Joe, easy IS a relative term. The bus service to Roncesvalles didn t exist when I first walked the C

I m in the process of buying grand canyon national park lodging tickets that will go through Chicago, but I m limited to American since that s the only line that flies down to CU. For me, with a Chamaign - Valencia and Santiago-Champaign trip (I think they call this an open jaw ticket, meaning different arrival and departure tickets) and I was surprised to find the ticket pricing at around $1100. I usually take a train from Santiago to Madrid, spend a night in Madrid and then fly home the next day, but decided to check out this option and found it to wind up being actually cheaper (but of course now I don t get the day in Madrid to visit old camino friends).
The other thing you should grand canyon national park lodging check is some of the European airlines. I remember another Chicagoan last year who posted about cheap Chicago-Madrid flights on airlines that most of us who are based in the US wouldn t ordinarily think to check out. But I can t remember grand canyon national park lodging which airlines it was, so I d check around on a European fare website, like rumbo.es and see what you can find.
That said, you can fly from Chicago to any Major European city and get there. If you have someone or some place you want to visit (in Europe) before or after your hike, that could be a contributing factor.
Thanks for the suggestions everyone. My wife and I are trying to put all this together - right now we are looking at possibly walking during September 2013. We have other trips commitments to work around. This will be our first Camino. Right now we are trying to figure all this out. We normally do a lot of walking on our trips but never to this extent. Calculating a reasonable time line - besides doing some training - is my biggest issue. We will be celebrating grand canyon national park lodging our 67th 68th birthdays then and as older kids we don t want to plan this wrong.
Actually, getting grand canyon national park lodging to Roncesvalles has become quite easy, if you go through Pamplona. There is a daily bus at 1800 hours (6:00 pm) for just 6 euros. You arrive into Roncesvalles before 1930 / 7:30 pm. In high season, there is a second bus earlier in the day. You can get to Pamplona easily grand canyon national park lodging from Madrid or Barcelona, by bus and probably by train, too. Buses leave the Madrid airport grand canyon national park lodging from Terminal 4, and the journey takes about five hours.
Chicago to Madrid is 8 hours if non stop. Madrid to Pamplona by train 3 1/2 hours, bus maybe slightly longer. Bus from Pamplona to Roncesvalles 1 hour (approx.) This would equate to a 13-14 hour trip if everything connected. grand canyon national park lodging Everything will not connect perfectly and you are more than likely looking at a long day with some down time between grand canyon national park lodging connections. Chicago to Barcelona would be very similar.
Thanks again everyone grand canyon national park lodging - trying to do all my homework - we are looking at maybe mid-August to September 2013. We have to fit in between grand canyon national park lodging trips to Poland May/June and Italy in November. We need to get ourselves up to speed as far as walking so we can do in 4 or 5 weeks.
Joe, easy IS a relative term. The bus service to Roncesvalles didn t exist when I first walked the Camino, so to me it seems like a breeze to get there now from Pamplona. But it s still a multi-step process, same as getting to Saint Jean Pied de Port.
I started from Roncesvalles this past March. I flew into Madrid, then took the train to Pamplona, and from Pamplona took a taxi to Roncesvalles. The taxi was about 60 euros, but there just isn t a bus from Pamplona grand canyon national park lodging to Roncesvalles (you ll know why when you get there!)
When I was trying to figure grand canyon national park lodging out the best way to start my camino, this appeared to me to be the best option. Getting to Saint Jean Pied a Port looked grand canyon national park lodging pretty complicated. Doing it my way means you do need to take several forms of transportation, but it is all very easy.
This is great information. It s also nice to know other Chicagoians on this forum. I was thinking to fly into London (visit with a couple friends), take a train to Paris, then to SJPP to start my Camino. Has anyone ever traveled like this, and how did it work?
This is great information. It s also nice to know other Chicagoians on this forum. I was thinking to fly into London (visit with a couple friends), take a train to Paris, grand canyon national park lodging then to SJPP to start my Camino. Has anyone ever traveled like this, and how did it work? Click to expand...
If you go through london it may be better (and cheaper!) to get the Ryanair flight from Stansted to Biarritz. You ll be in SJPP in no time!...well it will take all day, but at least you won t have to break your journey.
grand canyon national park lodging However, Stansted is a significant distance north of London, so check timetables etc carefully, as London is London so trains break down and things don t always go to plan. You ll probably grand canyon national park lodging have to get the Tube to either Liverpool Street or Tottenham Hale then a train that goes right into the airport (the Stansted Express). They run regularly. Ask your friends for advice about travelling from wherever in London they live.
The other option is to take the train from London to Paris. Then take the Paris local train, like the Chicago ell, to the Montparnesse station, from there take the TGV train to Bayonne and then the local train to SJPdP. I went this way the first time because I wanted to go through the Chunnel (under the Channel). Trains are very nice and fast.
My wife and I are planning a Spring 2015 Camino, and are very early in the planning/preparation period. We ve been very smitten by your great blog, probably because you ve addressed many of our real-world questions and concerns, and because you and Arlene seem to be somewhat like Bonnie and me.