Getting to St. Jean Pied de Port

[Bette McKenzie]

I just logged on the SNCF web site for myself and the TGV will take you from
Paris ( gare montparnasse) to Bayonne and then a one hour ride to SJPP, cost
of 110 euro for 1st class........about 6 hours of travel.

Enjoy
Bette
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Crawley" <jt.crawleyaUKONLINE.CO.UK>
To: <GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: Getting to St. Jean Pied de Port


> Hi,
>
> You can catch a train down from Paris but if you do start out from London
the
> quickest way seems to be flying from London Stanstead by the lo-cost
airline
> RyanAir - www.ryanair.com - to Biarritz. There's a frequent train service
from
> London out to the airport, a flight straight down the west coast of France
then
> it's a fairly short bus ride to Bayonne railway station where you catch
the
> local train to SJPP.
>
> Last September it cost me about 55UKP (about 100USD) including taxes but
that
> was flying (both ways) on a Wednesday, the cheapest day of the week - the
taxes
> cost more than the airfare :o).
>
> There was a bit over an hour's wait for the train and I got the last bed
in the
> refugio but there are lots of other places. Highly recommended was the
new,
> Dutch run hostal - see Pieter's earlier posting.
>
> If you're thinking of overnighting in Biarritz in August be aware that
Biarritz
> is considered to be tres chic and also tres cher (expensive). As most of
the
> French nation likes to go on holiday in August, accomodation can be
difficult -
> but it is a lovely town.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Jeffrey
>
> Quoting "Carla J. Dolce" <cjdolceaMINDSPRING.COM>:
>
> > I am also very new to the site and am interested in the same
information.
> > Particularly, I would like to know the best way to get from either
London or
> > Paris to a starting point at St. Jean Pied de Port.  I plan to walk from
> > mid-August to mid September. I notice most people go in June and July.
Is
> > there any reason why August-September might not be recommended.
> >
> > Any information appreciated.
> > Carla
>
>
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