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Thank you, all, for your very helpful and thorough replies!If I land at CDG at 0935 will I be able to make a train from Montparnasse at 1225. Arriving CDG on Sept 3. Having a hard time figuring out how to get to SJPP, since train and flights are reduced on the weekend.
Amen to that!Paris is always a good idea. Stay a night.
Relax. Avoid those arrival/departure time worries.
Start your Camino in Paris.
One night.
Thank you so much! I will look at the other threads. We are leaning towards staying the day and night in Paris. I appreciate these suggestions to see and do.Amen to that!
Be sure to 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 that time 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,
Margaret Meredith
Paris is always a good idea. Stay a night.
Relax. Avoid those arrival/departure time worries.
Start your Camino in Paris.
One night.
Where did you stay Robo? We are always on the lookout for a place to stay near the station. We did not think much of our choice this year.I struck lucky and booked a hotel in a street full of great eating places only 500 m from the station!
Where did you stay Robo? We are always on the lookout for a place to stay near the station. We did not think much of our choice this year.
Hello sbaucIf I land at CDG at 0935 will I be able to make a train from Montparnasse at 1225. Arriving CDG on Sept 3. Having a hard time figuring out how to get to SJPP, since train and flights are reduced on the weekend.
Thank you. I think that's what we've decided to do.Hello sbauc
I second the motion of staying a night in Paris. Otherwise, last year when returning from the camino I got off the train at Gare Montparnsse and walked from there to my AirBnB which was approx. five kms from CDG. It took me about 6 hours with several coffee stops and a lunch break. I was going to walk to the airport the next morning but ended up spending walking time talking with my hostess.
So, look at AirBnB or several of the other owner/ host sites and why not start your camino with a lovely city walk?
Cheers