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Back pack storage in St Jean Pied de Port?

Andy in Ohio

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Time of past OR future Camino
Caminho Portuguese - March 2022
We would like to explore SJPP in the morning after we arrive, and then depart for Orisson after lunch. If my hotel does not offer storage, do you know where we can store our backpacks while exploring SJPP? I've tried sending emails to the pilgrims office but have not received a reply. Thank you!
 
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Thank you Molly, but I just heard back from the hotel, and they close at 8AM, and don't reopen until 3:30PM! And, no, they will not store our backpacks for a few hours.
 
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Andy it sounds like you are booked into an Albergues which are not hotels.
They clear the previous nights pilgrims out by 08.00 Hrs for servicing and do not open again until 14.00 to 15.00 hrs.
Best of luck .

Buen Camino.
 
I often plan long train journeys to allow three or four hours at interchange stations so I can explore the place. When there are no lockers at the station, as there usually aren't in smaller places, there are several strategies. If there is a staffed booking office I ask if they know anywhere. Last time I did this (in the UK) the staff kindly kept my case in their office. You could contact the local tourist information office and ask them https://www.st-jean-pied-de-port.fr/tourisme/office-de-tourisme/.
Or you can ask, very politely, at a hotel. I always offer to pay. This is probably the easiest option as bigger places will probably have a luggage storage room for guests. I've also sometimes been able to leave luggage at a bar or restaurant.
Once or twice I've just explored the town with my pack. If I'm going to be carrying it for a days walk I should be able to carry it for a few hours around a town.
 
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Earlier this year the pilgrim office allowed me to store my bag there for about 6 hours before I could check in to my hostel.
 
They might hold it. They are down the street from pilgrims office.
 
Transport luggage-passengers.
From airports to SJPP
Luggage from SJPP to Roncevalles
Thank you everyone who answered my question! I just received an email from the SJPP tourism office who said no, there is no luggage storage in SJPP. Rats. A summary of the suggestions are:
1. Make a lunch reservation and maybe the restaurant will hold it for you (from tourism board and another responder)
2. Have Pilgrim's Office hold them before your albergue opens up
3. Offer a few Euros to a hotel to hold them for you
4. Locker storage, but that seemed on the outskirts of town
5. Maybe Express Bouricot might hold it

Thank you again everyone! Buen Camino!
 
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Orisson is very specific about the luggage transfer companies they work with: these are Donkey Service (which is NOT Express Bourricot despite a similar name) and Transports Claudine. I have a feeling that both these companies would store your backpack for a fee or, better yet, carry it for you to Orisson. Why not let them do it? Walking to Orisson after a big lunch even without a backpack is a challenge in itself.


 

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