Help ! :o)

[fasgadh]

Hello Fellow Camino's,

Which is the most scenic part f the route - suitable for 5/6 days walking?

A group of friends and myself are walking the Camino somewhere along St JeanPied de Port and Santiago de Compostela, route. We'll be walking for between5/6days - unfortunately, this is all we are allowed off work. Therefore, pleasecould someone suggest a starting point somewhere along this route, where wecould start - I’ve heard that the last section of the walk into Santiago, is abit industrial, so we'd prefer a more scenic stretch from this route.

Thank you and warmest regards,


Fasgadh,

[HuskyNerd]

Hi Fasgadh ~
What kind of scenery do you like and what time of year are you walking? I love the vast plains of the Meseta (between Burgos and Leon) in the spring. The vineyards of La Rioja (around Logrono) are beautiful in the fall. Walking along the creeks and rivers of Navarre (from Roncesvalles to Estella) are wonderful in the summer. The mountain trails between Astorga and Triacastela are wonderful in spring, summer and fall. Take your pick!

[fasgadh]

Thank you HuskyNerd, for your reply - it's very much appreciated )

We were thinking of walking during early September, when we feel it would be a little cooler?

You've given some great suggestions - once again thank you )

[momandmunch]

I have the exact same question about 5/6 days on the Camino Frances! Adding to it: I need a start/end point that's accessible from France (I'll be traveling to meet someone on the Camino from Normandy -- probably easiest to fly?)

[HuskyNerd]

Sadly there aren't great plane connections directly to the Camino Frances. Yes, Pamplona, Burgos and Leon have airports, but the flights are few and expensive. If you live in Northern France you'd take a train to Hendaye/Irun and transfer to the Spanish train system, from which you can access the camino towns of Pamplona, Logrono, Burgos, El Burgo Ranero, Sahagun, Leon, Astorga, Ponferrada and Sarria. If you live in Southern France you can take the train to the Spanish border near Barcelona and then connect to the above camino towns by train. Perhaps least time consuming is to fly to Madrid and connect via train or bus to the camino. For train connections look at Renfe and for bus connections go to www.alsa.es.

As to which 5-6 days section, that so depends on what season you walk and what scenery your prefer. All the comments above to Fasgadh would apply here. If it's early Sept, like for Fasgadh, I'd enjoy walking from Pamplona on to Burgos, enjoying the plumping grapes on the vineyards of La Rioja while tasting the local wines. Buen camino!

[Sean01]

Hi

I'd start from St Jean Pied de Port, it can be a tough first day but the views are worth it. I did St Jean to Puent la Reine last year and have just done Puente la Reine to Najera last week. Starting at St Jean takes you through some lovely countryside and through Pamplona, good sport for a rest day. At the end of your walk you can track back to Pamplona or you should get you close enough to catch a bus to Logrono which has a rail link to Madrid. Apart from this you will probably get hooked on the Camino like the rest of us
and end up going back to St Jean Pied de Port at some stage in the future to do this section.

Buen Camino