Specifics About Beginning in St. Jean Pied de Port

[Lydia Banales]

You could also arrive in SJPP at 10 am as we did, get your credential
and start walking about noon. Walk to Valcarlos, staying in a very
inexpensive but clean and charming hotel, then walking the rest of the
way to Roncesvalle or to Burguete. Lydia

Bruce McLean wrote:

>Melissa Starr wrote:
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>>Last week I emailed an inn to find out how close they are to SJPP,
>>transportation, etc. They haven't replied. Can someone give some
>>specifics on beginning from SJPP? By specific, I mean, how close is
>>closest lodging? I'm flying into Paris at about 9:30 am (May 15), and
>>will take a train to the closest location possible to begin my
>>journey, but won't have a full day left to walk. I'd like to reserve a
>>room ahead of time to eliminate stressing about it.
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>You  may want to check the train schedules.  You may not be able to get
>to StJPdP until late afternoon by train.  In my case a airline ticket on
>to Biaritz cost less than the train.  At Biaritz airport you can catch a
>bus to the train station in Bayonne and then on to StjPdP in time to go
>to Hunto for overnight. If worst comes to worst stay in Bayonne it is a
>tourist town and at that time of the year lots of rooms available.
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>If you want to stay in StJPdP  the English Pilgrims Guide to Spain lists
>several Hotels, Hostals and B&B right in town, and there is even a
>refugio there.
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>Please forgive the pontificating but I found I needed a day to get over
>jet lag.  I  found an overnight at  Bayonne and then to catch the early
>morning train from there to StJPdP and then an overnight at Hunto
>enabled me to walk the Route Napoleon with a minimum of difficulty.
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