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Getting From Paris to Oviedo

dcalonder12

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Hello Fellow Pilgrims,

My wife and I fly into Paris and want to start our camino in Oviedo. What is the best way to get to Oviedo from Paris? Thanks in advance.

Dean
 
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Sadly most folk don't have the time but if you do the train is a great way of easing into your camino. And seeing something of Europe in armchair comfort on the way. The most straightforward route is Paris-Barcelona- Madrid, then it's just 3.5 hours direct to Oviedo the next day.
 
Flying into OVD is best another alternative is to fly to Bilbao ( BIO) and Bus (Alsa) to Oviedo the next day.
Buen Camino
 
There are trains running from Paris, gare Montparnasse, to Hendaye directly 6 times a day or more in less than5 hours. Take a seat in the upper level to see the country side.
In Hendaye there is a small train (the Company is called Euskotren) to San Sebastian/Donostia, a lovely place to stay overnight. Next day, there are busses to Oviedo ,Company ALSA, around 6 hours to ride.
 
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Also try to book a seat on the right hand side, so you get glimpses of the sea along the coast through St Jean de Luz and Biarritz. That's my usual route to Spain and I second San Sebastian as a great place to stay the night. I suggested the other longer route because it's train all the way. For me, the buses are far less comfortable.
 
I did something like this last June:
Paris > San Sebastian on day 1
San Sebastian > Oviedo (by train via Palencia) on day 2 - a long day but the scenery was amazing.

Sometimes the journey is the adventure.
 
dcalonder12 said:
Hello Fellow Pilgrims,

My wife and I fly into Paris and want to start our camino in Oviedo. What is the best way to get to Oviedo from Paris? Thanks in advance.

Dean
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Did you plan the flight before deciding where you wanted to get to? Is it perhaps exchangeable for a flight to Spain?
 
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The fastest way will definitely flying, a direct flight is less than two hours. A train or bus ride would probably take a full day at best.
 
henrythedog said:
Did you plan the flight before deciding where you wanted to get to? Is it perhaps exchangeable for a flight to Spain?
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Henry, our plans did change. We were going to do the first leg of the Frances (SJPP to Roncesvalles...we did that last year and loved it). Time became a factor, and we chose to start in Oviedo (where we came off del Norte last year). Our flights were not changeable. Thanks for the thoughts.
 
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