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- I'm not too bothered about shells (indeed some say that medieval pilgrims only wore them on the way home)
You can get a stamp from the Cathederal in Irun. It’s hours may be erratic check. We got one there. It’s just down the road from the train station.My wife & I start the Camino del Norte on Friday and we haven't been able to find any info about how to get started in Irún. We have our Pilgrim credentials and we we're wondering if there was a Pilgrim office in Irún or some other designated starting point where one gets a stamp and a shell. Thanks for any help you can give us!
I have Maps.me but being technically challenged I don’t know how to find the trail. Can you give me a hint. We start in San Sebastián on May 14. ThanksHi, we started from Irun on Monday. You can get credentials and stamps at the main Albergue, they open at four pm every afternoon and were very helpful. If you have a Mapsme app (highly recommend as it is free, works offline and has all trails etc) the Albergue is noted on that. The Albergue also has a helpful map on their wall tracing the way out of town- which is fairly straightforward. We encountered approx. 6 other pilgrims, all of us sauntering out of town between 7am and 9am. The trail was easy to spot.
San Sebastian is fairly easy to leave from. You follow the main road out of town along the beach called la Concha (beach to your right). At the end of the beach, you cross a park (between the road and the beach) and go up to the right along a road towards a hill. Its all marked from there. If you have time, you could pop into the tourist information office the night before and ask them to draw the way out on a map for you - they speak English and are very helpful. You'll find that most people will direct you very helpfully if you look a bit bemused! We also have found that if you get walking between 7am and 9am, there's a good chance you'll connect up with other people walking out. The Camino is pretty well marked overall- in cities there are little plaques in the ground to point you along, and in the countryside there are arrows spray painted on rocks and trees. Do you have the Wise Pilgrim app on your phone? I'd advise getting it, its helpful for 'how to get out of town instructions' and other notes- and its all in English. I also have a Spanish app (Eroski Consumer), which while in Spanish, has elevation clearly marked. Even if technically challenged (I am too!), don't worry, these are easy to use and helpful back up. enjoy!I have Maps.me but being technically challenged I don’t know how to find the trail. Can you give me a hint. We start in San Sebastián on May 14. Thanks
It isn't on Mapsme labelled as 'the Camino', you need to just use Mapsme as a back up (it shows various trails and albergues etc but only in general, not specifically for the Camino). better to use other sources for specific Camino instructions.But how do you find it n Maps.me
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ThanksIt isn't on Mapsme labelled as 'the Camino', you need to just use Mapsme as a back up (it shows various trails and albergues etc but only in general, not specifically for the Camino). better to use other sources for specific Camino instructions.
My wife & I start the Camino del Norte on Friday and we haven't been able to find any info about how to get started in Irún. We have our Pilgrim credentials and we we're wondering if there was a Pilgrim office in Irún or some other designated starting point where one gets a stamp and a shell. Thanks for any help you can give us!
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