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Hello everyone! I am planning to get to SJPdP on April 21st so I can start my camino on Sunday April 22nd. I already have booked the flight to Paris CDG arriving 10:20 am, but can not decide about the next step. I am looking at the two options:
My concerns are if I choose option 1, can I make it to the train in time, since there is less than 1 hour between arrival and departure? And the journey includes 10 minute transfer to switch trains in Bordeaux. Is it doable? Or if I choose option 2, can I make it on time to get from CDG to Paris Montparnasse? I would appreciate if anyone could share their opinion and help me choose.
- to catch a train at 11:19 am from AEROPORT CDG 2TGV
- to catch a train at 12:52 am from PARIS MONTPARNASSE 1 ET 2
Also, do you think it is necessary to book the train tickets now knowing it is 44 days away? Or maybe I can just use the ticket machines on site? Will they be more expensive then?
- to catch a train at 11:19 am from AEROPORT CDG 2TGV
- to catch a train at 12:52 am from PARIS MONTPARNASSE 1 ET 2
I booked the CDG train in 2015. It worked out just fine. I’d do the same.Hello everyone! I am planning to get to SJPdP on April 21st so I can start my camino on Sunday April 22nd. I already have booked the flight to Paris CDG arriving 10:20 am, but can not decide about the next step. I am looking at the two options:
My concerns are if I choose option 1, can I make it to the train in time, since there is less than 1 hour between arrival and departure? And the journey includes 10 minute transfer to switch trains in Bordeaux. Is it doable? Or if I choose option 2, can I make it on time to get from CDG to Paris Montparnasse? I would appreciate if anyone could share their opinion and help me choose.
- to catch a train at 11:19 am from AEROPORT CDG 2TGV
- to catch a train at 12:52 am from PARIS MONTPARNASSE 1 ET 2
Also, do you think it is necessary to book the train tickets now knowing it is 44 days away? Or maybe I can just use the ticket machines on site? Will they be more expensive then?
I second 100% your opinon!A day (or two) in Paris can never be a bad idea.
do you mean 12:52 pm? or is the train actually leaving much much later from montparnasse?
Huitres et champagne does sound good, but no jet lag for me since I am travelling from Latvia and it is only 1 hour time difference.I second 100% your opinon!
Agate, take care of yourself, don't rush, enjoy some huitres et champagne, go to say hello to Notre Dame, Tour Eiffel and Sacré-Coeur and digest the jet lag.
Have you checked flights from Riga in Latvia to Biarritz. No need for trains then.I am travelling from Latvia and it is only 1 hour time difference.
I did check flights to Biarritz at the time I booked mine to Paris, but there was not a good offer, so I chose Paris. Also the train tickets were at the much better price back then hahaHave you checked flights from Riga in Latvia to Biarritz. No need for trains then.
Annie
Edit: Sorry, you’ve already booked your flight to Paris so useless info for you.
Have you got time to spend a day or two in Paris ?
Annie
So true Gerard, I stay in Paris a day then train to St Jean and that is the start of my Camino. I am on my Way again end of April this year.A day (or two) in Paris can never be a bad idea.
Which is why, whatever happens prior to my departure from Paris, this is my now well confirmed departure timetable.
I catch the 7.30am-ish train from Paris Montparnasse to Bayonne.
It used to take just over five hours with one short stopover in Bordeaux.
With the new TGV service I'm told it takes just over 4 hours now.
Then there is plenty of time to catch the wonderful rock and roll rattler ride up the beautiful Nive river valley to St Jean.
My Camino Frances starts in Paris.
Wouldn't miss it for the world.
Regards
Gerard
Thank you very much! I honestly did not know any of this.AgateG,
Since you are beginning a pilgrimage here are two Parisian accommodations sponsored by religious groups; the Freres Aveniat and the basilica of Sacre Coeur.
For secular accommodation in Paris have you tried CouchSurfing, AirBnB or searched Hostelworld for individual rooms?
Check out these earlier Forum threads for more about pilgrim sites in Paris and the camino in Paris.
When on the parvis or place facing the Notre Dame cathedral below you underground lie Roman ruinsand 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!
