Hello,
yes, there are some problems now with the transport of persons in spain.
All the french company who use cars with less than 9 seats cannot do transport of persons from Spain to france. It is the case of all the french taxi and the company as mine.
Only the portugues company can do it....
I was controlled 3 weeks ago and paied a fine of 1500€ for this (i pickep up a group in Pamplona) whereas i do this transport since 9 years.
i understood nothing this day... Thse are the taxi of Pamplona who complained against me because i go everyday in pamplona.
So, it is terrible and it is also the same for the french taxi.
and the worst for pilgrims is that the taxi of pamplona now, try to make stop the company Conda, because they don't want that this company of bus runs.
So it will be perfect for the pilgrims, no bus, no express bourricot who makes groups to share the cost, just taxi at 120€!!!!!
It is a shame, but the crisis in spain is too strong and the people become bad!
So, for this year, i cannot do transport from pamplona, but next winter, i will have a new licence (to drive bus of more than 9 seats) and it will be ok to come back in spain with a car of more than 9 seats).
I didn't find time to give the information to the different forum, because it is very complicate now for me to organize my transport.
I will do what i can , but for each person that send me a request of transport from pamplona, i expalin that i cannot but i expalin which bus it is possible to take.
So, i am sorry for what happen, but it is life, no?
See youn and thanks you for asking me what happened to have a good information for my transport.
I try to find a solution for this year for pilgrims and for my job and the solution i can have is to propose to the pilgrims who want to go to st Jean Pied de Port this:
- if they can arrive before 14h00 in pamplona, it is good for them because trhey can take the bus Conda
- if they arrive later or very early, they can also choose not to arrive in Pamplona from Madrid or Barcelone, but to arrive to Irun(Spain)/Hendaya(France). By train, they can arrive directly in France to Hendaya, by bus you arrive in Irun and a little "Topo" like a metro make you arrive in Hendaya. From Hendaya to St Jean pied de Port, i can do transport. Price between 16 and 86€, it depends on how many person i have in the group. It takes 1h20. It is about the same to do Pamplona - St Jean PP than Hendaya - St Jean PP