ponder history.
Take a deep breath, relax and just enjoy it! As an American who has lived 35 years in France both in Paris and Champagne even after all those years for me as Thomas Jefferson wrote “a walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of life.”
Bon Chemin and Buen Camino,
MM
Thank-you! My 14 year old son and I will be flying from Toronto landing in Paris on April 22 at 1pm and taking the night train down to Bayonne at 9:00 pm from Gare d'Austerlitz. --We will have about 7 jet lagged hours in Paris. It will my son's first time in Paris, and my.... well-- I lived just outside Paris with a family in the Spring of 1980, and then studied French at the Institut Catholique in 1985. (Long ago now! Je crois que j'ai oublie tout!) -- I am thinking we should go vespers and/or mass at Notre Dame in the evening, a boat ride-- and I've never been up the Eiffel Tower. Can you recommend a place for us to eat dinner (an early dinner as our train leaves at 9pm). Pas trop cher! I just don't want to be walking around in a stupor reading a hundred menus and then eat a disappointing meal. Oh, and do you know if we can get a stamp at Notre Dame? Thank-you again.
What time do you arrive at Madrid?Hi everyone,
I'm leaving in 2 weeks solo to do my camino frances. I still feel disorganized about reserving tickets from Madrid to SJPDP on March 25th. Still trying to figure out the cheapest and fastest route. I wish I didn't have to bus it from Madrid to Pamplona and bus it again to SJPDP. Does any one know if it's too late for me to crash an albergue by the time I get to SJDPD? Which albergues takes late comers? Or do I have to reserve online? Thanks!
What time do you arrive at Madrid?
There are buses that leave from the Madrid airport T-4. If you arrive in Madrid early enough you can take the bus from Madrid airport to Pamplona with an easy bus change in Soria prior. Then take another bus from Pamplona to Saint Jean. It is an easy and inexpensive way to get there, but does take all day and you arrive in Saint Jean early evening. When I took that route I had made prior reservations at Saint Jean in a private albergue which I reserved online. I do not think there will be too large of pilgrim numbers in two weeks. Nothing like the summer I am sure, so it should be no problem finding one to reserve.
There is also the train to Pamplona which may get you to Saint Jean a couple of hours earlier, but the train station is not at the airport.
Make sure you check to see if the bus is actually scheduled on March 25th to go to Saint Jean. It may be seasonal, but I'm just guessing. Also another option is to share a taxi to Saint Jean if there are some fellow pilgrims around wanting to share a fare.Hi RJM, I'll arrive in Renfe in Madrid - Puerta de Atocha on March 24th at 9:38 a.m. But I'm actually spending one day there to tour and want to leave March 25th early in the morning. I think I might take the Renfe, I just have to find an early time so I can make it to the bus in Pamplona. You're right, I should just take the bus from Pamplona to St. Jean. I'm genetically motion sick and buses are my last resort, just going to bite the bullet and chew a ginger. That's really good that I'll be able to find an albergue since there won't be many pilgrims this time around. Your answers makes me feel confident.
Where exactly do I buy tickets once I get to the Pamplona train station for bus to St. Jean? Or do I need to reserve ahead of time? And also what is the website for this bus service? Sorry, too many questions. Thanks!
I took train..get shuttle train to train station and then met pilgrims on the train. We shared a taxi (4 of us) to SJPP for 25 euro each. That was to Pamplona and then can to SJPPHi everyone,
I'm leaving in 2 weeks solo to do my camino frances. I still feel disorganized about reserving tickets from Madrid to SJPDP on March 25th. Still trying to figure out the cheapest and fastest route. I wish I didn't have to bus it from Madrid to Pamplona and bus it again to SJPDP. Does any one know if it's too late for me to crash an albergue by the time I get to SJDPD? Which albergues takes late comers? Or do I have to reserve online? Thanks!
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