Greetings, I did exactly this trip in September. My advice would be take a later train, find an inexpensive hotel by the Bayonne station and go into St Jean with the early morning little train. The change in Bordeaux is easy.Hello everyone! I am planning to get to SJPdP on April 21st so I can start my camino on Sunday April 22nd. I already have booked the flight to Paris CDG arriving 10:20 am, but can not decide about the next step. I am looking at the two options:
My concerns are if I choose option 1, can I make it to the train in time, since there is less than 1 hour between arrival and departure? And the journey includes 10 minute transfer to switch trains in Bordeaux. Is it doable? Or if I choose option 2, can I make it on time to get from CDG to Paris Montparnasse? I would appreciate if anyone could share their opinion and help me choose.
- to catch a train at 11:19 am from AEROPORT CDG 2TGV
- to catch a train at 12:52 pm from PARIS MONTPARNASSE 1 ET 2
Also, do you think it is necessary to book the train tickets now knowing it is 44 days away? Or maybe I can just use the ticket machines on site? Will they be more expensive then?
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I looked on the Air France web site. You can fly to Biarritz on Air France on April 21st with departure at 4:20 pm and costs approximately 156 euros. That may actually be a less expensive option for you than having to stay an extra day in Paris and take the train the next morning.
Cheers
Last time I had about three hours to get out of CDG and into Montparnase I did it easy BUT This time I have two hours and it is more than an hour travel from CDG to Paris so I am staying in Paris overnight and catching the train the next morning. There are trains that leave about one oclock but you get to SJDP about 7/8pm and it could be dark may not be a good start . This time I am going on the 8am gives you plenty of time.Hello everyone! I am planning to get to SJPdP on April 21st so I can start my camino on Sunday April 22nd. I already have booked the flight to Paris CDG arriving 10:20 am, but can not decide about the next step. I am looking at the two options:
My concerns are if I choose option 1, can I make it to the train in time, since there is less than 1 hour between arrival and departure? And the journey includes 10 minute transfer to switch trains in Bordeaux. Is it doable? Or if I choose option 2, can I make it on time to get from CDG to Paris Montparnasse? I would appreciate if anyone could share their opinion and help me choose.
- to catch a train at 11:19 am from AEROPORT CDG 2TGV
- to catch a train at 12:52 pm from PARIS MONTPARNASSE 1 ET 2
Also, do you think it is necessary to book the train tickets now knowing it is 44 days away? Or maybe I can just use the ticket machines on site? Will they be more expensive then?
There are also easyJet flights out of CDG to Biarritz. They may be cheaper.This is exactly what I am doing about a month later. My air France flight was $130 CDN
Following this thread, because I also want to take the CDG train this time around.Hello everyone! I am planning to get to SJPdP on April 21st so I can start my camino on Sunday April 22nd. I already have booked the flight to Paris CDG arriving 10:20 am, but can not decide about the next step. I am looking at the twoptions:
My concerns are if I choose option 1, can I make it to the train in time, since there is less than 1 hour between arrival and departure? And the journey includes 10 minute transfer to switch trains in Bordeaux. Is it doable? Or if I choose option 2, can I make it on time to get from CDG to Paris Montparnasse? I would appreciate if anyone could share their opinion and help me choose.
- to catch a train at 11:19 am from AEROPORT CDG 2TGV
- to catch a train at 12:52 pm from PARIS MONTPARNASSE 1 ET 2
Also, do you think it is necessary to book the train tickets now knowing it is 44 days away? Or maybe I can just use the ticket machines on site? Will they be more expensive then?
You can take Ryan Air or Easy Jet to Biarritz with transfer to SJDP.Hello everyone! I am planning to get to SJPdP on April 21st so I can start my camino on Sunday April 22nd. I already have booked the flight to Paris CDG arriving 10:20 am, but can not decide about the next step. I am looking at the two options:
My concerns are if I choose option 1, can I make it to the train in time, since there is less than 1 hour between arrival and departure? And the journey includes 10 minute transfer to switch trains in Bordeaux. Is it doable? Or if I choose option 2, can I make it on time to get from CDG to Paris Montparnasse? I would appreciate if anyone could share their opinion and help me choose.
- to catch a train at 11:19 am from AEROPORT CDG 2TGV
- to catch a train at 12:52 pm from PARIS MONTPARNASSE 1 ET 2
Also, do you think it is necessary to book the train tickets now knowing it is 44 days away? Or maybe I can just use the ticket machines on site? Will they be more expensive then?
Does anybody have tips about when to buy TGV tickets? Have I just waited too long? This price seems like quite the leap from others experiences of 39-60 Euros.
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