[Gocamino] Travel-Madrid to St Jean Pied

[Grant Spangler]

Madrid to Saint Jean Pied de Port

If you take the train to Pamplona, you are close to Saint Jean, but there is 
no inexpensive public transportation between the two. There is a bus from 
Pamplona to Roncesvalles, but nothing all the way to Saint Jean. You could 
take the bus to Roncesvalles, then employ a taxi to get to Saint Jean, but 
that will probably run as much as a taxi from Pamplona to Saint Jean. The 
large commercial taxi services are all based in Pamplona. There are some 
‘private’ taxis which may be amenable to lower rates; they are probably 
going to be based in Zubiri or Burguete.

Two options: One – start in Roncesvalles, Two – get the train to Saint Jean 
Pied de Port.

Here is option two:

RENFE from Madrid to Hendaya, four trains daily: 
http://horarios.renfe.es/hir/index.jsp?page=hjhir130.jsp&O=MADRI&D=11602

SNCF from Hendaye (note French spelling!) to Bayonne, then Bayonne to Saint 
Jean Pied de Port.
http://www.ter-sncf.com/aquitaine/default_uk.asp

Type in HENDAYE and ST-JEAN-PIED-DE-PORT, and put the time and date.

Viola.

Bon Voyage,

Grant

Grant Spangler
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