Travel to SJPP

[cherirae]

Arriving at 6:30am Aug 21, Madrid airport. Using Rome2rio and other apps but can’t determine best way to travel to SJPP. Can I make Train and/or bus connections and do the trip in one day?

 

[Deleted member 3000]

I suggest a bus from the airport to Pamplona, then a bus from the bus station to SJPdP. You should be able to do it in one day.

 

[Vacajoe]

Use R2R for travel to Pamplona, then a different R2R search for Pamplona to SJPdP

 

[Jan_D]

Alsa bus does the journey from Pamplona to Saint Jean Pied de Port daily (during the summer) at 10:00, 12:00, 14:30, and 17:30. You should book a ticket in advance, as August will be really busy.

Your best option from Madrid to Pamplona is the bus that leaves from outside the airport Terminal 4 at 10:45am (also Alsa). This will get you to Pamplona bus station at 15:35, in time for the 17:30 bus to SJPP.

With this option you avoid going into Madrid. However, if you wanted to spend a couple of hours in Madrid (you are arriving very early, after all!) you could catch the 11:35 train (from Madrid centre). The train's much quicker (you'd arrive in Pamplona 14:40), but this option might be more stressful as you'd need to navigate across the city and between bus/train stations, etc.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

The bus line running from Pamplona to SJPDP is Conda. Use it's parent company's website, https://www.alsa.com/en , to book a ticket. To enter SJPDP as the destination do not use the abbreviation St. or the town will not be found. Spell it as Saint.

 

[cherirae]

Thanks .... this has been a great help. I will do the bus from the airport and then the bus from Pamplona. Buen Camino