Transport from SJDPP or Roncesvalles to Santiago

[laraine&bronwyn]

Hi - we are planning to walk a section of the Le Puy Route in April this year finishing in SJDPP or Roncesvalles. We would like then to use a bus/ train to get to Santiago de Compostella. Does anyone have suggestions? We have done the Le Puy to Conques section already and thought it fantastic. Bronwyn and Laraine

 

[sillydoll]

You can travel by Alsa bus from Bayonne (Bayona on the website) to Santiago.
It costs €93 and takes 13 hours - from 4:15 am to 17h30

Or you could carry on to Pamplona and take a train from there to Lugo and then a bus to Santiago.

 

[Deleted member 3000]

The Renfe train:

Pamplona to Madrid
Tren / Recorrido Salida Llegada Duración
00802 ALVIA 06.35 09.45 3 h. 10 min.
00602 ALVIA 11.30 14.40 3 h. 10 min.
00606 ALVIA 15.35 18.38 3 h. 03 min.
00610 ALVIA 19.35 22.53 3 h. 18 min.

Madrid to Santiago
Tren / Recorrido Salida Llegada Duración Precios Prestaciones
04155 ALVIA 15.00 20.41 5 h. 41 min.
00851 TRENHOTEL 22.30 07.20 8 h. 50 min.

The Renfe website does not show the connecting trains for some reason, so you have to locate them yourself.

 

[laraine&bronwyn]

Many thanks for the replies. We now are considering doing the section from Aire Sur L'Adour to Pamplona and then train from there (via Madrid as suggested). Would be good to walk the whole route however the number of people doing the Spanish section is daunting after the tranquility of doing the Le Puy Conques section. Best regards, Laraine

 

[Deleted member 3000]

however the number of people doing the Spanish section is daunting

So you can push your comfort zone and get out of your armchair to walk hundreds of miles in a foreign land, but add a few people and you are daunted?!

 

[sillydoll]

Laraine - take no notice of Falcon! He knows what you mean about the crowded paths on the Camino Frances.
You could walk the whole way if you continued on the Norte.

 

[laraine&bronwyn]

Thanks for the vote of support sillydoll - the Norte track - now that's a thought. L