- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2017 Camino Frances,
2019 C. Portuguese (inland).
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Thank you! I'm fine now thanks. I've walked several thousand km since without any major problems.. It sounds like you fully recovered, which is a good thing.
It's Jenny from Pretty Beach - we've 'spoken' before. I was tired of my old avatar! Bon chemin.Fantastic. Thanks Ana, I’ll have a close look at the links you’ve included in your post. It’s good to have options. I much prefer to walk than to ride in a train or bus. It’s a good way to prep oneself.
Merci!
Thanks @Lexicos ! Alas, the link didn't work -- which French map did you use? Oh WAIT!! No apologies necessary!! I just googled the last part and brought up the map and commentary - which I can read! AND it's the Voie de la Nive map!!The French set of maps is at: file:///D:/Bayonne-Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port%20FR2016.pdf
Apologies, I don’t know how to insert a link.
The map tells me that the walk from Bayonne to St Jean is approximately 50 km. That’s a 1-2 day walk. I figure that’s good preparation for the Camino Frances.
Has anyone done this walk?
Is it doable and is there a place to stop and stay mid-way?
You have here the topo guide of the way of Bayonne to SJPDP as well as the lodgingsThe map tells me that the walk from Bayonne to St Jean is approximately 50 km. That’s a 1-2 day walk. I figure that’s good preparation for the Camino Frances.
Has anyone done this walk?
Is it doable and is there a place to stop and stay mid-way?
My wife and I walked the Baztan in 2019. This Camino route hooks up with the Camino Frances at Trinidad de Arre. It's not widely travelled but it's sufficiently waymarked, there are albergues, and it's a stunning walk, absolutely gorgeous. It's a three to four day walk depending on how you want to break it up. True, it's more rugged than the Frances, but it's not as intense as that first day on the Route Napoleon to Roncesvalles. We couldn't recommend it enough.Alternatively, you could walk the Camino Baztan from Bayonne to Pamplona bypassing SJPdP. It and the GR10 cross if you think you want to walk to St. Jean. Besides this guide there is a Camino app that has the Baztan loaded on it for free. Or at least it did. I can't remember which app.
Walking Guide to the Camino del Baztan: from Bayonne to Pamplona
The Camino del Baztán starts at the Cathedral in Bayonne and winds its way over rolling hills into northern Navarra, and the lushious Baztán valley, until finally, following the valley of the river Ulzama, arrives in Pamplona where it joins the Camino Francés at Villava. This beautiful and...www.santiagodecompostela.me
David, my wife and I did it in 2019 as well, in October. When did you walk the route?I highly recommend the Bastán route from Bayonne to Trinidad de Arre, and then continue on the Francés. I did it in 2019. People I met at Trinidad de Arre said that the route from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port had been very overcrowded and some people could not find accommodation on that section.
It can make for some hard decisions if you turn up in the in-between period when there is a queue out the door of people seeking a bed and no one yet knows how many beds are left. Then you have to decide, should I wait in the queue in the hope of getting a bed here while other pilgrims continue to walk past or should I walk on in the hope of a better supply further on?What does one do when accommodation is not available? It obviously happens and it sounds like one could easily end up with no place to sleep. After a long walk that’s bad news. So what does one do in that scenario, assuming you can’t walk further?
Beg, borrow and steal!!??
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