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Camino Francés - Pamplona to Burgos?

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cardozohughes

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June 2023
Hello,

I am starting in Pamplona on June 11th. I have to catch an early morning flight in Madrid on June 23rd. My plan is to walk from June 11th to evening of June 21st and travel to Madrid on the 22nd. It seems like stopping in Burgos makes the most sense because it will be easy to get to Madrid from there. Any thoughts? I am happy to walk 24-28 Km a day. Can I go beyond Burgos? If so, where? I have just one day to get Madrid.

Thanks,
Laurie
 
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Realistically you will want to finish in Burgos. Technically you could reach Fromista which probably offers the next easy route back to Madrid, but it will be a stretch. You are best off spending any free time somewhere along the way and enjoying it.
 
I think that you should be able to easily walk to Burgos in your time frame, even doing a couple of short days. It's 214 km between Pamplona and Burgos, so you need to average just under 20 km/day.
 
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Hello, welcome to the Forum and, yeah - what they said!
No need to push yourself into "something unknown". Take your sweet time, have plenty of days with shorter distances, enjoy your walks and breaks and perhaps take another 'rest'\play tourist day somewhere in-between (Logrono is always good for a nice evening with tapas) and maybe even some extra time in Burgos proper.

Good luck and Buen Camino!
 
Typically for most of us it’s a nine day walk from Pamplona to Burgos. As mentioned above, Burgos is the logical stopping point. With your two extra days, I’d do one of two things. First, I’d spend an extra day in Burgos and then go to Madrid a day early. Both cities have a lot to offer. Or second, and particularly if you don’t know Madrid, I’d be inclined to go there for my last two days in Spain before flying home. Even in two days, you’ll only be able to scratch the surface of what Madrid has to offer. I’ve taken the Burgos-Madrid bus and it’s an easy trip to the capital. Buen Camino!
 
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I would urge you to not bring a check bag. The passport control at Madrid airport was like nothing I’ve ever seen. Literally a couple thousand people in a room all trying to do the same thing. Crazy.. We would have missed our connecting flight to Pamplona if we had a checked bag. And from the gate where we landed to passport control is a hike. Since we only took carry on backpacks we were fine.
 
If you spend an extra rest day along the way, you can take a bus directly from Burgos to the airport and skip Madrid. If you've got a morning flight, you can spend the night in Barajas near the airport.
 
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When I came at the beginning of the month we had one checked backpack and one carry on backpack (with stuff distributed for the flight in case the checked bag went missing). I was a bit worried about making our bus to Leon, which left a couple of hours after our plane landed. But I guess I got lucky because getting the backpack and through customs and immigration at Madrid airport was very quick for us.
 
I did a similar trip last year. There is a morning bus from Fromista and Hontanas to burgos connecting with buses to Madrid
 
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