There are very very few, if any, albergues that are down that far in the scale! Your words "a bit of upkeep" is appropriate description of what is sometimes lacking.
Albergues are almost universally safe and at least reasonably clean, and...
Here you go @Genecamino55
Burgos to Sarria, in one day and on a Sunday!
ALSA bus Burgos to Leon departs 04:00 arrives 06:00
ALSA bus Leon to Lugo departs 10:15 arrives 13:30
MONBUS Lugo to Sarria departs 13:35 (you'll be lucky!) or departs...
As suggested in your other posts, check rome2rio.com
There I see this possibility:
https://www.rome2rio.com/map/Burgos/Sarria#trips/transport/Burgos/Sarria/r/Train
But I thought you start from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port on September 3rd? You...
As you have three weeks available to you, there are a number of options. Let me throw out other possibility. Start in Porto and walk the central route of the Camino Portuguese. As part of this, include the Variante Espiritual after Pontevedra...
More than half of the time it is cloudy, misty and/or raining up there ...
No beautiful sights, people arrive in Roncesvalles wet, muddy, exhausted and haven't seen anything. They just had a very hard walk.
On a sunny day I always tell the...
I suspect this is just the "skip the meseta" rationale enlarged. Gene has heard that SJPP is "the place to start the Camino" and that the walk over the Pyrenees is the most spectacular section of the Camino. Clearly, it is not to be missed. The...
He has to go to a trainstation anyway, either in Paris or in Biarritz.
The transfer in Paris from CDG to Gare Montparnasse is by metro.
In Biarritz he can take a local bus to Bayonne railwaystation.
And - my personal thoughts - why take an...
No problem, it is just a simple ticket, not a seatnumber, no time on it.
if you arrive in the afternoon/evening in Bayonne, get your ticket for the following morning upon arrival immediately from the vending machine! You are not in a hurry then...
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